Anand Mahindra Shares Video That's A 'Visual Metaphor' For All Of Us Trying To Get Through COVID. We Agree

Time and again Anand Mahindra shares tweets that go viral. Mostly they are videos that show the genius of jugaadu Indians but today he shared a video that according to him is a ¡®visual metaphor¡¯ for people trying to navigate through life during COVID-19.

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He tweeted the video with the caption, ¡®Lost count of the number of people who have forwarded this clip to me. No surprise that they¡¯d think I¡¯d enjoy it.¡¯ The video is of an old man attempting to drive through a huge crack in the road--known as the Golden Crack--in a 70-year-old jeep that came out just after World War II. The video is pretty intense and the old man in it is visibly struggling to get the jeep on the other side of the crack.

Lost count of the number of people who have forwarded this clip to me. No surprise that they¡¯d think I¡¯d enjoy it. But I also see it as a visual metaphor for how all of us are attempting to negotiate the perils of Covid-19 & its impact on our lives: We need ¡®off-road¡¯ skills! pic.twitter.com/RaxZUt4xZN

¡ª anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 31, 2020

The chairman of the Mahindra group writes, ¡®But I also see it as a visual metaphor for how all of us are attempting to negotiate the perils of Covid-19 & its impact on our lives: We need ¡®off-road¡¯ skills!¡¯ The time and location of the video are not known.

Guess he is right. The crack in the road seems like a metaphor for COVID-19 in our lives. And we are the old ¡®grandpa¡¯ trying to cross over the crack but stuck there a long time not knowing for sure whether we will make it to the other side or not.

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This is how people reacted to the video that was shared:

With 3 people clearly seen guiding, and someone capturing this on video, the driver is an experienced one. It disturbs me that he is turning the steering wheel when the vehicle is stationary.

¡ª Shenzi.Banzai (@BanzaiShenzi) July 31, 2020

Henceforth our lives will be in 2 parts; pre lock down and after.

¡ª Viswanathan (@Viswana65826773) July 31, 2020

Sir, Off Road Skills Means Enhancing ones Immunity Power, upgrading Skills !!!

¡ª N J Kennedy (@njkenny) July 31, 2020

Did the back tyres make it through sir?

¡ª Vikrant Das (@VikrantDas12) July 31, 2020

This is insanely good

¡ª Stella Sebastian (@stellzchettiar) July 31, 2020

Someone posted the latter half of the video as well:

The Second Half of the Video. This shows much further moments. pic.twitter.com/NJhGSxdDvN

¡ª Er. Anand ????? ?????????? (@Anand_Aficio) July 31, 2020

Here's a reminder: We might be struggling right now but sooner or later we will get past COVID-19.