Social Distancing - Then, Now And Back Again? Reviving the ancient Art, not modern Science, of building boundaries
As if humanity is not completely overwhelmed by this term, a different though familiar practice of “Social Distancing” is currently being revisited by the faithful.
When the WHO prescribes social distancing, it refers to the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance between people, in order to avoid infection during a pandemic.
In a reinterpretation with a logic of its own, recent trends seem to favour a falling back to the tried and tested practice of distancing: separation from neighbours and communities of social, religious or racial groups that are not classified as the “majority.”
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Sir Syed and his discipline February 25, 2021, 6:56 PM IST
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Lessons learnt in childhood stays with you till the end. It happened with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) too. Once in his adolescence, Sir Syed’s mother turned him out of the house in Delhi for hitting a servant. He stayed with his aunt (khala) for a couple of days. The aunt brought Syed Ahmed he was conferred with the hoonour of ‘Sir’ which became part of his name much later in life home and produced him before his mother. She relented only af