Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Daughters lighting up Lisa Ray’s lockdown

- Sonil Dedhia ■ sonil.dedhia@htlive.com

have sort of already gone through the dark night of the soul, simplified my life and made friends with the reality of change. And that has definitely given me the tools to face this pandemic. The other thing I consciousl­y do is to moderate my intake of informatio­n and time on social media,” shares actor Lisa Ray, who is also a cancer survivor.

The 48-year-old is currently in Singapore with her one-year-old twin daughters. “We pulled our girls from school before the lockdown, but keeping them engaged has its own challenges. I’ve turned our home into a play school, and I feel really happy hearing their delighted shrieks when I’m writing in my office. Mornings and evenings, we put on masks and go for a bit of fresh air,” shares Ray, who is currently working on her next book, after her debut memoir Close to the Bone.

From cleaner air to liberated wildlife, the lockdown has had many positive effects on Nature, something that the actor is happy about. “Just like it takes pressure and heat to create a diamond, these times have the potential to mould something precious from difficult circumstan­ces. I wish it didn’t take a pandemic to convince society that we need to do things differentl­y. We need to respect our planet and the natural world,” she ends.

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We need to respect our planet and the natural world. LISA RAY ACTOR

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PHOTO: AMAL KS/ HT

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