A day in the life in a pandemic stuck world

I look out of the window, my only real view to the outside world, the sun is shining gloriously outside the window, looks sparkly and happy. Does the sun know what the human species is going through? What does it think about it? I don’t know.

The year that was

We are all waiting for 2021, with hopes and desperation. We feel that everything will magically change as the date on the calendar changes. 2021 may be the most awaited year of this decade. 2020 admonished us like a school teacher and forced us to sit at home and look at our lives, deeply, minutely…

The humble vada pav

I had just completed a project which had taken me out of the country for a month and I was landing in Bombay close to around midnight. I got into the taxi with my luggage and after telling the taxi driver in which direction to head, I told him that he will have to first stop at any vada pav stall that would be open on the way. He turned and looked at me and gave me a smile and without any questions, he took me to one. I packed two hot vada pav and relished it in the back seat. I felt happy and content.