North Kolkata Calling !!

If that is true then why wait endlessly for the pandemic to end? Let us expect some speedy recovery so that  we  could secure the global insecurity. At present we are looking forward at the G7 Summit to be held in UK next week. In fact  a recent proposal from IMF of a pragmatic plan seems to be aiming towards that very goal -to end the pandemic as fast as possible so that the world recover it's sanity once again !

When I had my 1st dose of Covaxin and was unable to get the 2nd jab - I was seriously frustrated. There were some problems and I finally got it while staying in Hyderabad. In the meanwhile I thought of the cocktail casually as I was in a dilema. Covidfield was available when my need was another dose of Covaxin.  Now I find at least 20 residents of UP's Audhai Kalan village   were given  a cocktail of both the vaccines.  No complaints of any side effects are noted till now although the last dose were injected on May 14th this year !  

 It is strange that when the world is eager to get vaccinated against the fast spreading Covid-19,a large number of persons  are still sceptical. Unfortunately they seem to be either against the jab or maybe the medical fraternity or God knows what. When SDM Rajiv Shukla reached  Sisaudia village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district- with a medical team to vaccinate the villagers- he was surprised to see their reactions. As soon as  they saw the team they simply ran for their lives. Surprisingly when the team tried to stop them & explain they jumped into the river for protection ! Finally only 14 agreed after a lot of persuation !

          At present we are all tired and exhausted and not quite sure of  any respite in the near future. We are like living dead with a fast loosing  sanity and no not where the end is. Are we loosing faith in our Earth itself ? Or maybe we no longer believe  in our existence any more !  Many of us seems to believe  that the entire situation is man made. Scientific experts could not be sure whether China is responsible for the said pandemic situation.  However at present we will have to leave for Time to reveal the truth !          

Japanese bullet trains can travel at 360Km per hour. Usually it travels at 280KmPh for safety reason. With that speed too it is considered as ' a superfast train.' The driver's alertness and responsibility is of utmost priority. It happened yesterday that the driver of  such a bullet train got an urgent call of nature and was compelled to leave the controls to an unqualified conductor.     Fortunately his toilet trip went unnoticed except that  the train was late for a minute-and ofcourse no major accident took place. There were at least 160 passengers in that train !           However an enquiry was made for the one minute late as the the Japanese are very serious about punctuality.

Some Newspapers preferred to recall the horror of the Titanic -while reporting the sinking of the barge P-305. The barge after battling with heavy wind and tidal waves went out of control. The cyclone Tauktae completely overpowered the barge -drifted it towards the Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast. It finally sank along with 273 people who were on board ! According to the Navy official 186 among were rescued- while dead bodies were seen floating in the water !!

   What would you do if you are recuperating from Covid-19 and have no extra place in your house ? This kind of problem is faced by many in our country where the entire family lives in a single room.     Shiva, a tribal youth from Kothanandikonda - a hamlet which has around 500 houses- was in such a situation. Many from that village suffered from the same fate but were unable to sort out a suitable solution.    Shiva, trying to protect his siblings and parents, chose a tree near his house. He accomodated himself  with a bed -tied around the  branches of the tree - and spent most of the time listening to music and reading books !   Funny -nobody came to help him except his mother-who kept his food & other belongings at the bottom of the tree ! !

They were twins named Joefred and Ralfred Their father  Gregory still remembers when the doctor announced that his wife Soja has delivered twin babies. From that very day they noticed the twins behaviour -which were very identical. Later when they grew up they showed strange similarities in almost every respect. They almost did everything together. Both of them chose Computer Engineering and both had their jobs in Hyderabad. Unfortunately both of them caught Covid-19 the same day ! AND  both died - hours after one another !!   .

Is the Whiskey from LaGrange, Georgia the oldest known Whiskey in the world? A Carbon dating done by  the Uni- versity of Georgia reveals that the bourbon was bottled between 1762 to 1802. Joseph Hyman,  rare spirit expert in a statement " thought the whiskey to be the only bottle of the trio from the cellar of J.P.. Morgan It was gifted in 1940s to Washington power elite."

Could you have imagined a year or so ago- of such incident happening just beside you ? Being just 34 years old you were least expected to witness a bizzare death of a woman - lying two beds away in a Hospital.  In fact 11 Covid-19 patients died a painful death as pressure  in the oxygen lines suddenly dropped ! It happened at the Chengalpet Government Medical College Hospital as the paper says. The young man said," The fear that you could be the next victim is the worst thing that can happen to anyone." .