Face To Face With A New Situation

Most of us are aware and scared about the debilitating possibilities of post-Covid complications. But the restrictions imposed by the governments and by ourselves have changed our collective behaviour so much that it would be difficult to return to previous, normal, maskless existence.

- Sujit Chandra Kumar

There was this troll recently about a dating couple exchanging virtual love. When the guy asks her to remove her mask so that he could enjoy her beauty during a video call, the girl tells him that ‘all that’ could wait till marriage! After Covid struck, the face, even though for purely health reasons, has become a body part that needs to be covered and kept private. Is it going to be all that easy and smooth to bare the part that functions as the mirror of one’s body, even when Covid is receding and the possibility opens to walk around with a naked face?