My Musings

Musings....... No one waiting for 2020 would have realised the world would be facing something so drastic as the COVID-19, previously called the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (nCOV-2019). Starting as an outbreak in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China’s Hubei Province, the viral zoonotic disease has spread its eagle wings into an epidemic at first and then into a pandemic engulfing the whole of earth around it. An outbreak is a sudden rise in the number of cases of a disease. It may occur in a community or geographical area or may affect several countries. It may last for a few days, weeks or for several years. Some outbreaks like influenza are expected each year. Sometimes a single case of an infectious disease can be considered an outbreak such as if the disease is rare - like botulism or if it has serious public health implications- like Anthrax. An epidemic occurs when an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people. An example would be the 2003 SARS - severe acute respir...

Musings....... The March that shook the Empire Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the day that Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation led the Dandi march against the British Imperial Government. What makes this Anniversary relevant is the times we are living in. Ruled by right wing BJP Government, who have no contribution to show of in the Indian Freedom Movement, and who are trying their best to mislead the public into believing otherwise, I find it the apt time to remember Dandi March. Few had realised the significance of the March when it was announced and it includes the British. Going into a backdrops of the events that led to this decision by Gandhiji. It was the historic Lahore Session of Congress in 1929 under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, that the Indian National Congress accepted complete independence as its goal. January 26, 1930 was fixed as the first Independence Day (Swarajya) and the Congress Working Committee was authorised to launch the Civil Di...