I stayed home to help break the corona chain

It had been work as usual for me throughout the lockdown months as I run a chain of speciality food joints. Home delivery of food was never stopped, not even when sit-and-dine at restaurants was prohibited.
By God’s grace, we could manage to adapt to the new normal. But this time, when the government called for this different kind of a lockdown, I decided to stay home, to support the cause.
I am no expert to say how much this biweekly restrictions would help to break the virus chain, but I am sure the government consulted virologists, who have their modules to say this kind of a sharp break in between will help weaken the spread. I am praying hard that it works out.
I have also asked my domestic help to be home and not come on lockdown days. My wife and I will manage somehow, even if it’s tough. We hope to hear some good news at the end of the experiment about the virus curve flattening.
That will bring back the much needed hope we all are looking forward to.
This time, it seemed to have been planned well. Unlike the previous phase, when people could go to markets and grocery stores to buy essentials, this one saw a complete shutdown. People voluntarily stayed home. I hope they won’t make a mad scramble for markets and shops on Friday, as soon as the strict restrictions are lifted. But from what I have heard, most are likely to stay indoors on Saturday as well, and on all the lockdown days. Since these are single-day shutdowns, people should not worry about running out of essentials.
(Balasubramanian, who runs a speciality food chain, spoke to Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey)