Every year on the eve of 31st December the world cherish the end of one year and make resolutions for new one, but what if someone tells you that this year is going to be a short one as well long one Sounds confusing!! lets dig deeper then.
The year 2020 world was hit by a storm of Covid-19 or Corona-virus which saw millions of people affected by it worldwide. People across the globe were suggested to not go out of their houses maintain distance from others and keep washing one's hands. In order to minimize the death rate various Governments of the world announced lock-down in their respective countries. India saw Covid-19 cases in the Month of January and by mid March things started to close, by 25th March whole nation was under lock-down which is still prevalent in the country.
I grew up in a small town named Ajmer, situated in Rajasthan (India), wherein we like every other kid of 90's used to ride bicycle all the time whose heart was in cricket, watching legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Rickey Ponting set life goals for us. We roamed freely had our fun here than gradually left the city in order to pursue further education, than getting some good job in big city. We were accustomed to the noises around us, noise of every machine, people shouting in streets to well dressed men and women in the premises of court (I am a practicing Advocate). We were used to seeing lot many people around us working day and night in order to get the best out of our lives.
When Virus hit India like all nations we also went under Lock-down, so I did very logical and emotional thing which comes in the mind of every migrant and every student staying outside of their home TO GET HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. We all want to be with our loved ones soon as we get a holiday or when we are in crisis, I also saw this as an opportunity to go back to my home town and be with my parents and that's exactly what I did. I was happy to be back home but I also made sure that this time I have work to do, I have got responsibilities now and so I along with other people like me started working from home. The nation was quiet now fewer vehicles on road no noise of machines only the soothing voices of characters of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Life was going good, whole family together after a decade it's funny how when we stay out all we want is to go home and when we are home all we want is to get out , but this time we were bound to stay indoors, together in order to save each other lives, so we did turns out we all were longing for that. We laughed, we fought, we screamed, we loved in the end all of us together finally.
While we were under Lock-down certain changes were hard to let go like the dogs were now on the street all the time, air felt bit fresh than it used to, the lake which can be seen from my roof somehow looked cleaner. We all were amazed by such changes and this was happening across the globe, the wild started to claim their territory which was snatched from them Earth started its healing process and it made me wonder who are we to take this planet as out own, we have been taught ever since we were kids that we are merely inhabitants and so are others, the ability to walk and talk somehow made us the conquerors of this planet and we did exactly what every conqueror do, Lay waste of the land.
I didn't realized the sheer agony of other species until I started hearing again the noises of machines cars honking etc. with the coming of lifting up of Lock-down completely people have started again to conquer what was supposed to be a mere rental place. Few days back I was happy listening to birds chirruping, dogs barking breathing fresh air but now all I hear are the annoying noises of cars horns, heavy tractors etc. and yes it really is annoying.
All of this makes one wonder, what was it in the year 2020 that made it seem short and long both at the same time, short as we are not constantly running towards making till the end of the day every day and long as we can't wait to go out again. But still one needs to look for the hidden message like there is one in every treasure map, is Covid-19 a message to us that we need to stop take a deep breath we can take it slow or that humans are the virus eating this planet from within and Covid-19 is an Anti-virus just what the planet needed.
The year 2020 world was hit by a storm of Covid-19 or Corona-virus which saw millions of people affected by it worldwide. People across the globe were suggested to not go out of their houses maintain distance from others and keep washing one's hands. In order to minimize the death rate various Governments of the world announced lock-down in their respective countries. India saw Covid-19 cases in the Month of January and by mid March things started to close, by 25th March whole nation was under lock-down which is still prevalent in the country.
I grew up in a small town named Ajmer, situated in Rajasthan (India), wherein we like every other kid of 90's used to ride bicycle all the time whose heart was in cricket, watching legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Rickey Ponting set life goals for us. We roamed freely had our fun here than gradually left the city in order to pursue further education, than getting some good job in big city. We were accustomed to the noises around us, noise of every machine, people shouting in streets to well dressed men and women in the premises of court (I am a practicing Advocate). We were used to seeing lot many people around us working day and night in order to get the best out of our lives.
When Virus hit India like all nations we also went under Lock-down, so I did very logical and emotional thing which comes in the mind of every migrant and every student staying outside of their home TO GET HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. We all want to be with our loved ones soon as we get a holiday or when we are in crisis, I also saw this as an opportunity to go back to my home town and be with my parents and that's exactly what I did. I was happy to be back home but I also made sure that this time I have work to do, I have got responsibilities now and so I along with other people like me started working from home. The nation was quiet now fewer vehicles on road no noise of machines only the soothing voices of characters of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Life was going good, whole family together after a decade it's funny how when we stay out all we want is to go home and when we are home all we want is to get out , but this time we were bound to stay indoors, together in order to save each other lives, so we did turns out we all were longing for that. We laughed, we fought, we screamed, we loved in the end all of us together finally.
While we were under Lock-down certain changes were hard to let go like the dogs were now on the street all the time, air felt bit fresh than it used to, the lake which can be seen from my roof somehow looked cleaner. We all were amazed by such changes and this was happening across the globe, the wild started to claim their territory which was snatched from them Earth started its healing process and it made me wonder who are we to take this planet as out own, we have been taught ever since we were kids that we are merely inhabitants and so are others, the ability to walk and talk somehow made us the conquerors of this planet and we did exactly what every conqueror do, Lay waste of the land.
I didn't realized the sheer agony of other species until I started hearing again the noises of machines cars honking etc. with the coming of lifting up of Lock-down completely people have started again to conquer what was supposed to be a mere rental place. Few days back I was happy listening to birds chirruping, dogs barking breathing fresh air but now all I hear are the annoying noises of cars horns, heavy tractors etc. and yes it really is annoying.
All of this makes one wonder, what was it in the year 2020 that made it seem short and long both at the same time, short as we are not constantly running towards making till the end of the day every day and long as we can't wait to go out again. But still one needs to look for the hidden message like there is one in every treasure map, is Covid-19 a message to us that we need to stop take a deep breath we can take it slow or that humans are the virus eating this planet from within and Covid-19 is an Anti-virus just what the planet needed.
