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Didn't I tell you so! That Corona in the days to come would show its real colour! That it is in the mutation stage and might even assume the role of an invisible predator who has the capacity to squeeze out your lungs and finish you off! That is what the fiendish creature is doing now! As days pass by the number of deaths and confirmed cases is running ahead of human imagination in the whole world. India too is maintaining the same tempo. Still Corona is yet to reach that landmark of 10 per cent with regard to death and it seems the figure is a long shot for the micro-organism. Thank God, if it surpassed that figure or even reached near it would have been a fatal disaster of immense proportions, something that will resemble the Spanish Influenza tragedy of 1918 that had snatched away millions of lives. Despite this weak point of the virus, the death toll has crossed the 6 lakh figure. Whom to blame? Who is to be blamed for this mishap and reality? A naïve man may conclude that ...

    The triumphant Corona virus is smashing ahead with all the virulence and intensity that it can afford in its nascent stage. Mind you, the mutation stage is in process and there is no guarantee that this devilish micro-organism will not assume more devastating proportions. The mankind which has already been brought to its knees may even be forced into prostration in the coming days or months. Such is the speed and venom with which this  (arguably the most feared of all) virus is galloping ahead like a warhorse numbing every economy not only the budding but even the matured ones in its stride to the extent of grinding to a halt the everlasting phenomenon called life.  Will life stop forever? Even Gods may keep mum on that question because he may not be sure about it! Let us skim through the six-month-old history of Corona since it made its scary presence felt in December last or January beginning and the hellish ramifications that it unleashed. Aft...