Chetan Bhagat: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/The-underage-optimist/3-mistakes-of-the-pandemic-and-lessons-from-it/
It’s okay to make mistakes. The point is not to humiliate or shame anyone, but to change for the better. We need to change the way we think...
1. ‘Us vs them’ is a primitive, exploitable and harmful human trait. As kids, we love comics, with a clear set of good and bad guys. The hero and the villian. Such movies do good business too. The entire Hindu vs Muslim narrative in India is driven by this primitive instinct... This defines the politics of our country at the cost of healthcare, education, economy and governance. Never, ever mix religion with politics — a recipe for complete disaster. Governments are not God. God is about faith. Governments need to be questioned and kept accountable. Never mix the two
2. Respecting modern scientific thinking and capital investments. Today, the countries coming out of the pandemic are those who respect science and capital. We don’t. Science is admitting we don’t know everything, that the future holds the answers not the past. Most of the pseudo-scientific Indians are stuck in the past — the very definition of unscientific
3. Don’t be in a rush to get medals. Wanting India to succeed is a good thing. However, premature celebrations or glorifying it without true substantial accomplishment is not.