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The Covid Conspiracy Theories In India The world has been caught in the throes of the Covid Pandemic for the last couple of years. Collaborative contemplation, research and development of vaccines based on the limited knowledge of the causative agent -the Coronavirus was done globally as well as indigenously in India in an effort to curb the pandemic and create community immunity, Effect of Covid in India India, the second most affected country by the pandemic globally, had the ensuing lockdowns, guidelines, mandates and immunization drive in response to the Covid ! Moreover, in India we not only suffered the loss of precious human lives but were vulnerable to severe economic repercussions brought on by the two lockdowns that formed a part of containment measures of the disease. The most unprotected and economically insecure people particularly affected by the lockdowns were not only the 20 percent of households which relied on casual employment but also the large number of ...

  Space opera Universe- Are we oblivious to the fact that we might as well be living in one? Samantha woke up to the swishing sound of her cleaning robot which was programmed to carry out its function at a particular time of the day irrespective of the events unfolding around it. On looking out the window of her climate controlled home she saw empty streets as far as her eyes could see. Wait what was that? A lone bird flying through the empty streets. She was confused for a second as to where she was, in another realm or very much down on earth in the city of Zikaria somewhere in the Middle East bordering an European country.  She and her husband both worked with a media conglomerate, her husband a renowned photographer was away covering the nearby human conflict or shall we say the war. No amount of sophisticated drones, camera lens or the ultimate processors and apps could hide or change the pain ravaged faces of the migrants, orphans or the bleak environment caused by destr...

 I had made this video last year in July’20 .  https://youtu.be/NkpElJsjsZs However, with the mutation and variation in the COVID-19 virus we have been thrust into another lockdown pan India. There are so many reasons other than the mutant virus itself ,which has spread to prodigious numbers, infecting entire families unlike the last time, are lockdown fatigue, denial, complacency to name a few. Hence the age old adage for diseases still holds true “Prevention is better than Cure” consequently we are faced with another Lockdown in terms of tangible meetings and assemblage. Moreover, the indispensables required for life - air, water, light and the Sun are not locked down Keeping a positive ( a much maligned word these days) outlook - it’s a kind of gift of time to explore and enhance one’s inherent talents and abilities and make the most of them! Jai Ho! Carry on with every bit of positivity that you can garner, this too shall pass ...