There are talks about how the lockdown might be extended further (which, by now for most of us in India does not seem new) and it makes one think about how to be more self- reliant. Being in Kerala during this period (for about four months) has shown how it can be a great option to grow your own vegetables and fruits, have your own water source, recharging wells in order to maintain and improve groundwater levels, making use of a compost pit, using the compost thus obtained as manure for your own vegetables and fruits. Life comes a full circle! Or does it? I look around. But all around I see huge palatial structures. One seems to be bigger than the other. Another seems to be more spacious than yet another. Fancy lights, huge walls, pictures of demons in front (to ward off the evil eye) stare back at me. But all I do is stare. I am wondering how people manage to clean their houses. They may keep servants. But on a daily basis, isn't maintenance a pain? And that's when a thoug...
The blogger here is a book lover who swears by books to keep a dull day at bay. When life isn't humorous, she tries to be. When it backfires, she ducks under a book. Proceed with caution. You may trip on a book.