Something my mother and my wife couldn’t — Covid-19 has ruined many lives in worse ways than one could imagine. My family and I also lived in fear throughout the year 2020 and most of 2021 until we got fully vaccinated. We learned that sticking together in difficult times need not mean being physically close, and sometimes must…

Given the ugly scenario created by the Coronavirus Pandemic, I believe we should all count our blessings, including I, who has the following five in their life right now: Food. My first fear when the lockdown was announced was lack of vegetables, grains and fruits. Fortunately, this hasn’t happened to…

I live in India. I belong to a middle class family with a decent take home pay. I work in IT hence I still have a job because I have the option to work from home. Today is the 12th day of 21 day long lockdown across India. I tried…

I would have shouted at that customer too — Yesterday at the local sabzi mandi (vegetable market) near my house, I witnessed one vegetable seller stand up from his place, step out of his small stall and then shout at a customer for not wearing a mask while shopping for vegetables there. “Pehle mask pehenke aao. Phir sabzi milegi!” (“First…

This work from home wasn’t as fun as we expected — The current work-from-home scenario is a peculiar one. While we still enjoy the perks of not having to fight the traffic for about an hour or more every day, thereby saving both time and energy, it is in no way as comfortable or perhaps fun as it had been before…