The Joy of Ordinary
I have been stuck at home, like the rest of the world, since the lock down in March. When i mean home, i mean back in my hometown, with my family - the place where i was born, brought up, went to school, made first friends. We have been staying at our current home since 2005. But i have been out, studying and then working. It has taken a pandemic for me to be able to spend more than 3 consecutive months at my home. Work has demanded more time than before, even if you account for the time saved in not travelling to office. And the raging pandemic has put hard constraints on the things one can do - the compound wall of the house has become the boundaries within which we have to keep ourselves entertained. The little time i have managed to find for myself outside of work, i have spent in doing very ordinary things - walking in my aangan (yes, our house has one!) , appreciating the colours of the flowers that bloom in our small garden, sitting on my terrace gazing at the e...