 The world is going through a very difficult phase right now, it is going through a crisis about which a lot of things has already been spoken be it through Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube. We are listening about it from all possible sources of mass communication. We are gossiping about it every day, sitting at our home with our family members. I am here with a video where I can share my perspective about the global crisis that we all are a part of. This situation of Corona reminds me of a song which I heard while I was growing up. It was a song which was displayed in an Airtel advertisement and the lyrics went something like this. Umeedo wali dhoop, Sunshine wali asha, Ro ne ki wajah kam hai, hasne ke bahane zada. Tum dil se agar sochogue wo khush rahna hi chahe, agar sachche man se mangho to khul jati hai rahe. Tum khul ke khushi lutao ye kya hai aadha aadha. It was a beautiful song that stayed in my heart and what was most beautiful about this song was the images that was displayed on screen. I would request you that if you have an internet connection then definitely go and watch this song on YouTube. It shows images of what is going bad in the world and then contrasting images of what is going equally good in the world which we all neglect. Because we focus all our attention, energy on looking at what is bad and the same thing is happening right now with us. We know that no vaccination, no cure has been made about this corona virus yet all we are focused is looking at those 9,000, 10,000 people who have died because of this virus. We are neglecting and we are not looking at those 85,000 plus people who have survived, who have been cured and who have come back home safely, who have fought against this virus. So it's very important for all of us to start focusing on what positive is happening right now. You know there was a very beautiful quote by Michelle Obama which I shared recently on my Instagram and the quote said that it is very important at this time that we make hope go viral faster than any virus could ever be. And you know can you just think about a situation where everything is going great. It's very easy to be happy at those times but your attitude is reflected in times like these where nothing is going right according to you. Yet you choose to be happy, you choose to look at the positive side of life. When I look at the researches that has been done on corona virus I sometimes wonder how an invisible organism can bring the entire world to a halt. And I somewhere believe that to fight this invisible organism we all must gather the divine power from that invisible source. It's not the time to gossip about corona virus to spread negativity through whatsapp messages, it's the time when we all must pray to the divine power and ask him to sail us through. So it is the time, it is that perfect time where we go back to our ancient texts and chant the mantra, Sarve Bhavan Tussukhina, Sarve Santu Niramaya, Sarve Badrani Pashantu, Maa Kashyad Dugbhaag Bhaved. In this light I would also like to appreciate the effort and the beautiful initiative that was taken by our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. When he asked all of us to come to the balcony and terrace of our house on 22nd March and applaud and appreciate and clap for all the people who are working even today just to serve us, just to serve humanity. And I think this self quarantine period is a very beautiful period where you can actually sit and reflect. Just like we used to sit and reflect on the work we did while we were a child when we used to make those beautiful paintings and we used to look at it and see whether we did a good job or not. Just like that it is a perfect time to look at our life, to look at the efforts that people make and we always take for granted. Be it that departmental store owner who is providing you with groceries even today when his health is at danger, be it the entire fraternity of doctors who are working day in and day out just to ensure that everyone survives and comes out of this global crisis or be it the house helps. I remember that I have never ever mopped the floor of my house but for the first time it was during this quarantine period that I mopped it for the first time. And I felt respect, immense respect and love for the house help who used to do this work before the quarantine period. And in the similar fashion all our mothers who have been managing our houses in such a beautiful manner we always take that thing for granted. Now it is the time to look at those efforts and to appreciate those people rather than gossiping about what negative is happening. Let us use this time, this golden opportunity which we might never get in our entire life and let us milk it to the best of our capacities. With collective power of humanity, with faith and spirituality and with trust in medical science I am pretty sure that just like we have fought through many crisis of the past we are going to come out of this victorious and we are going to proudly narrate the stories of our triumph to our future generations. Wishing you hope and positivity at this moment in this point of crisis. Happy learning, keep loving literature and stay tuned to arpatakarwa.com