The history of the world is replete with devastations in which thriving civilisations turned into ruins and millions perished due to natural calamities or nuclear bombs.
Many more have been killed by bullets and bombs during two World Wars but what is happening right now in New Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other parts of India is quite different because people are dying due to lack of that one precious commodity: Oxygen.
As the death toll due to Covid-19 crosses a staggering 200,000 in India, the fear of virus lurks deep into our hearts. No one — be they rich or poor — is sure if they get infected or even if they do, whether they get medicines or a hospital bed.