Ramaswami: Sreedeep 29 Mar 2020 Why Social Distancing is a Distant Dream Image use for represantional only. Image courtesy: The Financial Express Here is a mysterious and fatal virus that has robbed something which is central to human existence and expression—the sense of touch. It has maligned the sacrosanct idea of ‘touch’. Touching out of love; touching as a sign of affection; touching as a gesture of care could be dangerous. The touch of a family member, or a friend, or a neighbour, or anyone else could be death-inducing, for all you know.