Dr Ramlakhan gurjar
There is an old saying ‘ Nero fiddled while Rome burnt ‘. Meaning, when Rome was burning, Nero was playing the violin.
The story dates back to the 6th century when half the city was destroyed by a fierce fire in the city of Rome and 70 of the city’s population were rendered homeless. The arson continued for six days.
The ruler of Rome at that time was Nero who was extremely irresponsible, ineffective, ineffective, and sadistic. It is believed that when the countrymen were in deep trouble and they needed help, he did not take any step to help the countrymen and left the countrymen to die on their own and fulfill their duties and obligations as a king. No one had seen whether Nero was playing the violin when the city of Rome burned down. Historians also say that the violin (fiddle) originated in the 11th century while Nero was in the sixth century.
In fact, this incident later took the form of an idiom that the ruler who is incapable, useless, or does not care for the public for the sake of his hobbies or luxuries, does not know his duties and obligations, and in times of crisis, the public Leaving it on its own terms, he was compared to Nero, who was its ruler at the time of the burning of Rome. Rome was burning and, unaware of it, King Nero was playing the violin or flute in peace.
In recent years, US President Trump has also been compared to Nero and the incident in Rome when he left America on his own, showing irresponsibility during the Corona epidemic.
Even today there are irresponsible rulers of many countries for whom it can be said that ‘Nero fiddles while Rome burns’.—-
