‘THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES BUT KEEP YOUR MIND OCCUPIED’
Actor Rasika Dugal says with the ongoing events around, she has been feeling quite hopeless, but she is taking her mind off of things by cooking, reading and taking an online course
Singer John Legend has joked that he wants his daughter Luna to be more competitive while playing board games. He recently joined Jimmy Fallon for an at-home version of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he gave the late night host an update on how he and wife Chrissy Teigen are doing while social distancing.
For the couple, finding ways to keep their children Luna, 3, and Miles, 22 months, has been the toughest part, reports eonline.com. “We just are learning how hard it is to entertain them all day,” he joked. John also shared that he has been playing games with Luna. “She’s learning how to play (Hungry) Hungry Hippos and I realised that she’s too nice when she plays games,” he said.
“She does not want to win all the way. Like, she wants us to tie every time. I want her to be a little more competitive and I like that she’s kind, but I don’t want her to lose or tie and want me to feel better by winning or tying. So, we’re working on that,” he added.
Everyone is dealing with this period of selfquarantine in their own manner. While some are enjoying this forced break, others are cooking, reading and catching up with their family members. Rasika Dugal is doing all of this and much more. “There are so many things that I haven’t done years. I am good at spending time with myself. It comes effortlessly to me am reading a lot it feels so good t hold a book in hands. I am als watching serie and films that I missed out on. exercising as I have a number of home workouts which I never got around to using. They are doable with a yoga mat, a kettle bell and some furniture,” she says adding she is also cooking, cleaning, reading scripts, gardening, taking an online course, and talking to friends and family, especially ones who live alone.
Dugal is most excited about r online course which is on eligion, conflict and eace”. It requires four six hours a week and e is glad that she can o it in her own time. ith all that’s been appening in our untry these last few onths, I have felt a ense of elessness e never before. I thought an academic insight into polarisation and religious conflict, through examples in history, might help,” she shares.
Talking about the pandemic and its effects, she says,
“These are difficult times. There is a lot of information out there, which can often be conflicting and confusing, too. Moreover, it is saddening that so many lives have been lost. I am also worried about what this will do to our economy and the daily wage labourers. While it’s important to receive all the information and stay updated, it is also important to not panic. For right now, I am following the rules set out by the authorities in order to control the spread of the virus. I am keeping my mind occupied and trying to be there for people
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Nothing super fancy is cooking in my kitchen, just simple one-dish meals. I made pav bhaji, egg curry and sambar rice which was a lot of fun to cook. RASIKA DUGAL, ACTOR
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Actor Sterling K Brown is currently taking online therapy amid the ongoing health scare due to the outbreak of coronavirus. In an interview to Variety, the This is Us actor, who has children Andrew and Amare, said that he has been consulting with his counsellor via web link while practising social around me as much as I can.”
To keep busy, the Delhi Crime actor is enjoying cooking the most and taking care of her house in the absence of her house help. “I have realised that one-dish meals are the answer to dealing with distancing.
He said: “My therapist reached out to me and my wife and said, ‘You guys want to do online sessions? We can do online sessions’. So hopefully, your therapists are accommodating. If you have someone, don’t just stop seeing them because you can’t see them in person or find a way to the overload of house work that most of us are facing right now. Cooking two meals a day, doing laundry and dishes and cleaning the house, without any help, can end up taking all your time. Nothing super fancy is cooking in my kitchen, just simple one-dish meals. I made pav bhaji, egg curry and sambar rice which was a lot of fun to cook,” she says. connect with them, whether it’s through FaceTime or any other means. Things don’t have to stop.”
Brown added, “And as a biblical reminder, my mom always says to me, ‘This too shall pass’. We will make it through to the other side. Hang in there. You are not alone.”