Thread by @Elizatweetz

So i was in my room, preparing for my recent video when my parents called me to go up in the terrace with them, switching all the lights off.

I realised that i was so engrossed in filming that i lost track of time and that it was almost 9 PM.

Anyways, so...

I was astound that here i am fighting against the govt for their bigotry, ignorance, incompetence and many more obvious reasons and here my own parents are willing to be a part of this stupidity, like WTF!?

I am stupefied and devastated at the same time realising..

that my own parents have fallen into the trap fabricated by this vicious person whom we unfortunately have to call our @PMOIndia.

I tried to explain them that doing this is of no use and it's just a political gimmick of the PM to maintain his PR and moreover...

It won't provide relief to the lakhs of poor migrant workers who have to walk all the way back to their villages or fill in the stomachs of the famished in any damn way. Though my dad nodded his head in agreement in some parts while i was explaining...

My mom, on the other hand, simply refused to even listen to me, stating that whatever the PM does is for the well being of the nation and that burning candles and diyas is a form of a "Totka" to weaken the intensity of Coronavirus to slowly diminish it's existence.

I asked her where she heard of such nonsensical news from, (already knowing the answer to it) and unsurprisingly she said she received plenty of WA forwards relating to #9MinuteLightUp and how beneficial it is to perform this so called "Ritual" according to the peddlers..

of the WA university.

So eventually my mom has fallen for these fake WA forwards and now i have to explain her everything about this fascist govt and their tricks to persuade innocent people to believe in their falsehoods.

I know it's going to be a tough job..

because i know i can argue with anyone in the world and take it as far as possible but not when it comes to my mother because she is as good in arguments as i am, or shall i say i have acquired this argumentative trait from my mother. We are on the same pedestal and..

We both are equally strong when it comes to arguments and when two people with the same level of zeal and strength gets down on the battlefield, the war is going to be never ending. But, i know i have to do this to save my mom from falling deeper into the abyss of lies...

created by the @BJP4India govt.

Now anyways, i quietly go up to the terrace as i didn't want to argue with em' any further at that moment.

I see absolute darkness outside and not even the street lights were on. Amazing!

I see people get out of their houses and stand in...

small groups chit chatting amongst themselves and of course each one holding either a candle or the flashlight of their cell phones.

Then i started hearing sounds of "Shank" as we call in bengali, echoing all around the neighbourhood.

After a few seconds i see some morons getting down the streets, violating all the norms of the lockdown and burning fire crackers on the streets. Like seriously?

I started wondering whether we are really doing this to defeat the darkness of the crisis...

or to celebrate the deaths of hundreds people who were affected by #COVID2019?

People seemed to be in complete enjoyment, celebrating the pandemic as if it's some sort of a festival.

At this moment i understood, there can be a cure for Coronavirus but not for these bhakts.