Chaos is everywhere,

Dilemmas to confront,

Anxieties to overcome,

Aspirations to consummate,

Relationships undergoing twists and turns,

Faith and Worth of human life is on stake,

Unemployment on peak, health is compromised and economy has paralysed,

Migrants leaving the city, farmers leading the protest but administration acting as a meek spectator,

Mental piece is lost at the expense of absenteeism of collective efforts of authorities and citizens,

Libraries closed and Universities emptied,

Virtuality replacing social form of learning,

Campaign of COVID vaccine is hanging between the Unruly past and the uncertain future, Can we say it’s a post-COVID world or is it too early to suggest that?

When sciences are engaged in anthropogenic debates and finding solutions through vaccinations,

We as social scientists must work to understand the effects of pandemic at the socioeconomic, political and psychological levels of humankind. Let’s make the academic community try finding humanistic solutions towards providing trust, understanding change and spreading positivity for such changes. Viruses were always a part of our society and they will come and try finding a place next to us.

Our real test is to tackle the Anthropocene with a wider human perspective and accepting it at an individual level.

 

 

-Bhawna Shivan

 

Bhawna Shivan is an Assistant Professor at Department of Sociology, Bharati College, DU.  She is pursuing Ph.D. from CSSS/SSS, JNU, Delhi. Her interest areas include caste and mobility, identity and popular culture, and social science research studies.