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“Sometimes solutions themselves become a problem”...
Whose else but my own words as in the concluding session of
lockdown series (hopefully) when frustration is at its best & again it’s
not for the fear or for the defeat in the war ongoing but for the way it’s
being fought by our so called Generals (read as rulers), is what real frustrating!
Though I don’t blame any of them as none of them has ever experienced this kind
of war so leading the army in such war was out of their capacity & then
even one may not has experience to fight a war (Shivaji Maharaj also didn’t
have it) but if you have got courage & determination then the impossible
also can happen, which unfortunately wasn’t again something our Generals can
boost of! And lastly at least one should have a humble approach to accept incapability
of leading an army & bigness of the mind (heart is not something I will tag
with our rulers) & be open to accommodate people who can help or guide you
about leading the army, which also wasn’t there! Outcome is, “lockdown ke baad
ek aur lockdown aur uske baad aur ek lockdown”, that’s all we have to face the
virus named enemy! On the contrary our few of the neighbouring nations could achieve
the victory without a single lockdown & rest others at least were able to
keep the enemy at bay as well balancing the financial loss.
Long back while learning history I remember Russians adopted
“Daghdhabhu Dhoran” (some words just get carved on mind for ever) i.e. retreating
with self destruction while facing invading German army in World War 2. The
purpose was when the enemy advances in your territory he shouldn’t get any of
usefulness of your infrastructure such as drinking water, roads, shelter, food
supplies etc. Every such useful thing was destroyed while taking step back by
Russians & eventually the Germens were needed to surrender because of
hunger & cold as they ran out of all the essentials for survival. This
policy of facing the strong enemy which is advancing has become famous &
later used in many wars but any war policy needs to be backed up by counter
attack as well strong & right implementation, then only you win a war, this
our rulers forget! This is what happened as lockdown in a way is Dagdhbhu
Policy against enemy named corona but then it’s not advancing from outside, it
was advancing inside out once its enter in our territory is what our rulers
forget & failed! And then it’s not about failing a policy it’s about making
your army understand what policy is being used & the army needs to be disciplined,
all of these element being absent the lockdown policy failed miserably after
few weeks!
And now the scene around (at least in Pune) is everybody is
afraid or confused & worried about future, health wise & financially
too. Many won’t agree & may think I am negative but open up your eyes (mind
actually) & take a look around & analyze what you see & ask
yourself is everything ok & fine? If you feel so then great either you are
enlightened one (like a Zen monk) or you are a fool again sorry if I have
offended your wisdom! Here are few glimpses of life around which I myself experienced
as well shared to me by my friends in very recent times...
Scene
1...
We are driving through a busy road on evening & wanted to buy ice-cream
from my favourite shop but looking at the small crowd in front of the shop my
friend said, it’s too much crowd, let’s not stop here, so I dropped my idea
of buying ice-cream!
Scene 2... One of
my friend living in posh society in suburb, was going back home & was
waiting in front of lift in lobby of her building. A middle aged man also came
rushing & waited for lift & came a worker type guy also at the same
time. As the lift came the worker guy got in, the middle aged man hesitated to
hop in & waited back, looking at this my friend also didn’t get on the lift
allowing the worker guy go up alone & these two preferred to wait for next
turn!
Scene 3... I have
gone to my family doctor for routine visit who is a reputed physician &
usually on any day his waiting room is full. That day it was raining, an
elderly couple alone was sitting in waiting room & at least four other patients
opted waiting outside the clinic in rains with umbrella instead sitting in the waiting
room!
And if these scenes are just a zalak (glimpse) of what kind of
life people are living then there are others extreme also caring a hoot about
anything! On any evening walk in my area I see many faces with mask just hung
around neck or pulled below nose & most these faces are of senior citizens
only, moving around with a cloth carry bag & buying sundry stuff but main
reason is they just want to have some fresh air that’s why they are on road! And
I don’t blame them as four months has been passed & it’s hard to get
confined in a one or two bhk flat feeling unwanted by other members in the home
as well with the kind of humid weather our beloved city has during this period
of year i.e. monsoon, its difficult even to breath normal, so with mask on its
near impossible! But then why to make a joke of wearing the mask in first place
when you don’t want to use it properly & it’s not your life but others also
you are putting in danger, this simple fact most of us failing repeatedly to
accept & follow making our city’s patients toll beating many other places!
