"Dar phailao, raaj karo,yah mahaamanntr hai,
Dare huon se racha gaya yah lokatantr hai,
Jab duniya mein dar ka hee rona-dhona hai,
Tab phir dar ka dhandha, hona hee hona hai."
- Dhruv Shukl
Coronavirus is wreaking all around the globe. It's time to be united to fight this deadly virus, but some people are taking advantage of fear among the people in this crisis. Few people are doing the 'business of fear', in which fear is sold, at the desired prices, and the interesting thing is that even the buyers buy it fiercely without bargaining.
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Few merchants are making money out of this fear. These merchants are also seen to be very successful in their cause. Taking advantage of this, these people are selling us masks of 10 rupees for 30 rupees, 50 rupees sanitizer for 300 rupees, even they are selling one rupee tablet by increasing the price by 5 times. We have often heard that even under adverse circumstances, we should not worry, think, but instead of being aware of it, we are getting frightened and doing others.
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Nowadays, by turning on the TV in the morning, the person is getting to see the news of death. These news are increasing fear among the people and some people are taking advantage of it. Looking at the figures, around 41 thousand deaths have been reported from Corona all over the world so far, but 1 lakh 76 thousand people have also conquered and recovered. But what about the people who have cured us, the business only goes on selling corpses. Admittedly, corona is a deadly and contagious disease, but it is also preventable; social distancing, isolation, doctor's advice are few weapons to fight this disease. Once again you are requested not to fall prey to the shopkeepers of fear, be careful, be aware, corona is deadly but is not unstoppable.