The largely positive Indian reaction to the lockdown tells me one thing
As a society, we have become extremely risk-averse with low tolerance for pain
Esp in urban India, we now have an entire generation that is somewhat unfamiliar with death
And cannot come to terms with it
As a society, we have become extremely risk-averse with low tolerance for pain
Esp in urban India, we now have an entire generation that is somewhat unfamiliar with death
And cannot come to terms with it
When my mother was a young woman she likely encountered the death of a close relative every year or two
In my case I hear such news once in 5-6 years
In part because families are smaller. And life expectancy gains huge for the upper middle class
In my case I hear such news once in 5-6 years
In part because families are smaller. And life expectancy gains huge for the upper middle class
So we have an entire generation of yuppie Indians (under 40), who don't understand death all that well.
And are now horrified at the very thought of a large scale epidemic impacting "them" as opposed to those unseen poor people
And are now horrified at the very thought of a large scale epidemic impacting "them" as opposed to those unseen poor people
Now in the event of a pandemic such as this, even if the probability of death of a family member from the epidemic is minuscule, that seems like a terrifying prospect to us
Shutting the country down for 3 weeks seems like a fair trade-off
Shutting the country down for 3 weeks seems like a fair trade-off
