Do I Want To Have A Cake And Eat It Too ??
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (35702)
India
May 18, 2020 7:19am CST
Today is the first day of lockdown 04 in our country.India has been completely locked down for more than 50 days.We have been facing a lot of troubles due to long lockdown.But lockdown has a positive aspect as well.
Now we are breathing in pure atmosphere.The level of pollution in air in metro cities and small towns has drastically come down.Water flowing in our rivers is now getting pure and purer everyday.Lockdown has taught us a valuable lesson that many things we thought were essential for our happy survival are actually unnecessary.Lockdown has given us an opportunity to spend more time with our families.
But the harsh truth is that lockdown can't be continued for ever.It has to end one day.And once it ends, the same pollution ,the same rush,the same noisy streets and roads and the same cutthroat competitions will be back.
I want lockdown to end and I want the peaceful,calm,soothing impact of lockdown to continue either.
I want to have a cake and eat it too.
It's impossible.
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19 responses
@Marilynda1225 (82840)
• United States
25 May 20
I agree that lockdown has been good for the environment but people are starting to get restless now. Life will go back to normal and I can only hope that we are more conscious of the environment
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
25 May 20
@Marilynda1225 Amen.May your hope come true.I ,however,am not so optimistic.I have seen people forget social distancing once some relaxations are given.Today I saw heavy traffic on roads.No social distancing,no necessary precautions.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
18 May 20
I'm glad you look at the lockdown that way, it's also wonderful news! Now you can go to the forest and the hill again
Only this part around the cake confuses me
Only this part around the cake confuses me3 people like this
@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@LowRiderX Thanks.Now I can't go to the jungle and climb the hill therein.I will have to wait for 14 days more to go for my evening walk.Ours is a green zone where there are no corona positive cases, but adjacent to our town is another town which is in red zones. There are many corona positive cases and people from that area are not allowed to enter our town.
I wonder how long it all will continue.
Would you please explain which part 9f the cake confuses you??
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@LowRiderX Simple.If you eat it,how can you have it?It's already eaten.And if you want to have it,how can you eat.it ?? Hope,you got me.You have only only two options.Either you have it with you or you eat it.If you eat it ,you can't have ( retain ) it .....Hope you got me. 
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
18 May 20
@Shivram59 Glad to hear that!! I believe it will be over soon.
You said 'I want to have a cake and eat it too. It's impossible.' Why is it impossible?
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
12 Jun 20
@Shivram59 Sadly, I'm afraid of that too.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
17 Jun 20
@Shivram59 People are starting to go back to work. Everyone should be careful because we are supposed to go through a second wave of the coronavirus during flu season. I've read that it's supposed to be worse than the first wave.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
7 Jun 20
@simone10 I'm afraid once the lockdown ends,people will forget everything .
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@SHOHANA (16093)
• Bangladesh
16 Jun 20
@Shivram59 I'm waiting for the end of virus
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
16 Jun 20
@SHOHANA You won't have to wait for long.I'm sure a proper vaccine will be invented soon.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
16 Jun 20
@SHOHANA You are absolutely right.The whole world is suffering from coronavirus. Let us take all necessary precautions and pray the onslaught unleashed by the virus ends soon.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@mrki444 I know one thing.We can't have a clean environment and a healthy economy at the same time.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 May 20
@Shivram59 Maybe it will be.possible in future.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@mrki444 May be,but now it seems impossible .
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
19 May 20
@bbghitte If that happens, I would be the happiest man in the world.Let's be optimistic.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@bbghitte Exactly.but will people remember the lesson?? I don't think so.We all will forget it very soon.
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@bbghitte (3294)
• Philippines
19 May 20
@Shivram59 Sad truth. It may not be all, but I know there are silent warriors out there working and keeping the lessons from this pandemic. I'm sure you are of them right? :)
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
23 May 20
I think many of us when the lock down is lifted will not be the same as we were when went into lock down. As you point out this time of reflection has given many a change of perpective and caused us to value so many things that we took for granted. We may find many of the positive aspects continue after the restriction are lifted.
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
24 May 20
@Shivram59 I do hope the positive aspects continue in the enviroment I think many people are amazed at the difference it has made to all those things you mention in your post and more. I think they will want to hold on to as many of those as they can.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
24 May 20
@maggs224 Amen .If that happens,I would be the happiest man in the world.Lockdown has taught us valuable lessons. We need not to forget them.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
23 May 20
@maggs224 Yes,lockdown has completely changed us.I feel I'm now not the same as I was before 25th of March when our country was totally locked down.And I think life would never be the same.The positive aspects of lockdown will continue in my own life, but I can't be sure about environment.
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@saumitra1 (404)
•
18 May 20
Yes I too want it..But we have to do something for that..If we start changing ourselves we can think about changing others..If we want to do so, we can do it..
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@saumitra1 The problem is that we change only when a disaster or a pandemic forces us to change.As soon as the pandemic ends,we begin doing the same things once again.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
20 May 20
@CarolDM Do you mean, you are waiting for a day when there will not be no coronavirus??
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 May 20
@Shivram59 Yes that is what I mean.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@Nevena83 But should a clean environment,a peaceful life not be our normal life.Are we doomed to have a polluted environment, polluted rivers and noisy life??
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@Nevena83 You are right.We create pollution.So only we can clean it.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
18 May 20
@Shivram59 But pollution is caused by people, which means that there is a solution in us.
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@Lakshman15 (2662)
• India
18 May 20
Yes i also agree with you...i want lock down end at the same time must focus on our pollution also very important..
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@Lakshaman15 Thanks for responding. I too want lockdown to end,but if if it ends,I will miss the peace I have been enjoying for last more than 50 days.
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@Lakshman15 (2662)
• India
18 May 20
@Shivram59 hmm I understand but due to this lot of people listing their economy..even mee too..last 50 days my business also closed..I struggle a lot on managing my expenditure..
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
18 May 20
@Lakshman15 You are absolutely correct.If lockdown continues, economy of our country will crash.If it ends,air and water will get polluted .My question is that whether we can't enjoy a pure environment and a flourishing economy at the same time.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
5 Nov 20
@GodServantme I have never tasted ice-cakes.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
6 Nov 20
@GodServantme I'm a vegetarian.My family is vegetarian.
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@GodServantme (1541)
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6 Nov 20
@Shivram59 combination of those sweets
I love Indian curry. Too. Like shawarma and chicken tika
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Jan 23
What an unpleasant moment to be locked in the house for the sake of a pandemic! I hate this.
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
25 Jan 23
@Treborika Yes;what happened was unprecedented.It feels like a nightmare.Scientists and doctors say it might be back.I hope now we are better prepared.
@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Jan 23
@Shivram59 Thank you for letting us know
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
19 Jul 20
@jstory07 Yes,that's what has happened.Once again heavy traffic is back on roads. The level of pollution in air has increases.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Jun 20
i want too, but others should also share their ideas and practices in order to have their clean environment. never mind them, but their children's children should have their own cakes and eat it too.
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
14 Jul 20
Here at our place the lockdown has again been increased and this time more seriously as there are patients being found
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@Shivram59 (35702)
• India
14 Jul 20
@nitirrbb7 Thanks for responding my post.I'm from a small town in Odhisa.Here also corona positive persons are found almost everyday.We observe total lock down on Saturday and Sunday.
