It's the time to understand who we are and also love life as it's before us

While the poor are virtually thrown into vortex of unknown by the lock down and remain clueless and directionless about the future  , the affluent ones also have been afflicted with the fear of death.

With all material possessions and stock of wealth there is so much unhappiness and restlessness.. possessions have become burdens.

True there is destiny for each individual, but now the collective destiny of the nation engulfs both the haves and havenots, and hence this is the time to cultivate the community spirit and be of some help to fellow human.

This is the time to understand that noone  can live in an island and enjoy peace and happiness and it's dependent on the minimum peace and subsistent life to be guaranteed to others.

Poverty and inequality levels have deepened when desperate and dangerous disease has enveloped us like a Tsunami and we need desperate remedies .In the absence of effective government people have to step in.It is gratifying to note that in some pockets government has become more responsive and pro active to provide food  and other help....

The poverty of our country is so deep and it's unlike that of any other country. It has not arisen out of the natural scarcity but  rather accentuated by the misplaced priorities and the corporate centric governance as also the short sighted narrow political agenda.

It's widely acknowledged that the crisis of leadership has contributed to this man made disaster..one man's folly and ego, his blindness to values has made him the prisoner of himself and he is obsessed with only one thing:

Will my prestige be increased and with my own glory be augmented ?

It's time the stupid gaze, which is shallow and mute must give way to some tangible action.But we can't do much to alter his behaviour for he is one for whom everything in the world including central vista project becomes the occasion to serve his lust.The rest is accidental benefits that  the nation can hope to get with foreign aid and eventually it will be the states which will be delivering with all fiscal stress.