ESCAPE FROM REALITY

The coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdown have been traumatic to say the least.

- JITESH PILLAAI

Everyday, we hear of someone or the other either battling it or wore still succumbing to it. People are dying because of the lack of oxygen, lack of treatment, or medicine. The crematoriums have run out of space and bodies are being thrown in the rivers, buried on riverbanks. The livelihood of millions have been affected and the economy is said to be in complete doldrum. Thanks to the constant lockdown, we’ve been consigned to our homes for a large part of last year. This year too the situation seems to be the same. We can’t even grieve properly as even going to meet someone who has lost a loved one is fraught with its own dangers. We’re yet to account for the mental health woes caused by this state of affairs.