Memes are the cave paintings of our times; the visual artefacts we leave behind for future generations to interpret. I don’t mean to wax lyrical about something as common in pop culture as the meme, but memes to tell our stories: witty, brief, direct. They are the reaction to any kind of news. So when the spectre of Omicron started to loom large on our horizon, Delhi declared a Yellow Alert so of course there were memes:
It is yellow now, the level then goes up to amber, orange and then red.
Some establishments will be closed, others will remain open. This is what the Yellow Alert would look like in Delhi, it was announced.
Some shops and establishments are again getting that sense of déjà vu.
Schools had barely seen some semblance of normalcy and now are shut again.
Why won't this blasted pandemic get over!
But not in all of NCR.
Those of us who were hoping for a better 2022 than 2021 have curbed their cautious optimism.
What happens in Delhi today happens in other parts of India tomorrow?
Mumbai? All of Maharashtra? Maybe.
With scenes like this, it is clear that our public cannot be trusted to make smart decisions on its own.
Precautions are certainly necessary – but night curfew? How will that help?
Those who were hoping to party on New Year Eve are going to be unhappy.
So many people became unemployed during the first and second waves of the COVID 19 pandemic. Some of those people had found employment again – only to be faced with the third wave.
Kids of X and XII just finished giving their board exams. They're feeling a lot like they felt this summer when kids one year senior to them got promoted without doing their exams.
Can Red Alert be far behind? We hope it is – very, very far behind.
The occupancy in public transport is cut to 50% and this is what happens as a result.
No, the pandemic isn't a joke – though all the memes about #YellowAlert in Delhi are funny all right.
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