Well, if this is regarding our attitude towards personal front
of health then on financial or work front it’s more chaos! When first lockdown
started people were afraid but welcomed it but one episode after another the lookdown
series went on with our Mai Bapp govt getting clueless about the future of thousands
of the businesses & millions of the people whose only asset to earn is
physical time they have got in hand & these are the worst hits &
outcome of lockdown, is what masses are feeling! Indeed it’s a war & I repeat
I can’t just blame the govt for this chaos but then who we blame, the God! And indeed he only has sent this war to us
but are we not supposed to fight it in more organized way to minimize the
damage personal as well collective, is something I want to ask to each of us.
There are three segments in this country & barring the upper most class i.e.
hardly 2% of population the middle & poor class are not just hit financially
but are clueless about their future health wise & money wise & this is very
dangerous sign as its affecting entire mindset of the society. Now the scen is
like whole society is sitting on a time-bomb which can explode any moment &
all our rulers are doing is waiting for some miracle to happen till then! And this is why the lockdown after first two
months was just on paper & for the services which you can forcefully shut
while the real reason of spread was uncontrolled growth of slums & life
style of millions of people living in them forcefuly as we can’t give them a safe
home with social distance!
At such times the leaders must constantly speak with public,
create positive energy not just by talks but by actions, assure common man by
the schemes which will make him trust that he (or she) has not been left away
by his govt but there is hope. And no
hope can be generated without faith & for faith one has to act so people
starts having faith. Right now what’s missing is the action, we don’t have
enough hospitals to accommodate patients, and as the rates of the private medical
services are not being monitored, making common man suffer financially &
mentally too! At the same time finance ministry isn’t giving clear guide
lines to the banks or financial institutes, just the way the govt has declared
few years back that money in the form of subsidy will be deposited in the
accounts of individual person same way why can’t loan interest amounts are
deposited in the banks of business loans which are genuine & are bleeding.
Deferring or giving time for repayment of the loans isn’t going to recover the
huge losses caused by the total closure of working for four months & still
govt is unclear about lockdown policy! Why not the interest rates on existing
loans are being revised (read as reduced) & why not loans are restructured
not just in terms of repayment but increasing funding & if it’s being done
then let the Mai-Baap govt know it’s not reaching to masses i.e. small &
real needy businessmen or women is a hard fact, accept it & work on it
please!
And then dear Mai Baap govt, please take steps to revive the
entire economy & for that first you need to make people fear-free on health
front & financial front! So let’s understand why people are afraid
of exactly, indeed it’s a epidemic & virus out there but that doesn’t mean
we stop living, few can afford that also but most people can’t is a fact, not
for period of five months & above! Agreed its already four
months gone & may be lockdown will be needed to extend even further but
make one single point entity to deal with this war. Everyday new circulars,
everyday new theories, everyday new announcements & from new face, is what
making people more confused & eventually leading to fear. Vaccine may come
the day it will be ready but till that time every bodies own mind is his or her
best protection against the disease, is a fact & we need to provide
strength to that every mind! This is what expected from the General (or Generals’)
I repeat, no businessman, industrialist, manufacturer, trader,
service provider or even professional individual person or an organization
whatever it may be, will expect the govt help in making profits or sale their
products or services, as we are in business on our risks & we all know it! Only
expectation is, when the govt, which for us is like a General of the Army in
this pandemic war, has opted for “dagdhabhu” policy to face the enemy & the
General must think for survival of his own army too or else the war may be won
but just ask to yourself, will there be any joy to celebrate the victory then!
At the
same time each of us must remind to our own self, there is diffierence between
being careful & living under fear of care. And no govt can make living for
us,its our life & we only have to live it! In any war, at some point its
just you & your life vs the enemy; at that time what you do is what decides
which side of the war you end up, mind it!
--
Sanjay
Deshpande
Sanjeevani
Dev.
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