AFTERWORD
I travel a lot and in January 2020, I was surprised to see many people wearing masks when I was flying back from Singapore to India. Little did I realize that something as serious as a global pandemic was brewing. I continued my travels as I went to the Arctic Circle in the North Pole. I landed in Helsinki in February and took a flight to Rovaniemi and drove all over. There was no sign of the virus. I went to the Maldives, both in January and in February. But the virus seemed to be slowly spreading around the world.
Things spiralled out of control in March and by the middle of the month, India was affected. What caused the outburst? Even in China, only 3,000 people had died over 100 days which is 30 people a day. This is nothing compared to the tens of thousands of people who die every day in China. Then the news of the epicentre shifting to Europe and ultimately, to America appeared on all television screens. Even in the countries where the virus was on a rampage, the number of people dying was limited to a few in number. About 1,50,000 people die in the world every day. In India, about 30,000 people die each day, and how many people were dying due to the virus? About 20! I could see through and through that countries were burning