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Medical shops on the first day It was Sunday and so after watching a movie while eating lunch, since we were all indoors with the 7am to 9pm lock down, we decided to indulge in our Sunday Siesta. Since the movie got over only well after 4 pm, our siesta was delayed, but it was of no consequence, anyway we were housebound. Silence reigned as we peacefully slept with no noisy intrusions that we suffer with, as road work has been on for a while. I fell asleep thinking of the movie -- The Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew Mc Conaughey in the lead as a feisty lawyer who finally jails for life the actual criminal. Reminded me of my feisty young lawyer who crushed the nasty fake criminal case put on me, by going for the jugular and exposing the actual crooks. It was my principal and HOD who advised hiring him as he was tpugh and brooked no nonsense.

People clap from balconies at a chawl in Mumbai on Sunday. Suddenly we all woke with a start. We could hear loud crashing and banging and a conch shell being blown. We realised it was from our own building and were shocked that people took such behaviour literally. The PM had apparently announced that at 5pm India must come out and crash and bang whatever they had as noise makers in appreciation of health workers across India. Which health workers would be able to hear them? Amazing to what levels people ignorance can drop to. Told my son about it via FT who is a doc in the US and he said, tell them to come and volunteer in the hospital instead. Do they think clapping and shouting will chase the virus away? Can they not read and understand that social distancing is the key. By coming out in groups they have destroyed the very reason for the lock down.

An elderly couple bangs pans and cheers health care workers Sunday in New Delhi It was amazing that India observed an unprecedented shutdown with the Janta Curfew, called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to slow the spread of novel coronavirus cases in the country. Over 300 people have been tested positive for Covid-19 in India so far. With the number of positive cases surging across the globe, governments are leaving no stones unturned to facilitate conditions for social distancing with closure of schools, colleges, restaurants, malls and public places. Millions of people across the country stayed indoors, streets wore a deserted look and a bare number of vehicles were on the road on Sunday. The shutdown on the PM's appeal for a 'Janata curfew' to help check the spread of coronavirus was a complete success but sadly all of it was overturned with the dancing and jumping around of hundreds on the street.

Doctors being evicted from rented accommodation Just listened to Dr Devi Shetty the iconic cardiologist of Karnataka who warns that one day after the curfew, everyone is out celebrating Ugadi. He foretells that there will be 8000 cases of the virus in Bangalore which will be too many for our hospitals to manage. Meanwhile there is news that landlords are evicting doctors who work with Covid - 19 patients without any proper reason. However it's obvious, we have double standards. When will we ever learn? I dread to think what is instore for us.