Maybe we can share our experiences of the last couple of days with regard to corona virus and shopping.
Like a lot of people in Goa I live in a village and the availability of food has been more the absence of it than anything else. Shops, we are told, are now open but does it mean there is food in them? A lot of the shops have nothing or next to nothing to sell, and so they are closed. Others have been fined and are wary of opening again. Some owners would like to help but their workers are reluctant to go to work. Perhaps, there are a few more different scenarios and reasons which readers are invited to share with others. If there is no food available or shop open, how do the villagers solve their shopping and food problem? They may have to go a few kilometres away to fetch it, and maybe stopped by policemen doing routine checks. No doubt the policemen are doing their job as no vehicles are allowed on the streets until the end of the month. However, what other option is there than to starve? Will food be allowed to come to Goa across the Karnataka border? Goans produce vey little of fruit and vegetables. Does the government expect the people of Goa to survive on love and fresh air?
