Short story on life after corona virus
Year2050
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People throughout this planet are trying to cope with a near apocalyptic pandemic, whose scale and magnitude have never been experienced, so far as recorded history is concerned. We are quite totally bewildered by the tragedies in the First World countries that have reached the pinnacle of material progress complete with highly evolved and competent healthcare system and other luxuries of modern life.
We in India, one of the most populous countries in the world with teeming millions devoid of access to proper health care, hygienic living conditions and a semblance of social security are braving a three-week lockdown and social isolation.This has been directed by the government as a desperate measure to avert a catastrophic spread of the deadly disease. Given the fear, anxiety, helplessness and all-pervading sense of gloom and despondency, life will never be the same either in India or in any other part of the world, after this Corona recedes.
Though the impact on our political, economic and social lives is likely to be far-reaching and considerably unexpected, certain trends indicate a revival of Statism and a propensity to dispense with the neo-liberal political economy as countries like India move inwards, lock borders, suspend international flights and appeal to the nationalist sentiments of the people for motivating them to follow directives regarding quarantine rules and social distancing so that millions can be saved from falling prey to the virus, a way suggested by medics and enforced by state.