India's Covid Conundrum
Summer. The sun glimmers upon the blooming flowers while sparrows glide across buildings lined up on the side of the street. The sky is free of clouds, its azureness hinting at the warm days ahead. Roads and highways, however, miss the usual bustle. No children are running down the alleys nor the vendors out on their perpetual spree. A deathly stillness enshrouds the air - as if entity has come to a standstill. Distant squeals break in through the lull and die down almost instantaneously, fleets of vans swooshing past like apparitions. What might have happened? Is there a war? An accident...