The cuckoo’s golden voice
yesterday reminded me of the nursery rhyme. And its arrival was not by chance,
but as per the nature’s design. Today morning too I enjoyed the golden voice of
the cuckoo interspersed with the peacocks calls. My morning walk, is one thing
that gives me head start for the day.
Since the lockdown began, except
for the very few outings to buy food items I haven’t stepped out of my house
even for a small stroll in the open area in front of my house. Why should I? I
am not supposed to. If I do it, I would be defeating the very purpose for which
lockdown is being observed.
Let me tell you; when the
lockdown was announced, I had a day to plan and leave my place for home – to be
with my family. I could imagine the tough time that my family would have to
suffer in my absence. Thus, I planned for my air- journey, tickets were
available then. I discussed with my family about my journey – its pros and
cons. My elder daughter reasoned with me and ultimately dissuaded me from
travelling arguing that it would unnecessarily expose me to risk and since all
are fine then why to take such a risk? I found logic in it and reminded myself
of PM Modi’s advice to stay put wherever you are. Yes, I am not with my family
in this lockdown. So far, my family has managed themselves well and I hope that
with every passing day, as Corona spreads it tentacles, they will be able to
manage the remaining phase of the lockdown and the hardships due to it with
their disciplined actions. My wife, daughters and son are doing a fabulous job,
I must appreciate. For me, they are champions. And likewise, millions and
millions of champions are there helping save the country from the disaster of
the scale previously unseen by the world. I am proud of my family and all such sensible
citizens – who are making minimum possible movements out of their homes!
The day had been very hectic,
most of the time was consumed going thru the emails and actions related to it
combined with official telephonic calls. Today, I had plans for ironing my
clothes in the evening, that had been waiting for the last one week. While
washing clothes is child’s play, ironing is not! It is a serious task. I had
scheduled it for the evening and I took more than an hour to complete ironing,
however, belting out of old romantic Hindi film hits one after the other by
none other than Alexa helped me enjoy this boring job!
Challenges are numerous and we
have very good number of people, institutions and government machineries working relentlessly to wipe out Corona from
our land. I salute all such Corona
Warriors – ranging from the little kids sharing their cute video clips to the
singer police officials and from the safaiwalas to the doctors, nurses
and all involved in helping ease the pains of COVID-19 patients. Doordarshan
too is doing a fabulous job.
Before I close, I would like to
tell you about a quirky coincidence that happened today – coincidence of the nines! Today is the 9th day of the
lockdown, which is falling today on Ram-Navami (the 9th Day)! Hold
on, I have two more 9s - I ironed out 9 pieces of clothes today and started
writing this blog at 9:00 pm tonight! Just on a lighter note, always being
serious is not good!
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