My Family Got Corona Tested in India

Shagun Sharma
India Unlimited
Published in
7 min readNov 27, 2020

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Strange, funny, and deadly serious at the same time

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Finally, the virus knocks door at my laid back village with none other than my cousin brother.

A short story on how “serious” Covid events unfolded at my home base, whilst progressively getting illogically funny!

Oh no, but it’s not a funny story either.

Carry on.

The fateful news drops

“Well, as we always say to what happens to boys on motorbikes going on trips — your brother just tested Covid positive.”

Very well father. A concerning announcement delivered in the most reassuring way.

But if I must remind you…

“Oh shoot! He was here last week for your birthday party right?!

“Damn it! I’ve been uselessly trying to forward all those WhatsApp messages to you guys — on NOT to mess up in these times — and here we are. Remind me, did I touch him while serving the cake?”

The last topic remained afloat in my house for 5 days straight.

I wish I was kidding.

For 5 days we kept debating on did “we” touch him, or did “he” touch us in any way? Thankfully, we were always the cautious lot and no one touched anyone, but it sure…

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Shagun Sharma
India Unlimited

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