Bengaluru 25/04/2022 Covid- 19 and ending the Lockdown Diary When the Covid-19 lockdowns began in March 2020, I began writing notes everyday as a lockdown diary. I wrote continuously for a year and then intermittently thereafter. It went on for 572 days and as cities, travel and workplaces opened up after the second wave, writing … Continue reading Lockdown Diary: Last Entry
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Day 572: Choices
Surathkal. September, 2021. 20/10/2021 Day 572 Choices and articulations It has been 571 days or eighteen months since the beginning of the pandemic. When it tipped a year mark, it felt as though the end was near. I often thought about how this would end. What would I observe in the last days of normalcy … Continue reading Day 572: Choices
Day 515: Pandemic, schools and children
23/08/2021 Day 515 Pandemic, schools and children In Karnataka, high schools and pre-university colleges reopen today after eighteen months of remaining shut due to the pandemic. This prompted me to gather articles and reports on the impact of the pandemic on schools and school-going children in India. The setback in education at school-level is unprecedented. … Continue reading Day 515: Pandemic, schools and children
Was the governments’ response in the second wave reasonable?
This is in response to V's comment on an earlier post 'Coping with Delta'. Here are some thoughts on why I think that the the generalized lockdowns imposed by national and state governments in the second wave were unnecessary in the way they were imposed. This statement needs qualifications - I am writing specifically about … Continue reading Was the governments’ response in the second wave reasonable?
Day 480: Coping with Delta
19/07/2021 Day 480 Coping with Delta By my count that began in March 2020, this is the 480th day of the pandemic. By this morning India has lost 414,108 lives to Covid-19 and more than 30 million people have tested positive for the virus. The delta variant that emerged in India during the second wave … Continue reading Day 480: Coping with Delta
Day 235: Diwali
14/11/2020 Day 235 Two hundred and thirty five days have passed since the pandemic-led lockdowns began in this country. It is as though a whole variety of life lessons have gotten compressed into these months of the pandemic - from personal to professional. Tonight, India is celebrating Diwali. The festival, by all measures, sounds and … Continue reading Day 235: Diwali
Days 106-111: Writing turns into daily log
26/08/2020 Day 155 Posting previous daily logs today. I am phenomenally out of sync. When the lockdown began the idea was to write at least 500 words everyday. It began lagging behind on date. Yet, in the city there was enough spare time to do this (what else can one do switching between drawing room … Continue reading Days 106-111: Writing turns into daily log
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 104: Reminders
Rohtang Pass, 2017 06/07/2020 Day 104 In a frivolous way (but noteworthy) I was reminded of the difference between adequate needs and lifestyle needs from the condition of my cycle. It is an eight-speed road bike with two front gears and eight at the rear. After a crash a couple of weeks back, and with … Continue reading Day 104: Reminders
Day 103: Farm and reading
05/07/2020 Day 103 While removing the weeds on the farm this morning I was struck by the burst of life that accompanies rain and the diversity of it. It is a fascinating world if exploring this diversity is appealing for a person. There is enormous beauty in watching the variety of flora and fauna in … Continue reading Day 103: Farm and reading
Contested Realities 