Mincing Words - Not !!

Hello everyone! I hope most of your fit and fine, following the rules of lockdown. The past 2 days have been a little slow for me as I have not been on social media and have not been following much of the news. In my personal opinion, it was one of the best decisions which I have taken for a very long time i.e.  I took 'Sanyas' from social media. I say this because, for the past four days when I have been out of the touch with most of the news and things which people have to say about this pandemic I have eaten better, slept better and have been able to work better. To be very frank at some point I have even felt that everything is normal maybe that is because I've been ignoring the obvious pandemic upon us by being outside the circulation. Anyway, I think it is necessary for each and every one of us to have a lockdown from the information which is going around. It helps guys, seriously, it helps.  As usual, during the last 48 hours, I had an 8-mile run which w...

Hello everyone! I hope you all are fit and fine. First of all, I would like to apologize for being late to deliver my sixth day of the lockdown. The reason why I got late is that I was busy doing some bureaucratic work. So let's just start with the day. My day began with a very depressive sad feeling of what was happening in this world. I know I've been a little repetitive about saying that I am sad sometimes, thinking about the current pandemic, but that is the truth of my life. I do not like the idea that I have to sit at home while some virus is wiping out humanity. Although I am at the beginning of my career and there are a lot of things which I have to experience and learn still, I feel as if I should be in middle of it and fighting. I am very sure that many of you too get the same feeling.  Most of my evening was spent in trying to lift up my mood. I tried to watch Netflix, went outside my room and met a few friends in the hostel, tried to study in our cafete...

Hello everyone! Today is the Day 4 of the lockdown and I hope all of you are feeling fit and fine. I am hopeful that most of you are not bored at your home and enjoying a good time with your families. As compared to the other three days, I had a pretty average day. As I decided yesterday I started my day pretty early with a small training session for all the residents who are to be posted in COVID-19 screening clinic. Although, most of the instructions which were given in the training session were the same as before with some extra added instructions according to Government's Advisories which have recently surfaced.  The thing which I would like to discuss today is - Fear. Fear of the unknown, to be more precise. When I woke up in the morning I suddenly realised that I was in the middle of a pandemic and was about to be posted in the middle of the positive cases. I believe a metaphorical battlefield. The gravity of the situation gripped my mind. I will not deny that my...

Hey guys! I hope you all are doing fine and staying away from the world outside. Today was the best day of my lockdown. I say that because I got to go for my regular duties breaking the monotony of the previous week. Although the lockdown started 2 days back, I have been out of regular work for almost ten days now. Most of it is because of the leave which I had taken to study for the final exams. Unlike other departments, we in Microbiology are not relieved one month before exams. We mostly get 15 days, if we are lucky then maybe 20. Due to the pandemic, we have been asked to rejoin the duties even if we had applied for leaves. It is compulsory for one of the senior postgraduates to be present in the department at least once in four days. So, as I reached my lab, that old smell of disinfectant mixed with old and new bacterial cultures from samples filled my nostrils, suddenly waking me up and making the laziness go away. It might sound like a bad experience in regards to the usage ...

Hello Everyone! Today was Day 2 of the lockdown. I hope most of you are still negative for COVID-19 and are enjoying at your homes.  My day started pretty normally and for a change, it started earlier than usual. Got a call from home enquiring about my health and checking if I was taking proper precautions to fight this menace. Immediately after breakfast, I came across a piece of very sad news - In Delhi, people are evicting all the doctors who are working directly or indirectly with patients of COVID-19. I guess the praise for some of them yesterday was premature. Today in the world when doctors are the most respected professionals as they are risking their lives and are working day/night for the welfare of their patients, there are those who think that it would be the right time to screw them as they are at a risk for developing COVID-19 from them. I would like to say that it's not just selfish but also a new level of cruelty our society has reached. Having said that I wou...

Have you ever seen a toothless human sitting in the shades of some temporary roof in summers just beside the footpath which leads to your office? Have you ever observed those people who have been so oppressed in their life that they obey any instruction given to them in stern voice by anyone? Have you ever met those people who are too poor to have proper meals but would serve you food of your choice if you visit their house as a guest? I have. I write and dedicate this write-up to all those I mentioned above and also to the ones which I meet in my day to day life.                                                                      The purpose of it is not to discuss the problems in the system which has lead to this. It is not even to blame the system. I write today because I have been inspired and motivated...