Covid-19: In the time of social distancing & self-isolation, people around the world usher in inventive togetherness
Shows of solidarity can help beat the blues of lockdown and self-isolation.
By ET Bureau |
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We are not alone: that’s the message. Even as social distancing is increasingly being emphasised as a crucial factor in the fight to prevent the spread of coronavirus — with Germany imposing a fine of €500 on people transgressing the Lakshman Rekha of two metres, and Peru adopting a gender-separation law which allows men to leave their homes only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and women on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with everyone staying indoors on Sundays — symbolic shows of solidarity are gaining ground.
Togetherness includes Italians singing from their locked down balconies and PM Modi urging Indians to do a ‘thali-taali’ in support of doctors and other health workers.
In a cross-frontier show of unity at the time of coronavirus, an 89-year-old German widower and an 85-year-old Danish widow meet daily at the nearby border of the two countries and share a session of tea and sympathy. Such a demonstration of unity beyond boundaries is all the more endearing, and exemplary, in a world engaged in a competitive scramble for scarce essentials.
In another example of inventive togetherness, a couple in Michigan tied the knot in the presence of a hundred ‘guests’ in the form of cardboard cut-outs gifted to them by family, friends and neighbours. To beat isolation blues, you don’t have to cut out social get-togethers; you just have to switch to the cut-out kind.
Togetherness includes Italians singing from their locked down balconies and PM Modi urging Indians to do a ‘thali-taali’ in support of doctors and other health workers.
In a cross-frontier show of unity at the time of coronavirus, an 89-year-old German widower and an 85-year-old Danish widow meet daily at the nearby border of the two countries and share a session of tea and sympathy. Such a demonstration of unity beyond boundaries is all the more endearing, and exemplary, in a world engaged in a competitive scramble for scarce essentials.
In another example of inventive togetherness, a couple in Michigan tied the knot in the presence of a hundred ‘guests’ in the form of cardboard cut-outs gifted to them by family, friends and neighbours. To beat isolation blues, you don’t have to cut out social get-togethers; you just have to switch to the cut-out kind.
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