PS: I see around a lot of blogs, social media posts all over the internet about staying positive and happy and not to face depression during lockdown. How it has given some parents time with their growing kids, how world has new master chefs everywhere trying out recipes, how dalgona coffee is made and all perfect body videos. All that is truly needed in this gloomy world these days. But I came back today to share a short story on how COVID for me is like war field. Happy reading...!!
With all the hustle bustle and stress around in the environment and the knock of Coronavirus in India, we all were just starting to work from home and trust me, isn't a good idea of many of us, who though love their home but cannot stay-in at home for longer periods.
Our soldier of the story even wasn't use to it. Being a person who enjoys the company of close friends and good booze and sleep over the weekend, was wanting to leave the workland and travel to the homeland. After all the thoughts and decisions to leave the cozy den, the soldier got ready to travel via air to spend this time locked in the house with all the childhood memories.
The day came and suited up was the soldier, with a scarf over the head, a mask over the mouth and gloved up. The backpack were carefully loaded with a small Dettol bottle, a sanitiser, wet tissues, face wipes and a packet of biscuit and water bottle to quench the thirst on the journey. Also, cleaned and packed were the main ammunition ( headphones and shades to cover the ears and eyes).
The journey started with our suited soldier getting into a public cab where even after pulling the handle, the soldier sanitised the gloves. On entering the airport, the heartbeat was super high on seeing every single person with a mask which wasn't really the case in the country ever before. The terminal entry gates had huge bottle of sanitisers with messages to "Stay safe" and the security was super careful. The soldier showed the ticket and the passport to the security without letting the security touch any of those and moved to the check-in counter. Maintaining social distancing and taking each step careful of the new landmines, the checkin and security was done. Now was the start of the most difficult part of the war, the long two hour wait near the departure gate. On reaching the gate, there was a shock on the soldier's face. It was overcrowded than normal. Not even a place to hide to save yourself from bumping people. In search of solitude, the soldier walked around the whole airport to finally find a sweat little spot to stand and not clash into people. There were around 4 people near the place and each more than 20 feet apart and only moving in the radius for 3 feet around them. Each of them passed a smile to the other as they all had the same thought, trying to save themselves from the bullets and land mines all around. As each of the companions left and the hiding spot became empty, the heart beat rose as approached the time to jump in the mad rush of the departure gate where every one wanted to board the flight in a hurry, not realising that this hurry could cause a lifetime loss for them. After 2 hours of stiff standing, the soldier finally approached the gate and clashed and bumped into 3 people including 2 foreigners. Each of it felt like a bullet in the arm where the blood started pouring down. The people were running in every direction. Scared faces around. The happiness of travelling couldn't be seen anywhere. There was a haste to enter the flight, as it would save them from the dying world.
The soldier collapsed on the seat just after entering the flight and opened the backpack with shivering hands to spray the sanitiser all around. Taking sanitiser over the gloves, rubbed it all over, scared to drink water as it would mean to lower the mask and allow another risk to your body. Finally, the flight took off and the soldier waited for the last leg of the war to reach home and maintain a distance from the family..!!!
We all are today fighting the stage of this Virus which is bringing ups and downs in many of our lives. Going through personal and professional disturbances, where a scheduled life has become too uncertain and work hours have either reduced to none or increased to never ending. In this time of crisis, I wish a healthy living and safety for the world around. May the earth and world heal to a better and brighter tomorrow, which hopefully will be seen soon.
With all the hustle bustle and stress around in the environment and the knock of Coronavirus in India, we all were just starting to work from home and trust me, isn't a good idea of many of us, who though love their home but cannot stay-in at home for longer periods.Our soldier of the story even wasn't use to it. Being a person who enjoys the company of close friends and good booze and sleep over the weekend, was wanting to leave the workland and travel to the homeland. After all the thoughts and decisions to leave the cozy den, the soldier got ready to travel via air to spend this time locked in the house with all the childhood memories.
The day came and suited up was the soldier, with a scarf over the head, a mask over the mouth and gloved up. The backpack were carefully loaded with a small Dettol bottle, a sanitiser, wet tissues, face wipes and a packet of biscuit and water bottle to quench the thirst on the journey. Also, cleaned and packed were the main ammunition ( headphones and shades to cover the ears and eyes).
The journey started with our suited soldier getting into a public cab where even after pulling the handle, the soldier sanitised the gloves. On entering the airport, the heartbeat was super high on seeing every single person with a mask which wasn't really the case in the country ever before. The terminal entry gates had huge bottle of sanitisers with messages to "Stay safe" and the security was super careful. The soldier showed the ticket and the passport to the security without letting the security touch any of those and moved to the check-in counter. Maintaining social distancing and taking each step careful of the new landmines, the checkin and security was done. Now was the start of the most difficult part of the war, the long two hour wait near the departure gate. On reaching the gate, there was a shock on the soldier's face. It was overcrowded than normal. Not even a place to hide to save yourself from bumping people. In search of solitude, the soldier walked around the whole airport to finally find a sweat little spot to stand and not clash into people. There were around 4 people near the place and each more than 20 feet apart and only moving in the radius for 3 feet around them. Each of them passed a smile to the other as they all had the same thought, trying to save themselves from the bullets and land mines all around. As each of the companions left and the hiding spot became empty, the heart beat rose as approached the time to jump in the mad rush of the departure gate where every one wanted to board the flight in a hurry, not realising that this hurry could cause a lifetime loss for them. After 2 hours of stiff standing, the soldier finally approached the gate and clashed and bumped into 3 people including 2 foreigners. Each of it felt like a bullet in the arm where the blood started pouring down. The people were running in every direction. Scared faces around. The happiness of travelling couldn't be seen anywhere. There was a haste to enter the flight, as it would save them from the dying world.
The soldier collapsed on the seat just after entering the flight and opened the backpack with shivering hands to spray the sanitiser all around. Taking sanitiser over the gloves, rubbed it all over, scared to drink water as it would mean to lower the mask and allow another risk to your body. Finally, the flight took off and the soldier waited for the last leg of the war to reach home and maintain a distance from the family..!!!We all are today fighting the stage of this Virus which is bringing ups and downs in many of our lives. Going through personal and professional disturbances, where a scheduled life has become too uncertain and work hours have either reduced to none or increased to never ending. In this time of crisis, I wish a healthy living and safety for the world around. May the earth and world heal to a better and brighter tomorrow, which hopefully will be seen soon.
Uhhh... lovely.Sis you pen down it perfect....
ReplyDeleteThanks dear. <3
DeleteThat was an astute observation which made you resume blogging. Great work. Keep it coming.
ReplyDeleteThanks Arpita. Let the motivation flow. :)
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