Sunday, 6 September 2020

Purani Jeans or New Guitar

 



Just as this unsolicited guest, COVID 19, creeps in our lives, capsizing our daily routines, be it professional or domestic or even now the education, I am being reminded of the famous Bollywood movie,”Atithi Tum KabJaoge”, a guest who has changed our lifestyles.

Something with the cyclonic powers is taking a ride on our lives and we are finding ways and means to overcome it, because life can’t stop…we have to keep moving. In this endeavor of the human species, to survive and keep going, we have devised ways to work from home and also to study from home.

Even if this guest leaves our lives, then also we will be having a fear of it and try to continue with the study from home norm. Imagine, if this continues to be the new normal, then will the kids be able to enjoy the usual school days? What if the online classes take the place of the physical schools and this technological advancement of the homo-sapiens brings with them the virtual schools?

Will they be able to recall the school days which I can recall?That coming late and running for the morning assembly, completing the homework in the lunch time, attending the school functions, standing in the balcony. How can I forget, making drawings in the notebook while the class is on, flying paper planes before the teacher comes, standing outside the classroom in punishment but laughing and the countless memories of wandering in the corridors across the various classes, throughout the school tenure, having explored every nook and corner of the premise.

Recollecting the stories told in the class, and yes the crave for a new bag and accessories in everynew year, that rotation of the seat and waiting to sit at the back.How the kids will know the fun to play with the ball made out of the silver foil, those make -believe games played in the vans and free classes, and many more notorious acts …

I wonder whether the kids of new era, will be able to wear the “Purani Jeans” or will sing to the tune of the “New Guitar”.

Will the shine of Purani Jeans , fade away in the glitter of the New Guitar?

 


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Purani Jeans or New Guitar

  Just as this unsolicited guest, COV ID 1 9, creeps in our lives, capsizing our daily routines, be it professional or domestic or even now ...