Coronavirus Pandemic Has Killed My Appetite for Dystopia Stories (The Quint)

March 30, 2020

Corona Virus Hazmut Suites - Shunali Shroff Khullar

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Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the sight of hazmat suits even on screen triggers anxiety in me.

I am never reading dystopian fiction again. And I am never watching movies about pandemics, which I had previously thought fantastical, again either. There is no need to turn to either of these as this 21-day-long lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread has made our life imitate art in a very disturbing way.

Empty streets, masked people in queues outside grocery stores and pharmacies, eerily quiet playgrounds and public parks, and a daily ticker to keep track of the number of deaths across the world – this is our present reality.

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Shunali Khullar Shroff

Author

Shunali is the author of the bestselling books Love in the Time of Affluenza and Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She writes regularly for a host of publications including the Conde Nast Traveller, HT Brunch, Elle, Vogue, Mint Lounge and The Quint on travel, culture, modern Indian life and feminism. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her somewhat itinerant family and needy dogs.

Coronavirus Pandemic Has Killed My Appetite for Dystopia Stories (The Quint)

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