What has self- isolation done to humanity? Has it improved relationships in the family or has it worsened it?

Is the institution of marriage at risk? Will singles prefer their solitary lives or will there be a spate of marriages?

Will people choose not to have kids?
Or will there be an increase in the number of kids after the pandemic is gone?

Will human beings suffer from depression, due to long periods of isolation? Will there be an increase in obesity or malnutrition and starvation?

Will financial hardships cause people to choose any jobs they get? Will the economic slide cause an upheaval in the way business is done the world over? Will people have to work from their homes? What about those who don't have that privilege? Will students have only online classes in the future? How will it affect kids? Their social interactions?

Will people be more mindful of each other? Be mindful of the so called positives from the isolation? Cleaner air, cleaner water! And try to maintain this going forward?
Will human beings learn to co-exist better with nature and wildlife? Or continue to be selfish?

Will governments create better policies keeping nature in mind? Manufacturing and production be done in a less hostile environment? Not centred only in one area but creating jobs in all parts of the world?

 

Some questions that arose in my mind..

What are your thoughts?

Did i get the cuckoo? Tried to record its call...can hear it all day from early in the morning to late in the evening! Would hear it in Bangalore and would imitate its call and when it 'answered' would be thrilled!
Cooped up in self-isolation worrying about the covid statistics, I wonder how on earth did I catch the bug?! Of course, I know....let my guard down a bit like everyone else. Had moved on from the fear of it...that year-long gradual shift....
The positive report pulled the ground from under my feet! There was a flurry of activity, building society to be informed, while the Municipality health department started calling, the doctor to be told, the maid to be informed....sisters...I reached out to them first.
Then friends...
All these relationships - have sustained me during this past week. Hurried messages throughout the day... How are you? How do you feel now, calls from unexpected acquaintances...these have kept me comforted and positive. And I haven't had it too bad. Sometimes I think maybe the reports got mixed up!
Didn't I start with talking about the summer? How did I get here?!
Yes! so - summer....there used to be this day, sometime in March, where I would definitely be able to say, ah summer has started today. But I am not able to pinpoint it now. But the cuckoo knows when and calls it out.- and I will rely on it from now on