I marvel at the resilience of life...

Abolt from the blue descended to envelope our dynamic routine and pulled it in a whirlpool of surreal and unreal uncertainty and fear.

The first few days oscillated like a yo-yo of restlessness trying to cope with the concept of inactivity, grappling with futile time management to weariness. Being a healthcare professional there was the welcome call of tackling and treating emergencies in Ophthalmology which is my chosen profession. As an ophthalmologist and that too nearing senior citizen age we have packed great dexterity in our surgery and diagnostics, but when it comes to treating emergencies in general medical practices we are not able to surface from the norms of our specialty and struggle with the impossible in such situations.

As nights changed into days, a journey and adventure of self

Sangeeta Yadav

Idon’t think about my past. I only live in the present and try to secure my future. But amid the lockdown, when you sit idle, your mind brings back those memories and that makes you feel anxious,” says actor Rashami Desai, who made headlines by breaking her silence on her casting couch experience and talking about her relationship with ex-boyfriend, actor Arhaan Khan.

The key to fight the discovery ensued, the hobbies which were collecting dust suddenly shook it off and sparkled with renewed vigour and spark. The books I had been collecting but not reading slowly found their place on the bedside table. Ohran Pamuk immersed me into the history of Istanbul from Ottomans to his growing up years.

The challenges of bread making right from sourdough to sweet raisin cinnamon rolls stared me in the face. As I kneaded the dough the overpowering aroma of fresh bread made a welcome change to the clinical scent of floor cleaner used in the morning.

Though always an avid photographer sharing and exhibiting my photographs on social media and exhibitions and if lucky selling a few. Here I got an open arena of old stock raw images waiting for the lightroom brushes and bringing tsunami of images negative feelings, she says, is to just meditate, which she has been doing during the lockdown. “Everybody should meditate because the coming times are going to be tough. The year 2020 has given a lot of time to work on ourselves, have that calmness and connect with our inner self,” shares Desai, who says that the need of the hour is also to do something creative and hone one’s skills.

Doing the same through her live chat show on social from memories that were part of old hard discs till then.

All this off course was interspersed with new realisation of health and diet goals a quest for gaining fitness which I thought had got lost in the realms of double chin and an adequate girth. Academic interactions, hobnobbing with photographer friends and connecting with the whole family in different corners of the world is just a click away all thanks to the Zoom app. Awaiting normalcy, I marvel at the resilience of life and its capacity to bounce back with the mundane routine which seemed like a beautiful luxury taken for granted.

Love your life and wait to tell your grandchildren hopefully about the Covid times. media, Desai, 34, is building her fan base by sharing her experiences with them while answering their questions.

“People find celebrities’ lives very fascinating, but there are many ups and downs which they aren’t aware of. I’ve been in the industry for quite some time now and I’ve seen it all. When I talk about my experiences, it makes fans excited to know more and it’s a great source of entertainment, too,” she says.