If there was a time when we actually meant most of what we said, it is this year. Our ‘how are you doing’ has often been genuine this year. We have wished to hear from our relatives and friends hoping that they are fine. That they have not caught the virus. That they haven’t lost … Continue reading Roundup 2020
Category: Reflection
On comparison and its impact
The following are some thoughts on 'comparison' - the theme of a module in a course on ideas in education. A mark of the current times is that there is space in a typical day's schedule to explore these ideas and reflect on their relevance in life. Beginning from within the family, some of the … Continue reading On comparison and its impact
Day 105: Pandemic and us
Ajangaon, July 2020 07/07/2020 Day 105 This morning we went beyond the little hillock on which the road climbs up immediately, from the coffee point where we sit during rides. It is a short ramp, about a kilometer long. It then descends into an expansive flat land until the next low rise hill range in … Continue reading Day 105: Pandemic and us
Day 101: Meaning-making
03/07/2020 Day 101 Daily writing is suffering. On the upside, there is a great deal of learning and discovery happening these days. As with most new behaviours, it takes effort in the beginning and then there is a tipping point after which it gains stability and is likely to stick. With writing, the change in … Continue reading Day 101: Meaning-making
Day 97: Few changes
Ajangaon. June 2020 29/06/2020 Day 97 Writing these daily updates has been slow and lagged behind in the past two weeks. When days begin to get filled with outdoors writing takes a hit. The tradeoffs are clear. Lockdown days helped in observing reading and writing beahviour closely. As of now, both of them stand severely … Continue reading Day 97: Few changes
Day 90: In the now
Soybean crop. June 2020 22/06/2020 Day 90 It was an indecisive day for cycling. The town isn't big, but the chaos of vehicles during morning hours gets me. It is preferable to drive out with the cycle in the car, ride a trail and drive back. Early morning confusion about which direction to take meant … Continue reading Day 90: In the now
Day 85: On personal change and writing regularly
17/06/2020 Day 85 By today I am over three days behind on publishing lockdown diary entries. The day began with a 60 km ride to the farm and back. In the evening, went for a walk on the Sevagram trail. Outdoors has become effortless here and plenty. Coronavirus is fast fading for the media to … Continue reading Day 85: On personal change and writing regularly
Day 81: Two really good hours
Farm. June 2020 13/06/2020 Day 81 The concern these days is about finding time with unbroken attention. Finding an uninterrupted three hour slot is an effort. It must be the place and its rhythm which seems to dissolve away markers of time. One hour blends into the other and morning turns into noon effortlessly. This … Continue reading Day 81: Two really good hours
Day 75: The way we protest
07/06/2020 Day 75: The way we protest History determines our courses in the present often. But does an attempt to fix the present, need to be predicated on hacking inanimate artifacts of the past and count that as a victory or even to have proved a point? The supporters of such acts explain that it … Continue reading Day 75: The way we protest
Day 48: Inventories
11/05/2020 Day 48 On days that I do not make notes through the day a summary by the end of it becomes a tedious task. With a slowed pace at work and in personal life it gets even more difficult to make a journal entry without referring to news of the day or to articles … Continue reading Day 48: Inventories
