With more than 42 lakh cases, India has become second worst affected country globally behind only USA. Presently. national recovery stands at 77.32%. The problem now is that as compared to daily addition of cases, the number of patients who are recovered are less, hence the recovery rate figure in percentage is poor. Central govt has asked various state govt and UT , from where 35 districts are showing high active covid case loads to strengthen containment measures control, . They were asked to ensure strict perimeter control, strengthen the active case search focussing on co morbids. These 35 districts comprise all 11 districts of NCR, Kolkata, Howrah and North 24 Barganas in West Bengal;, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Kolhapur, Sangli, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Raigarh, Jalgaon, Solapur, Satara, Palghar, Aurangabad, Dhule and Nanded in Maharashtra, Surat in Gujarat, Pondicherry in Paducherry and East Singhbum in Jharkhand. From this list you will observe that Maharashtra and Delhi(NCR) are the most affected areas with covid pandemic.
Now coming to my other topic of the day:
It has been said that, sometimes, the MUSIC feels like an escape from all that is happening around us. When you feel stressed out, all you need is a little bit of soul stirring music to get you back in the mood. Music lovers all over the world are same, we Indians are kind of lucky that we have some fantastic music as part of our movie industry. If you like Bollywood, we have some superb singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mohd Rafi, Kishore kumar, Mukesh, Mann Dey and many others; and wonderful composers like Shankar Jaikishan, SD Burman, Roshan, Naushad, Madan Mohan, RD Burman , Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji amd many others. Evergreen songs by these artisans that are appreciated, even by today’s generation.
Quite early on, we had only the radio to listen to songs, and then with the advent of TV, radio became outdated. Along with radio and TV , those days there were records, cassettes, CDs. Then came the internet and mobile devices and the way to enjoy music has changed. Globally thee radio has been revived with FM channels, and has become raging favourite to listen your favourite music.
Other than radio and other traditional means of listening to songs are using the CDs or DVDs, if you have a player. Or else, if you have computer or music system where you can you pen drives, that option is also there. There are many channels on TV that play songs throughout the day.
However, there are many websites and apps also which can help you listen to songs. Especially if you have mobile device. There are several music streaming sites, like youtube, gaana.com, saavn.com, online radios, that help you to choose your favourite songs all through. Then there are popular song Apps like Ssaavn and Gaana. Download these apps on your mobile device and create a login by providing details. The other apps you can check out are Wynk, Hungama etc. If you are Western music fan, you can check out apps like Pandora, Spotify, Tunein, Shazam etc.
Some dedicated devices are also available, if you are not comfortable using mobile devices and would rather prefer an old transistor like device for listening the songs, then please check out the Carvaan Portable music player, it has many features, and the price may differ according to features. It is a device that comes with thousands of pre recorded songs, of great Bollywood artists like Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhosle, RD Burman and other legends. It comes with built in stereo speakers allowing you to enjoy the real song experience. This device can also play in USB and Bluetooth modes so that you may play your own songs.
With so many options to choose from, it seems easy to keep that love of music going and keep ourselves in good mood, so pick your choice and get going.
Awaiting your views/comments/feed backs.
Anil Malik
Mumbai, India
7th September 2020.
R.. N. Mungale.
Kovid19 situation is really worrying to say the least.
Music is best remedy if one is feeling sad.