Hindu Culture and Covid-19
Covid-19 is spreading out loud currently world wide. It started in December 2019 and is still spreading across the globe. At this point, I notice a similarities between a lot of cultural relation between the social distancing norms established for the people to follow and the cultural practises in Hinduism. 1. Namaste as replacement of Shake hands Namaste is a quite popular Indian way of greeting a person. This is not only in India, we can see this in many eastern cultures. Basically, we are not joing our hands or body parts with another person, but we are giving a great respect. Even today, saying a Namaste or Namaskar is standard form of greeting a person in a new day or during a meeting or any such occasion. NAmaste can be told to a person or can be used to greet a crowd as well. Now, due to Covid-19, our hands are tied and we are kind of stuck to use the Namaste greetings as replacements of a shake hand greeting. 2. Pula kuli as replacement of Quarantine In India, if someone dies t