The Epitome Of Uncertainty

It has been about weeks and months passed, the virtual classroom doors remain closed as the final end terms are almost coming to a closure and the monsoons have once again drawn in as the season has already begun, with heavy rain lashing to and fro in and around areas and places of Goa. An intolerable silence and anxiety fills the mind as the young adult lays there in the confinements of his house, waiting desperately and anxiously for the final exams to get over in hopes and aspirations to jumpstart into his dream career and ambitions that he has in mind to pursue in the near future.

A cloud of endless thoughts and gruesome worries fill the entire atmosphere, compounded with the stillness and solitude of the otherwise quiet and peaceful village exacerbated with the ongoing pandemic and dire sufferings that have characterized the climate all over the state and in all parts of the world. There is this constant and nagging uncertainty that today leaves us youngsters filled with lot of doubt  over what lies ahead in the near future. It is really hard to imagine that the pandemic we had once thought would be over in the year 2020, has now extended to the current year we all live in and with rumor's or hints of the third wave coming in and the arrival of the Delta variant, the anxiety of what lies ahead in the future has peaked at an all time high. At the same time, it also raises some serious doubts and questions about the vaccines that have been manufactured and distributed to help combat the virus with new and advanced variants of the virus coming and spreading about in different parts of the world. Being the future of the economy, our career prospects have been stalled and made to endure another long period of desperation and relentless mental health issues that have formed the core or essence of our present-day life situation of the so-called 'new normal' as we refer to it in our 'pandemic lingo'. 

Despite the uncertainty and anxiety which has constituted a major part of our lives as youngsters , a lot of us have ventured out into or rather discovered some new talents and hobbies which we would  otherwise not have discovered earlier had it been in the normal day circumstances or situations. A lot of people have ventured out into dancing, singing, photography, videography and there are some just like myself who have even gone into blogging. This really enthuses oneself as this has really shown the depths and densities of what human beings are truly capable of and inspiring others, thereby keeping up the positivity even in the current situations. It also goes to show that human beings have a great potential, more than they would have ever thought they have, and by being secluded in their homes, they have been able to discover a little bit more about themselves and what they truly represent which again would have not been possible in the normal circumstances with the constant peer pressure and the need to confirm with other people which characterizes a major or a wholesome part of our society today.

Regardless to the say, the circumstances have not yet changed- the fears of new versions of the virus dramatically impacting larger segments of the society and the economy have not been kept from further increasing, the demand for new oxygen ventilators and centres to cater to the COVID patients still remains at an all time high and to add to that the often at times careless citizen who often refuses to wear a facemask as a means of protecting himself or herself from the virus makes the situation even more fearsome and terrifying to the average dutiful citizen.

This has and is what characterizes the current climate that we all live in as of today and this is what forms what I would refer to as 'The Epitome of Uncertainty' in our day to day lives......

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Published in Herald Goa on 1 July 2021 (People's Edit)