Taming the 2nd Wave with Your Mind

The second wave of the pandemic has shaken the world. It has cast a gloom in India with medical supplies, oxygen, beds and ICUs running out. There is so much negativity in the media, that you are compelled to feel distraught and depressed. But we know that the only way to come out of anxiety and depression is to feel and remain positive. 

Ghumakkad wants to divert your mind from the 2nd wave to Nature. Nature near you. Change of seasons, arrival of spring, new leaves, new life. Colours of Nature. Nature through pictures. All the pictures have been shot either in our yard or a small lake nearby. Enjoy the colours and feel positive. Tame the second wave of the pandemic with your mind!

End of spring in Hyderabad brings early summer. The grape season ends and we wait for the mangoes- the king of fruit! Few pictures of mango tree and the first harvest from our yard.

Fallen flowers create Nature's carpet. The golden flowers of woman's tongue tree weaved a circular carpet around the tree. But why this name? Because the seeds inside the wide and long bean-shaped pods rattle endlessly. Apologies to all the women of the world! See the picture below.

Similar to the golden carpet, Ghumakkad had observed a pink carpet on the golf course. The pink carpet triggered KBG-56, the online Caption Contest of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad series. See the picture below.

The contest evoked almost 40 different captions from readers across the globe. All the creative entries are listed below for wider readership. We thank all the participants.

Sl.	Name	Caption for KBG-56 Contest
1	Vinay Prasad	Shower of Blessings!
2	CD Sawant	Tare Zamin par
3	Veeky Baths	‘That Floral Feeling’
4	Raghuraj Bhargava	Itna Na Kar Abhiman Tu Mitti Main Mil Jayega
5	Manju Khetan	गुनगुना रहे हैं भँवरे खिल रही है कली कली।
6	Ritu Bhargava	Blooms of spring make my heart sing.
7	Sujata Das	आज सब के रंग में रंग मिलाना है।
8	Neeta Bhatnagar	Yeh kisne phool phool par kiya shringar hai Yeh kaun chitrakar hai
9	Neelam Sawant	Bliss
10	BC Jayaprakash	What's in a name PINK PIXIE ya SMARTIPANTS. You, Brazilian beauty, light our lives through the year
11	Pradeep Siwach	Rang de mora angna.
12	Deepak K Jena	No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
13	Alka Siwach	Fiza Gulabi
14	Deepak K Jena	From the end spring new beginnings
15	Aarja Kohli	Find joy in the ordinary
16	Kausalya Govindan	Spring showers in pink!
17	Bharat Ladha	कैसी भी तपिश हो । रहो सदा खिले खिले।
18	Rashmi Bhargava	Live life in full bloom.
19	Surendra Bhargava	Flowered red carpet!
20	Amandeep Kaur	Gir ke bhi khoobsurat!
21	Rajendra Singh	Give me Red!
22	Vinod Dhanuka	Joys > Sorrows
23	C Raghuram	Celebrate the Bride - a spring of colours, ignore the thorns
24	Poonam Bhargava	जीवन हो जितना भी सीमित, रहे रंग से भरा सदा!
25	Ajai Bhumri	बोगनबिलिया सिखाए, अपना रंग बदलाए, दुखों में भी सुख की किरण जगाये.
26	Chaitanya Shiroor	“Let us all be in the pink of our health"
27	Avinash Tiwari	Baharon phool barsao main golf pe aya hun. (On 17th fairway. I usually go under these bushes)😄😄
28	Mamta Bhargava	Blooming flowers are laying down a red car[pet welcome for something positive on the way!
29	Susmita Ganguly	Red Carpet
30	Nidhi Bhargava	सृष्टि में रंगत छाई, फूल खिले ,डाली- डाली मुस्काई लो बसंत ऋतु आई
31	Rohini Tiwari	Hum bikhar kar bhi chaman saja jayeinge.
32	LS Bhargava	बहार आई फ़ूलों की बरसात लाई।
33	GB Sethi	Harmony - Phool aur kante
34	Param Bhatia	Beautiful even when I fall!
35	Shashikant Mundra	इसकी तरह सदा रंगीन तबियत रखो
36	Anonymous	फूल-ए ज़मीं
37	Anonymous	धरती फूल-ए समाए

The Winners

Our Jury then picked up five winners. The winning entries along with a brief profile of the winners are appended below. We thank both the Jury Members namely Manik Srivastava and Neeta Bhargava.

Vinay Prasad: Vinay is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and a keen photographer. He heads a defence ancillary in Hyderabad making precision assemblies for guided weapon systems. His short caption was the Jury's first choice.

Alka Siwach: An Army spouse, Alka loves Nature, mountains, travelling and reading old history books. She likes to visit small towns with old trees and buildings. Her short and simple caption Fiza Gulabi फिज़ा गुलाबी meaning 'The pink atmosphere' was catchy.

Param S Bhatia: A Navy Veteran, Param is an aerospace engineer and a wannabe Ghummakad :) Always inspired by people who have the courage to do things differently. He says he is still learning the art of always staying happy! Param's caption captured all aspects of the picture.

Ritu Bhargava: Ritu lives in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and loves to write. She says KBG Contest has given her the best platform to express herself. Her rhyming caption was liked by the Jury.

Amandeep Kaur: Amandeep is a many times winner of KBG contests. She holds an MBA(Fin) and works with a US company in India. She loves to interact with people. Her caption is simple and appealing. Her caption in Hindi गिर के भी ख़ूबसूरत means 'Beautiful even though fallen'.

Once again our congratulations to all the winners of KBG-56.

We hope through our story, we have been able to take your mind off the Pandemic. The second wave of Corona is very depressing. We can control it through SMS- maintaining safe distance, wearing a mask and sanitising our hands frequently. We can then tame the 2nd wave with our mind. See the picture below.

We had shared a number of stories related to Corona during the 1st phase of the pandemic earlier. You may browse our related stories listed below:

Covid Couldn't Deter Us

Take the Virus Head On

I Got A New Life- Corona Survivor's Tale

Breaking Free in Lockdown

Bouncing Back In Lockdown

Every Day Is A Sunday

Stay home stay safe

Lockdown Is...

Shrinking Urban Lakes- Impending Disaster- includes video clips

Baya Weavers Create Magic - see the video clip

Cheer up folks, remain spirited. The Pandemic too shall pass.

Stay home, stay safe.

Remain masked.

See you soon.

     -    Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/2nd May 2021

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