Last week, I wrote a post on 5 Things to be Grateful for during Lockdown where I mentioned how my husband is mopping and cooking. It seems my husband is not alone. Finally, Indian men have left their mom's apron/pallu/dupatta and risen to the occasion to do household chores. Thanks to maids being absent. In … Continue reading Maidless India #Corona #Lockdown
When I feel like a confident and 'situation-under-control' Mom, I just need to read messages on one of the Mommy groups on Whatsapp. Immediately, my confidence shatters like a house of cards. There are precisely two places on Earth that can shatter my confidence as a woman. The first one is a beauty parlor and … Continue reading ‘(Y)ou are a Bad Mom’- Says the Whatsapp Mommies #A-ZChallenge2020
The global lockdown would have been more severe and unbearable had there been no technology. Can you imagine this lockdown during the 60s, 70s, 80s or even 90s and how we would have felt without the internet. How more difficult it would have been. Thanks to technology it is helping us a lot to cope. … Continue reading Technology to the Rescue during Lockdown #A-ZChallenge2020
Social media has become extremely 'challenging' ever since people started 'social distancing'. Every other day some new challenges are coming up and I am getting tagged. The first tag that was making the rounds to apparently create 'positivity' was the #stronggorgeouswomen. I don't know, if it created any positivity for others, for me it just … Continue reading Social Distancing and Social Media Challenges #A-ZChallenge2020
After fourteen years of marriage, mushy romance got restricted to the honeymoon photos. These days we have replaced ‘I love you’ with ‘I told you’. For example, just a few days before the lockdown started the man had wanted to buy 20 kilos of rice which I summarily rejected. Now, when all grocery shops are … Continue reading Romance During Lockdown #A-ZChallenge2020
Quarantine used to be a lesser-known word for many of us before the outbreak of Covid19. It was relevant only for patients of highly contagious disease. The general rule was that if any person contracted a contagious disease he or she would be quarantined from the others. They would live separately without infecting others. However, … Continue reading Quarantine Quandary #A-ZChallenge2020
After the lockdown began in Europe, there were tweets claiming that nature was reclaiming its space. Dolphins were returning to the Italian coasts while swans were seen floating in the Venetian canals. However, soon it was said that those tweets were spreading fake news. Nevertheless, many more birds are indeed roaming the canals of Europe. … Continue reading Pollution Reduction During Lockdown. Myth or Reality? #A-ZChallenge2020
Hoarding has become a new life skill to survive Covid19. People all over the world are hoarding whatever they can. In many countries, people started hoarding toilet papers. Honestly, I didn't understand why of all things, people started hoarding toilet papers. Diarrhea was definitely not a major symptom of Covid19. Thankfully, we desis had no … Continue reading H for Hoarding #A-ZChallenge2020
In the month of December, when the first case of Covid19 was detected in China, I was in Europe, enjoying canal rides, eating waffles, laughing with my Italian colleagues Natalia, Serena, Loredana and flirting with the Dutch-Italian fellow Roberto at the hotel's reception desk. He resembled the Indian actor Arjun Rampal and was no less … Continue reading Anxiety, Anger, and Alienation
