Helmet..Hell met (Jesus Wept .continued) (Learnt ...Serial blog post No.11)

 Helmet …Hell met! (Jesus wept..) (Learnt..a blog post) 11

An old Albanian Proverb goes like this, "Face is a mask, look behind it".  If it were to be today, one would rewrite it as follows: "Mask your face, don't be without it". 

                                                                                                                             Without a miraculous intervention that ensures  total eradication of this virus all over the earth, I am inclined to believe  that this is going to be order of world, in the days ( may be weeks, months or even years) to come. Whether we like it or not! Prince or Pauper, whoever you may be, you must be sufficiently covered, adequately distanced.

                                                                                                                                The other day I saw a photograph of few personnel belonging to sub-registrar office.  They were in modern-day uniform- fully covered head to toe wearing Personal Protective Equipment.  I was quite appalled!  These government personnel, who come into contact with general public on a daily basis are truly vulnerable to catch infection.   I thought this was just the foretaste of things to come.

                                                                                                                              A student who had just graduated to college was hell bent on owning a new motor-cycle.  His parents, though affluent, were reluctant to buy him one.  However, the loving parents, fell prey to his persistent appeal and in due time bought him a new motor-cycle but gifted to him with two  conditions. He should not ride without a helmet and be mindful of speed-limits.  Along with the bike they also gave him a costly helmet which could protect his head even in a very worst road accident. The boy gleefully agreed to obey the conditions and thus got his most prized possession in hand! 

                                                                                                                                Few months passed by. The summer was at its peak.   The boy was now finding it difficult to ride, sporting an helmet.   All the while, he was enjoying his ride and he came across no mishap whatsoever with his new vehicle. This track record gave him the confidence to take a step, towards freedom.  The helmet which was meant for his safety had become an inconvenience now.  One fine day, he decided to do away with it ride freely!  The whiff of air brushing past his face and  naked head was  an electrifying experience.  He continued to enjoy, all the more, all the way.

                                                                                                                                 But, as fate could have it, one of his jolly rides jolted his life.  On a sunny day this boy, while trying to negotiate a U-turn and avoid an accident, lost his balance and banged on the road divider exposing his naked head.  The fall was not gruesome yet his head was hit.   The boy, who suffered no injuries whatsoever in his body was struck in his head.  Alas, the boy did not survive due to head injury.   Words cannot express the shock, the grief which overtook the parents when their son's face.  One policeman told the father of the deceased, "Sir, if only he had his helmet on, he would have survived?".   

                                                                                                                                Father was inconsolable.

                                                                                                                                Year 2020 (After Corona).  A father tells his son to not step out without wearing a 'mask'….

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