Was There A Grey Area Underlying Beneath the Pandemic?
Often during my childhood, we’d be acquainted with terms like “everything is being put into black and white”. While these sort of phrases would be uttered, we’d mostly begin contemplating the same. Courtesy: Civics, and lessons on the Indian Constitution. While eyeing through a couple of writeups in various publications about how brutal the pandemic has been on most people, especially the common mind, goosebumps don’t really shy away when taking a look back at those horrific moments.
Those intrinsic moments of sheer indignation, a constant nagging fear amid a giant ocean of uncertainties, even now seem torturous and heavily tormenting. Amid all this, the world seemed to be dominated by this other faction, where their companies showcased a great surge in revenue, which couldn’t just be anticipated in normal times.
Though the above situations seem to be a perfect replica of a black and white example, the grey part makes itself quite evident. To me at least. Just prior to writing this blog, I had been reading an interview of an IT behemoth, where he made a mention of digital transformation, a concept which isn’t absolutely a novelty in the IT space, yet the fact that around 90 percent of the workforce switching to remote working overnight, definitely seemed like an achievement and a space that seemed virgin yet.
Amid this, there have been news reports too of a certain established university in one of the metro cities, where the Dean of a Department was being gheraoed by students as they were protesting the decision by the Dean over the commencement of classes, without consulting the students, and this wasn’t something that they’d oblige to. Amid a lot of reasons behind this debacle, a possible reason could be the unavailability of a strong internet connection and a good device on which some student would attend classes. Now, to look at it from a neutral perspective, it would be noticed that both of them would narrate different stories, each justifying their stance.
Talking about the grey area now, yes, I have taken due cognisance for the same. Although I could state a variety of examples that would stretch out to people belonging to the same category, I would begin with people like myself. A so-called middle-class lady in her 20s, putting up in most of the costliest city of India, away from home, not knowing the amount that I had saved last, and getting used to deducted salary, thanks to the pandemic. Has it affected me worsely? Yes, of course, it has. As bad as it was for the migrant labours? Perhaps not, but when I get up today morning, I fear what the future might behold.
Am I overthinking? Possibly yes, but if there is one thing that the pandemic has taught me, it is to cope up with impermanence. And, that is very aptly being represented by this grey area that I was just referring to. Do panic and anxiety have different and varying shades to them? Certainly. But impermanence could perhaps bear a tinge of grey.
