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Mrs. Agrawal is tired looking at her grey tresses, untidy eyebrows, blemishes on the skin and facial hair !!
“How! oh, how I wish I could have learned those beauty skills.I can’t even hide my face behind those masks on a virtual kitty meet …..and I’m sure Mrs. Bhalla with her eagle eyes would find out all my flaws” she was wailing…
Mauli was ransacking her cupboard…
” Gosh ! Today is my presentation…and where did I keep those matching pants?”…
Mrs. Chatterjee consoled her daughter…” never mind…wear your gathered skirts instead my girl !! You aren’t visible below your 2nd button…
Haha Haha…..” and they both laughed together…
Mrs. Chopra is missing her percussion talent on the dholak which used to be lauded at every ladies’ sangeet…
And she’s suddenly taken aback by a phone call…
” Sudha….my daughters marriage has been fixed. Its going to be in the end of this month. We had to hurry as her would-be uncle in law isn’t too well…We’ll be having a virtual celebration …and you have to be there virtually with the dholak…”
And Mrs Chopra started doing a bhangra..at home …of course…
Siddharth and his gang of friends yearn for those pub nights…
Night curfews are still on and there isn’t going to be a respite soon…
They decide to paint the town red…virtually…
They hold a zoom meet….guitar chords are strummed …They have a riot eating and dancing….all in their own homes…yet together virtually…
“Doctor ….doctor…”….the ailing Mr. Sinha coughs away while he’s on a con call with Dr Awasthi…
Dr. Awasthi advises him nebulization and even shows how it can be done…he prescribes medicines and assures all would be well…
Suchita and Aman have their online school going on well. One click and they’re at school……recess gives them time to nibble on to hot and fresh food…
Another click and school’s over !!
Mom also finds it easier now….no more getting up early in the cold to make and pack their breakfast….no more picking up and dropping.. …so no more driving to and fro…
Mr. And Mrs. Singh have to work from home. They opt to move out from the metro to their native village…its better to be with family and why pay unnecessary rent?
Mrs. Thakur is now a favorite Online customer…she WhatsApps s her local Kirana man her requirements and Voila !! The groceries reach her doorstep. She makes a quick online payment and is relieved…
Ms. Sally hasn’t bought her new makeup kit since the last one got exhausted !! She doesn’t need one she says…
” The mask and the eyeglasses are my saviors…she laughs away….no lipstick…no compact….no rouge….no eyeliners…no mascara…hahaha….she can’t believe she is living without makeup !!
Welcome to the new normal
