A number of people online have been very pleased about how the Indian greeting of Namaste is now a safe way of avoiding contact in these times of the COVID-19 virus. These are the same people who believe that we live in times of 'Achhe Din', of course, so sensible Indians have done the right thing and dismissed their latest display of stupidity. What has been more amusing, however, is how millions of us have changed our lives in subtle ways to try and escape a pandemic that has long been publicised as inevitable.

Birthday parties have been cancelled, visits to the mall curtailed, travel plans abandoned, and even a few of our Godmen have decided to avoid lectures in public because they don't want to risk catching something. That millions of our fellow Indians continue to fund these Godmen is another issue, but it's a sign of how seriously we take this risk that even businessmen masquerading as spiritual leaders have decided to stop raking in the money for a while.