India, March 27 -- The Prime Minister had appealed for a "Janta (people) Curfew" on March 22 in a bid to prevent the deadly Coronavirus from spreading into the community on a larger scale. At that time, Narendra Modi's appeal got an overwhelming response from all citizens and we stood together to do his bidding. Unfortunately post the Janta Curfew, people are not taking the 21-day lockdown announced by Modi seriously and are coming out of the homes.

For instance, in Hyderabad's Hi-tech City, where most of the highly-educated software professionals reside and software companies are located, there was a major traffic jam on March 25 and the streets were filled with people. Similar violations of the curfew are being reported from other part...