Newton's First Law in times of Corona

"Law of inertia, also called Newton's first law, postulate in physics that, if a body is at rest or moving at a constant speed in a straight line, it will remain at rest or keep moving in a straight line at constant speed unless it is acted upon by a force" as mentioned by www.britannica.com and as per wikipedia, "The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). 

One topic is related to physics and mentions about the ability of body to be in continuity of being in motion or motionless unless acted upon by an external matter. 

Remember, how we as children would continue to sleep till our mother would wake us up. 

Remember how nobody would start studying till they got a dressing. 

Remember how the topper would continue to write the answer paper till the sheet would be taken away.

Remember how the elder brother would keep sipping cool water from the only fridge bottle in summers till you cried out.

Remember how you never tidied your room till somebody found your progress report. 

Remember how the party would never be over till somebody decided to bawl.

And the list goes on endless. But most important to note is that things continue to be till something stops them or causes them to move. In fact, this post itself would not have materialized had I not called my teacher. A casual remark of adapting to a different routine led to the concept of this post. 

Coming to our second topic ie. corona virus, that is all about biology. "Corona - Naam toh suna hi hoga !" Aaj kal isike charche hai. A virus, which is not visible to the eyes; has brought an entire world to a stand still. All the law of continuing to be in motion, has come to a stop. The virus as external force has been too much for the world to continue its pace. Let alone me. 

Till a few days back, all of us were accustomed to our routine and our family's routine too. The lockdown brought with itself an unexpected discontinuity in the motion and routine. Most of us continue to do the work that we did previously or rather more. More because we need to now do the outsourced jobs too. No wonder while attending virtual meetings or webinars, we also multitask. 

We cook more, we clean more, we eat more;

            we virtually socialize more, we chat more, we act more;

We watch more, we listen more, we see more;

            we think more, we contemplate more, we create more.

The corona has indeed brought an unexpected situation before us. But at the same time, it allowed us to take a break and think. This external force has put a brake on our daily routine and given momentum to a different new YOU. Newton's law continues to hold true. We found a new inertial force to take up new hobbies or pursue the existing ones.

Trying out new recipes, indoor games, exercises, new ways of procuring essentials, looking at deserted streets, looking at blossoming nature, wondering at new birds in the neighbourhood, all will be instrumental in taking on the future.