On 2nd April 2020, the number of people infected with the novel CORONA-VIRUS in India crossed the 2000 mark. There are 40 countries who have more people infected. The death toll in India reached 58; the count is higher in 30 other countries.

These numbers would suggest that India is in a relatively better, even if still difficult, situation. But this is not so simple. There are scientists who are saying that over the next two months, the number of infected people in India could cross a million. There are others who assert that community transmission of the virus must already be happening, and these are not getting captured because India has not been testing enough number of people. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been maintaining that despite the emergence of a few cases for which the original source of infection has not been traced, there is no community transmission happening.

Then, there are research papers suggesting that the survivability of the virus weakens in high temperature, and some have used this to explain the relatively low infection rate in India. In the midst of all this, an unexpected humanitarian crises  in the form of desperate movement of migrant labourers threatens to undo the benefits of the largest-ever lock down imposed anywhere in the world.

Being an artist, In these times of social-unrest, I  tried to Bring necessary social messages with a hint of humor added to my artworks.

These artworks can be also found on my Instagram Feed @oneashiish.

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