Anupam Kher says coronavirus pandemic is nature’s way of saying ‘Behave like humans, don’t become God’
Hindustan TimesThe zipping and zooming of autos, cars, bikes, coupled with the honks, is a cacaphony Anupam Kher has been used to outside his house. This social distancing today will bring the whole world together tomorrow.” As exercising self quarantine is resulting in a profusion of self-made online content across creative streams, Kher says, “Basically, Bhagwaan ne laath maari hai and bola hai ki, ‘Behave like humans, don’t become God’. on a mass level worldwide, itni badi learning nahin ho sakti thi.” Calling himself an “eternal optimist”, Kher adds, “Even in the worst situation, there’s a possibility that some goodness will come out of it. Also, he feels celebrities have to “become role models” and have an added responsibility as it’s taking people time to register that “something like a virus can affect the whole world” at a time when advanced technological breakthroughs have been made. God has given the whole world time to simplify their life, whether it is in thoughts or in materialistic things,” says Kher, via live online chats as he feels “this is the time when people are in the mood to listen”.