When all this is, hopefully, over and behind us I wonder what new world will we step into.
I'm actually growing used to the idea of lockdown, it seems a good intervention - as a society, we seem to have adapted well.
Consumption is now minimal and need based.
Stress inducing commuting is history.
Instead of a "work - life balance" I think many of us have discovered life is bigger than work.
We stand in queues, without jostling.
Men have learnt to shoulder at least some responsibility of work AT home...
I did see a news report (hopefully fact, not fake) that even said that seismologists are saying the earth's mantle is quieter than a month ago... Because of the slowdown/lockdown across much of the world. Reminds me of TS Eliot's poem's (The Waste Land) ending, Shantih Shantih Shanti
All in all, this is good. I hope we remember the lessons were learning now.
Meanwhile, the lady of the house has acquired sufficient skills to find her way through my (MY? Hers, now) smart TV. We are now sitting, engrossed, watching that delightful comedy series from the 90s... Yeh Joh Hai Zindagi Life, was it simpler then? Or is that merely the camera tricks of nostalgia?
I'm actually growing used to the idea of lockdown, it seems a good intervention - as a society, we seem to have adapted well.
Consumption is now minimal and need based.
Stress inducing commuting is history.
Instead of a "work - life balance" I think many of us have discovered life is bigger than work.
We stand in queues, without jostling.
Men have learnt to shoulder at least some responsibility of work AT home...
I did see a news report (hopefully fact, not fake) that even said that seismologists are saying the earth's mantle is quieter than a month ago... Because of the slowdown/lockdown across much of the world. Reminds me of TS Eliot's poem's (The Waste Land) ending, Shantih Shantih Shanti
All in all, this is good. I hope we remember the lessons were learning now.
Meanwhile, the lady of the house has acquired sufficient skills to find her way through my (MY? Hers, now) smart TV. We are now sitting, engrossed, watching that delightful comedy series from the 90s... Yeh Joh Hai Zindagi Life, was it simpler then? Or is that merely the camera tricks of nostalgia?
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