Veracity International

I remember not very long ago, lads in my hostel and everywhere around mocking and teasing each other with remarks like “Bhai Corona ho Gaya Hai” (Bro it must be corona!) to anybody who complained of a fever or cold. It seemed fun back then. Maybe because it was only in the news then and that too on the other side of our north-eastern border. As if it were never going to reach us. We took it for granted - that we are safe. Others’ problems are always looked in this manner, isn’t it?  But nature doesn’t need visas and passports to cross political borders. In no time, it was everywhere. It reached us and all the fun turned into fear. But is it the case with corona only? We see nasty things happening around us everyday- accidents, deaths, bullying, shaming, depression, failures and the list goes on and on. It’s funny how we assume that it is not going to happen to us ever. We are just so over-optimistic in this regard. Well carrying an always-worried attitude is definitely not a...