(PHOTO CREDITS: Courtesy Economic and Political Weekly)
This Easter period and the Holy month of Ramadhan in two weeks converge with the peak of a pandemic and the glaring inequalities it has exposed.
Covid-19, like death, does not discriminate but the opportunities and circumstances in which death may set its stranglehold are greatly reduced by power and privilege; the privilege to work from home when other livelihoods are hand-to-mouth, the privilege to practice good hygiene and social distancing when sanitation is difficult and space non-existent in some areas; and the power of knowledge to recognise symptoms and to seek to be tested among others. Indeed, some of us are more equal than others.
This Holy weekend and the Holy month to come bring to bear moments of reflection not least also because we are quarantined and have lost over 100,000 lives. They implore us to seek forgiveness, to serve the unfortunate, and to become better versions of ourselves including as a society as a whole.
