Corona Virus Part 3, Blessings To The Land, Selfless Living

               I have started to write these weekly wrap ups as an activity to get me occupied in this lockdown. I would like to challenge myself occasionally and this is one of those. After writing lengthy articles in the recent past these short write-ups became simple. It means if you run 20 kms once a month, running 10 kms once a fortnight will become easier. Try to increase your capacity and you will feel it easy when doing smaller works. This also gave me an opportunity to speak my mind more often. When you are immersed in writing something weekly, your mind will be kept busy and purposeful rather than stale and dull. Keeping it aside, my increased frequency also has to do with the virus pandemic. These are no ordinary days but something unprecedented which has made all the leaders at all levels work on the toes to ward off the virus threat and bring normality. I am a leader in my own capacity and everyone agreed the same as well, even if it is virtually. I am doing my bit to bring the situation under control and not let it spill out of proportions. I have increased the frequency for one of the reasons – to spread normality in abnormal times. I am also working to limit the damage done by this pandemic, through awareness created from this blog and working on the ground. My weekly analyses are never to be misunderstood for any reason other than the above.

              On the ground, I am distributing food to migrant labourers which is a new activity of my life. When persons like me and the like-minded come in synergy to produce noble outcomes, then heavens open up and bless the land. I felt like, it will rain, when I distributed for the first or second time. Promptly the heavens opened up in the mid of the summer and there is heavy downpour of rain in that week. God blesses the land when there is a consolidation of noble deeds done together after the individual practice to become better. God also blesses the land when the needs of underprivileged and unfortunate are met and they are content with their lives. At times like these, the poor and the daily labourers become vulnerable. Government and the concerned individuals must do their bit to keep them in good spirits. I also felt that no one must live with hunger after this experience. Fortunately, I have been in the home for the past few years and always had good diet. It has become my wish and desire to God to give the same to everyone around the world after the donating experience.

             As mentioned, I have been working to limit the damage of this pandemic and as such, I made myself busy even during this lockdown time. Lockdown is meant to become house arrest but it is not the same with me. I have been regular even during these times and one of the outcomes of being regular and continuous is you become selfless and works for other people. I personally don’t need this much of activity but works for the good of others. For instance, I don’t have to write these many blog posts weekly. It is suffice for me if I write once every now and then and not this often. I have been doing it for the benefit of larger spectrum and greater good. Our lives can be lived for many number of purposes. But only when we embrace service and selflessness will we find lasting significance of our existence. Out of my living style and my job, I am into this selfless world and working for others continuously. I live for the people, I live for the society, I live for my state, I live for my country, I live for the world and live very little for myself. In the words of Swami Vivekananda – They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

              We are in the middle of the fight with Corona and till date there are around 22 lakh infected victims and 1.44 lakh deceased persons around the world. The past week has seen highest rise of cases and there has been an increase of 7 lakh infected and 50,000 dead in this week alone. These numbers don’t occur unless it is a world war and the world is at war with Corona. The virus cases almost doubled and grew by 90% in this week alone in India and stood at 12,759 with 423 deaths. It has been a puzzle how the number has doubled during the lock-down. The cases must have been late to come into light before spreading to others. It is important to test as many as possible and isolate the infected person in the initial stages itself before he transmits to the neighbors. Maharashtra is the state with most number of cases – around 3000, followed by Delhi with 1500. It means the cities with two busiest international airports in the country – Mumbai and Delhi took the heavy toll and the rest of the country saw minimal cases. The coming few weeks are very important and by practicing social distancing and following lock down, we can flatten the curve which is on a meteoric rise since the past few weeks.

           The leaders priorities are also very well aligned to the requirement and they want no deaths and ready to face economic loss and turmoil resulting out of the lock-down. The work and resolve of the leaders in containing the virus is praiseworthy, politics are never played over the pandemic and opposition party is also considered to gather the views to check the virus. It has been a good decision to extend lock-down to May 3rd, balancing the economic loss and loss to people lives. My residing state CM vowed never to allow the virus enter the state 40 days back itself and has been in full preparedness ever since. There has been limited cases but no panic whatsoever from any one. The virus will certainly get defeated before their conviction. In a way, the kind of leadership that is provided in protecting its citizens also decides if the pandemic will break loose or not. Those who felt the responsibility like me are toiling hard for others to relish the lock-down.