{"id":6452,"date":"2016-04-01T13:08:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T07:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T07:38:56","slug":"see-you-on-the-other-side-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6452","title":{"rendered":"See You On the Other Side of the Pandemic."},"content":{"rendered":"\nI<\/span>t\u2019s tomorrow. Everything is better. Back to normal. We have escaped this horrible, horrible thing. We have come out of this wiser, sadder, and more appreciative of what we have. That office colleague we bitched about for three years? We missed them.<\/a> You say hello, he replies with a big grin on his face. He has now decided to keep a moustache. It suits you, you say. Thank you.\n\nHow was life, you ask. I survived, he says. Good. Same here. You go back to your desk. Your chair is still there. It feels like you haven\u2019t sat properly all this while. You open your laptop and head directly to the pantry. Old habits die hard. It\u2019s time for some coffee. Your boss<\/a> is standing at the coffee machine, waiting for his cup to get filled. You greet him. \u201cSleepy already\u201d, he taunts you. You laugh. You missed these taunts.\n\nPubs are filled again with laughter, and after a few drinks,<\/a> some of us cry. Maybe because of the sheer joy of being able to order another pint. Or maybe because some of us lost our close ones. But good, crying in front of your friends is good. It relieves you. It\u2019s on the house guys, says a cheerful voice. Drinks, they are on the house for the next one hour, the pub owner says. He too missed people, you think. This day is not about profits for him, it\u2019s about the business. He realises why he joined this in the first place. Hanging out with people was the reason. Making them happy. Profits can start from tomorrow. Today is for togetherness. Another new chapter.\n\n

You sleep. Tomorrow will be normal again. Second day in a row.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nRestaurants are filled again with families<\/a>. Don\u2019t waste food, beta, a father tells his son. He now realises the worth of food. Dad, why can\u2019t we see the stars in our sky anymore. because things are back to normal, son. That\u2019s our normal. Not seeing the stars. Some of us have gone home, to be with our families. I am so glad you are alive, mom, I was worried beyond imagination. Nothing will ever happen to me, she says. Touchwood, you say. Your return ticket hasn\u2019t been booked yet. You want to spend some more time with them.\n\nCricket<\/a> is back on the menu. Jadeja is diving around. You are watching it with your friends, CSK will win again this year. It might be the last time Dhoni is playing. End of an era. It\u2019s time for the likes of Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw to take Chennai forward. Start of an era. The Premier League is also back.<\/a> They have given Liverpool the title. Won fair and square, I guess. Nobody is complaining. Maybe because everyone is just happy to have the football back. The banter has started.\u00a0 Because things are back to normal now. No more surprises.\n\n

No more negativity, no more writing about the pandemic, or anxiety, or death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nIt\u2019s 6\u2019o\u2019clock, you leave your office. Catch the train back home. Oh man, I missed this bloody train<\/a>. No more social distancing, just give me your bag uncle, I will hold it while I enjoy reading on my kindle. The chaos is back. This feels normal. It\u2019s a little less crowded though, you think. Hope not all of them died, you wish secretly. No they haven\u2019t, you convince yourself. Back to reading. \n\nYou reach home, the guard at the gate greets you. Kaise ho? Bas sab badhiya. Magazine aayi thi koi? Nahin, he replies, smiling. He is smiling for no reason. And so are you. This is the first time the society gate has opened in months. This is his office, you realise. He has every reason to smile.\n\nYou open your apartment door. It\u2019s normal. You look out of your window, the neighbour who was always on his balcony isn\u2019t there anymore. He is inside, watching TV. Back to normal, you guess. You miss seeing him though. You start reading the book you ordered from Amazon, which is back to delivering \u201cnon-essential\u201d things. This is the first package you have opened after months. What a privilege, to get books delivered<\/a> to your doorstep. It actually smells nice. The book smell thing is real, guys, maybe you should write something about it.\n\n

Why can\u2019t we see the stars in our sky anymore? Because things are back to normal. Our normal. <\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nAnd so, you start writing. And this is the first time you have written about a normal subject in months. No more negativity, no more writing about the pandemic<\/a>, or anxiety, or death<\/a>. Back to normal. Let\u2019s see if this normal lasts. You are unable to collect your thoughts. It\u2019s okay, you tell yourself. We have been through worse.\n\nYou sleep. Tomorrow will be normal again. Second day in a row. Amazing. Can\u2019t wait to wake up and go for that 12 noon meeting at Social. Maybe you will order that breakfast tray. You haven\u2019t had proper breakfast in so long.\n\nAlarm rings.\n\nGood morning. Finally, the morning is actually good. This phrase has a deeper meaning now, or so you think. I am coming for you, breakfast. You meet that neighbour downstairs. You look at each other and smile. Guess he too missed seeing you.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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