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I am back to writing after a long break of more than 20 days. Things have changed a lot in this period. Things have started to get on track slowly and steadily. The relaxations in Lockdown 4.0 came as a relief to a lot of people. Markets are now allowed to open for a specific time. People are permitted to get out of their houses for work in non-red zones. But such is not the case in major cities. Me being from Maharashtra, the worst-hit state in India, I feel a bit worried. Things are not improving in our major cities, making it difficult for the government to end the lockdown. Mumbai has been severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Mumbai accounts for about 80% of the total cases in the state. But why did this all happen? A lot of people are blaming the government for mismanagement, including the opposition parties. But my take on this is that we as citizens failed to recognise the seriousness of the issue. Our CM Uddhav Thackeray came out several times and warned people now and t

Today is May 3rd. Today also marks the end of what we call Lockdown 2.0. Yesterday, the Government extended lockdown by two more weeks which will be Lockdown 3.0. This is the effect of watching too many news channels at home. I have started getting restless now. After completing 50 days, I can't just continue living with my parents for another 14. Before Lockdown, I used to lie on a bed or sit on a chair doing nothing. Yes, with nothing, I mean literally. But today, sitting idle on a chair makes me feel bored. Afternoon sleep is like heaven to me, but I was not able to do that as well. Relaxing was my thing, and I have lost it in this period. I am hardly able to sit in one place. I have a feeling that Coronavirus is going to haunt us for a long time. Even after everything gets back to normal, our life won't be the same anymore. We won't be having functions or gatherings at least till the vaccine is found. I don't know why I went so deep but this is what

Today is May 2nd. For the last two days, a lot has been in my life and around the world. To begin with, my Ajji passed away the day before yesterday. We celebrated her 80th birthday just two days before that. She enjoyed it a lot that day. It never appeared to us that she would be leaving us soon.  Even when we admitted her to the hospital, we were confident that she would overcome this and come back home. But the doctor was not as optimistic as we were. He said her condition is critical, and that is when we started to get worried. An entire day passed. Looking at her medical history, it looked like a minor issue to me. At night Dad gave me the news on the phone. We were all sad.  Personally, I felt that it was good for her because she had been suffering a lot due to prolonged illness. We performed all her final rites at her house in our village. Not all our relatives were able to attend her funeral due to the Coronavirus lockdown. Also yet another sad news for Indian c