A.G. Gardiner wrote a few excellent essays starting with On... I remember we had one of his On Saying Please. I just got hold of a compilation that has many more.
Largely, we have been grounded for the last few months, since whenever the Corona virus struck. So what has it done to some of the avid travellers? Some have gone back into the past, and started reminiscing about those days. Me too, I looked back at some photographs (not just of travel), and digitised many of them, for posterity. Have been meaning to do it for a while, but just got a chance.
Visited my mother more often. She is 91, and has chosen to live by herself because she likes her house and people around- her sister and a nephew and a niece are close by, almost next door.
Tasted some good food- home-made, of course. Most of us have tried our hand at cooking lots of things, with some hits and some misses.
Appreciated the local kirana store and medical store a lot more, because they were a life-line during the bad times. Ditto, health workers, garbage collectors and so on.
and Scientists for their hard work on trying to find cures and a vaccine..looks as if we'll have a couple early next year.
Was amazed by the changing geo-politics, particularly where it involved China.
Not sure of what the fate of travel and tourism, and related industries will be. Hope they recover soon, at least the ones totally dependent on tourists. A loss of one year of course, was bad. Hope it does not get worse.
The environment got better, due to reduced pollution. Hope we find ways to keep it that way in future too.
Hope classroom education gets back on track..it just isn't the same on Zoom or Google Meet.
Saw a few films on streaming platforms-Shakuntala Devi, Gulabo Sitabo, and a couple of Malayalam movies including Sufiyum Sujatayum.. but want to go back to theatres, it's a much better experience.
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