Dear VirusJi,
What is it that you want from Humans? We were all set to celebrate your 2nd Birthday this December with some vaccines laid over a Bat shaped cake !
Both the Indias (the Vir Das one & not the Vir Das one !) were all ready to join hands & say Happy BatDay….errr…Happy BirthDay to you. Why just our Desh, even the entire Videsh was all excited that we have ‘conquered’ & as Padmashree Kangana Ranaut says its just a harmless flu which will go away….
But why is it that you go away to give us some hope of joy & a sense of relief & the moment we let our guard down (read mask!) you come back with a NEW AVATAR, too much hide & seek! Not fair yaar!
Ok Baba, we are sorry, that we took you for granted & we thought we have ‘tamed you’ & put you in your place.
Globally more than 50 Lakhs+ deaths (which includes India 4.67 Lakhs) –that’s quite astonishing numbers Sir Ji.
No family, friend or colleague are spared by your total zero tolerance towards we humans—irrespective of our race, caste, colour, religion or gender—very fair & unbiased you are Virus Ji.
Infants born from March 2020 onwards are toddlers now—who get scared if they see anybody other than their parents! They are paranoid of fellow Humans, no socialising, no friendly neighbourhood Uncle-Aunties for them, worst still many scenarios even their grandparents haven’t met them till date.
We will follow all the Social Distancing as you prescribe, no big fat Indian weddings, no global Summits either, in fact we delayed our 2020 Olympics also to this year so that we don’t make you upset & we made you proud too, with India winning many medals(total of 7) in Japan this year but we made way for China completely (2nd in the Global tally with a total of 88 next to USA with 113).
But please don’t prescribe Digital Distancing, that’s our only hope & solace to know about where you are heading next.
I heard after your Delta Avatar which we are still combating, you are back via South Africa/Botswana/Hong Kong as Omicron Avatar ?
Our person at WHO Dr Soumya Swaminathan spoke very rationally that double vaccine & masks should help us through this time too.
Virus Maharaj, please be kind—no more Lock Down & 3rd wave please, I can’t imagine another round of playing carrom, chess, cards with family & singing Antakshri songs on Zoom with extended relatives as bonding time !oh, and a BIG no to meaningless viral trends like Dalgona Coffee, Banana Cakes & complicated dance steps to kill boredom. The ONLY Viral trend of the century is you Dear COVID ji.
We did sing last year Go Corona Go with huge musical band baja & we did light a diya in your name like Paro from Devdas & clanged all possible vessels too (including one of the World’s Richest Ambani ji & Family from their humble Antila—in fact they have told everybody they are not going anywhere & will be in Amchi Mumbai itself, so London & the Queen has to wait !)
Last year I asked Santa Claus ji all we needed was vaccine so that we all can pose for our selfies & pose with the jab (and we promptly did it too).
This Year all I am asking is please travel beyond the Earth & go to some other galaxy & leave Dharti Maa to heal & move on.
Nicely written article. Thank you Vinay Ji. Yes, all of us should learn above said A to Z again.
Wonder what the Virus ji will reply back to that letter 😉
I just finished reading your article. Thank you for making me aware of such important news. Appreciated..
good article. thanks Vinay ji
Humorously written on deadly virus! Made me to feel it is not so dangerous!! But u conveyed the msg to be careful.