Uma's Corner

Like everybody else, I have spent the last 15 months with my family and only with my family.

In fact, the family time has been so much over the last year, that we could all make movies like Sooraj Barjatya’s “Hum Saath Saath Hain”. I am sure nobody would dare to ask “Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?” after this. 🙂

A lot of people got their wishes fulfilled of spending time with their folk. But we had asked for quality time and not for so much of quantity. God! Sometimes, you just go overboard in fulfilling our wishes!!

Our houses have turned into musical chairs. With schools and offices moving into the house, the poor house suddenly has to bear the brunt of it. People are constantly moving from one room to the other, in search of wi-fi and quietness. The Maths problems, and English grammar are interspersed with business calls and meetings. Sometimes, I forget what I am talking during my calls, as I am busy solving the Maths questions that the teacher is asking my son. 🙂 And, kids also know which meetings we are on, and know the technical terms that we keep speaking.

Initially, when the lockdown started, people were kind of excited about it. It was like playing ghar-ghar in the actual sense, like the way we used to play during childhood. Everyone was in a cooking spree. The food was being cooked and immediately posted to Instagram, even before anyone could touch the food, to inspire the others. The cooking virus was spreading faster than the Covid itself, and soon everybody was busy baking cakes and what-not. 🙂

But soon, with the increase in waists, and tightening of clothes, people turned into fitness freaks. And, now, people can be seen running everywhere. Don’t you see a sudden increase in the number of runners? People seem to be running everywhere, except to their offices. 😊

Not sure how people used to run to the office earlier, after finishing all the work at home. But, now, with the work from home scenario, neither the housework gets over, nor the office work. We are continuously juggling between the two. There are times when I am drying the clothes, or cooking food, in between my calls. I think this is what is called as the work-life balance. 🙂

Another thing that increased during the pandemic, was the zoom calls. There were calls happening with school friends, college friends, old office friends, relatives, and whoever who wanted to join these scheduled calls. Surprisingly, these people never tried to keep in touch before the pandemic. The need to connect now, has taken so much of precedence over everything else.

There are also many who found time to binge watch so many web-series and movies. And, the stress to catch up with all the web-series that others were watching and suggesting, was soon taking its toll.

This pandemic has taught everyone to become more tolerant of each other. Imagine, a fight between husband and wife had to be fought inside the house. With the lockdown on, people couldn’t even go outside to sulk it out. Jeena yahaan, ladhna yahaan. 😊

Sorry if this post has hurt anyone’s sentiments. That was definitely not the intention. It was just purely a fun post. Trying to be positive in these Covid positive times is challenging and tough.

This is it from me. You guys take care and stay safe and keep that smile on. 😊