The shocking revelations about the state of affairs post COVID-19 have started coming to the fore. My recent chat with a recruiter had turned intense when she was talking about the fact that many more experienced professionals including HR professionals had been without job due to the multiple crises caused by coronavirus. All these six to seven months down the road, the entire lifestyle has gone from bad to worse.
This strongly means many sad stories behind the scene. Technology and lavish lifestyle cannot hide these facts or could not paint a different picture either. Unemployment apart, the affected have been unable to share their status and pent-up feelings. Maybe this might have been the trend everywhere in the world. A stitch in time saves nine as the saying goes. Now, the entire responsibility of setting right everything squarely falls on the executive and policymakers.
An immediate economic boost is much-needed. Strong political will, financial back-up, multilevel economic agendas and far-reaching plans of action are badly required to inject a new lease of life out there.
Lack of foodstuff, malnutrition and a shortfall in nutritious diet have been just out there, impacting the human race across the world. To stop such spiralling effects, the much-needed economic strategies should be on the ground. In Asia, local markets have been flourishing for much longer time than in the West. In my native areas like Korkai, Tiruchendur, Tuticorin, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, the people have been able to survive such crises through local economic activities like agriculture. In the West, local economic activities are relatively concerned with population, lifestyle, other external/internal factors as totally distinct from Asian region which has inherent capacity and intensive manpower to sustain the changing trends.
America and other European countries should tread cautiously to handle possible food crisis and economic downturn. Quickly enough, farming activities and the agriculture size should be strengthened at the world stage through appropriate sources/channels like green strategies, perennial water sources and huge tracts of fertile soil.
P Senthil Saravana Durai
Mumbai
