Hobson's choice for sure

 

Here are some of the choices most people back home in India, are being forced to make and some of the thoughts on their mind.

1.       Do they go to a centre and try and get the first or second dose of the vaccine – wait in line for hours, and then probably return without receiving the same but infected with Covid instead, or just stay home and wait till things improve, and at times risk missing a second dose?

 

2.       When they feel they have contracted Covid – do they start diagnosing & treating themselves as hospitals and doctors are scarce or run from pillar to post to find elusive medical care?

 

 

3.        Do hospitals use ambulances to take sick people to hospital or dead people to be cremated?

 

4.       Do you venture out of the house and go to work to earn a livelihood or stay at home and starve?

 

 

5.        Do migrants try and go back to their villages or stay in the cities and wait it out – where will they suffer more?

 

6.       Above all, will they make it home at all, or will the journey take its toll?

 

 

7.       Do hospitals keep taking in patients knowing fully well that they are running short on supplies or do they shut their gates and doors & turn them away? – a moral dilemma indeed.

 

8.       If you do manage to find a bed in some vague hospital or clinic, do you admit your loved one there and leave him/ her to the mercy of strangers or sit outside among the dead and the dying and just pray that some form of treatment is being administered inside?

 

 

9.       What do you make of the newspapers and TV channels – is what you read and see the truth, half-truth, or a complete eyewash?

 

10.   Who or what caused this horrible catastrophe -   The Kumbh Mela, the Elections, Festival celebrations ,  the Carelessness of the people, the Massive Indian population, the State governments, General carelessness of all concerned, an ill prepared Government, a mix and match of the above , all of the above?

 

 

11.   If we are voting right now – who do, we vote for?

 

12.    Is it even worth casting a vote for any politician or party- all of whom seem to have no clue whatsoever, as to the way forward out of this quagmire with the blame game taking precedence ?

13.   There are just a few major parties in India – its either the devil or the deep blue sea – I guess that’s the BIGGEST DILEMA of all, as one is probably as bad, if not worse that the other- I find them all rather unreliable, a trifle inefficient & quite incompetent   

 

Hobson’s choice indeed in most of the above scenarios and that’s the sad part

 

I came across a new word this morning – KAKISTOCRACY – Not going to share the meaning – check it out if you are a logophile. (You may want to check Logophile too, as you are about it )

It sure got me thinking!