Once before lockdown
It was the end of March 2020, and I was a little scared. I had a production movement planned, and for team integration, I must be present in the office.
It’s a story of that day, which is nearly 1.5 months earlier, the Covid-19 lockdown already declared. And some of my colleagues decided to reach very early in the morning, finish everything, and then come back home.
I was at the bus stop; few buses were coming and all of those will not go till the end destination. I unknowingly, almost step inside a bus, and the conductor ceased me, asking where I wanted to go. I got a kick and he told me that he’ll not go till SEZ area, and he warned me about the lockdown condition.
With a half an hour waiting, thanks to God, I took a bus and got terrified just when I was in the middle of the crowd, I saw, mostly half of them had their masks on. I was getting more scared and already started remembering God. One of the Lady sitting in the front seat was talking to her mother, asking that bring vegetables and groceries for the whole week, as the maid will not come. I was thinking, our colleagues, we should say to each other, hello guys, Suit Up, we are going to fight in a Combat today.
However, that day is over now. I almost trained on how to WFH (an abbreviation of Work from Home, we tech guys are used to of writing dozens of short forms, like WFH, OOO, MTP and so and so on 😊). I even able to convince my Better Half that to have a smoke in the balcony, doesn’t irritate so much. We are purchasing daily needs from Online Stores, limited marketing to a day in a week, even less.
Threats, however, are persisting. Nearly half of the areas in Kolkata are in the containment zone, and WHO published a negative prediction about vaccine availability, as the Virus is changing DNA structure.
You might be thinking, such a poor fellow, now, when everybody endeavors to find a little drop of hope, I am telling a horror story to you, with lamentable English.
But my intention is to think about good only. It’s surprising, how we, mankind survived for years. We are more advanced species than the Virus. Our DNA is more powerful. Certainly, we will survive, there is no question on that. I am just thinking about nature. How it is recovering. Reports on Turtles laying eggs on sea beaches, Dolphins are swimming at rivers and many other things. Though production is stopped, peoples are starving, the nation is at nearly zero earning stage, but nature is expressing its happiness. So, we must think about how we can reduce our actions which affecting nature. So, this is the end guys. I thought a lot, which I was about to tell you. But believe me, everything seems to be useless. Not sure if you at all read my story. But in between I’m thinking, how and when these days will be over, you and me again, safely travel to our work, normal life will start again. Let’s hope for the best guys.
Originally published at Medium (https://medium.com/@ruddh…/once-before-lockdown-18e794c22ffe)