I have no connection with Palestine or even any Arab. The last Indian news channel I watched was NDTV till it was taken over. I have relied mostly on European news channels, DW, France 24 and, to a lesser extent, BBC, and youtube selectively for Indian news, trying to escape emotional onslaughts on my brain.
It all changed a year ago. My brain just could not reconcile the contrast between the news of from Ukraine with the news from Gaza. I had to switch channels and reached Al Jazeera. I still watch it primarily though I have to turn off the tv as I can't cope with the developments still going on after a year. It pains me as I liked to believe that we were long past the colonial era and were far more enlightened.
Today the words of the Western leaders in particular may sound nice and comforting while the images stare in bleak contrast. My brain can't cope.
I find solace in Scandinavian crime fiction where even though the criminals may be awful, there is a sense of closure and what is the most significant part, the hero does NOT use violence - from the characters created by Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Jørn Lier Horst !
I focus a lot on the videos of Robert Sapolsky even though I have never appreciated or understood chemistry or biology and hope that these will help.
How does one run away or escape from any thing unpleasant?
Who knows, I may even try ChatGPT or Google's version, except that I worry these may make matters even worse.
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