Corona crisis a lookback
While we all continue with our changed life as best as we can the Corona virus is proving to be the biggest game changer for mankind this century .
The two World wars too look relatively less global in its reach than the Pandemic .
Strangely animals are spared .
The Goverments of the world shuffle along , some better than other, but like blind men on a precipice .
Economic debacles with pandemic scare is a double whammy needing rope walking of the highest order .
In India as usual political divides make states not acting in coordination with the center .
States like Kerala which had come out in flying colours thanks to the good leadership of its Health minister and team and cooperation from its people , is now in a muddle with its politicsl decisions and an abrasive relationship with the center .
The stand off and egos of both has created total confusion in the mass movements of keralites from abroad and from parts of india with no coordination .
The NRI invite itself was a political exercise by the states supremo to impress on sections that he was the greatest saviour of global malayalees .
The state is ill equipped to handle the exodus and its boasted plans of quarantine has tumbled down .
With SSLC exams and possible opening of schools ,the relaxation of lockdowns, interstate migration , has all put kerala in trouble .
Community spread a reality .
The poverty stricken state sqaunderd money giving unnesscary rations to all , most of whom who never needed it .
Attempts to loot temples openly to make money and the usual blame game on the center acting as if Kerala is a country not a state will definitely affect it .
Mamata Banerjee is one sad example today reeling in another natural disaster and devastation and total chaos with all her arrogance leaving her as she clearly needs help to grapple with her problems .
With Floods 3 in the anvil it wont take much for Kerala to follow this example ,as its superman builds animosity within and outside .
I hope it doesnt happen so.
The center too seems to have faltered in migration issue which is a humanitarian one .
In initial stages ,center should have been firm with states to provide succour to migrants till say september and shared in expenses .
This would have avoided the cross country panic and distress of many .
As usual the SC wakes up in a start to mess more with trigger orders .
States like Gujarat ,Maharastra ,and Tamilnadu should have been taken over by the army as an emergency by now , as the state Goverments are clearly not able to manage the crisis and are overhelmed by it .
With the economic devastation staring at us looking much greater than we thought it would take years before we are back on our foot
All the sloganeering like vocal about local will remain jingoistic .
Dear indians brace yourself for a period we had never seen in our lives or even heard off .
China has not only jumped back ,it seems to be taking a snook at a world blaming it and punching india as a trial to show it means business .
To deal with that rogue nation with Pakistan never stopping to prick us we aldo have neighbours like Nepal,
Sri lanka ,Bangla desh all showing thier backs to India under Chinese pressure .
So the bag of woes to a beleagured Modi is full and the few years ahead will be a steep hill to climb .
Menwhile the pandemic itself keeps cheating us to false sense of security ,while it hides in glowing embers ,its solutions look more distant with vaccination disappointments and costly herd immunity a bad option .
Sorry for sounding pessimistic.
To me reality is better faced when visualised in its worst face , so any small gains are an encouragement , and any disappointment more acceptable .
This is definitely not advocated by many , who advise to look at things positively .
Whatever it is, we are in sad times and we better get used to it, as its becoming a reality .
