It is now 100 days since the #Covid19 lockdown first began in India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot has happened since then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We learned to #WFH, and to cope with the \u201cnew normal\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We dealt with Technology challenges, and tried to find a quiet space in our homes \u2013 with a charging point nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We coped with ever-changing rules and regulations in our cities, while running out of essentials in our neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We managed year-end performance appraisals and organizational restructurings. And downsizings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We learnt to celebrate our special occasions on Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What most of us thought would only last weeks<\/em>, is running well into the second-half of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, we are coping. And learning. And thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, every situation is unique. Every city has its own problems. Every country is struggling to deal with the pandemic in its own ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, the harshness (and necessity) of the #lockdown in India may not quite compare with that in Sweden or New Zealand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But, we humans have an almost infinite <\/em>capacity to adjust… and adapt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, we adapt, we must\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n I am grateful to have a team at work that is committed and capable – it makes my day go a little bit easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am grateful for the love and support of my family – it helps me keep the faith. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is now 100 days since the #Covid19 lockdown first began in India. A lot has happened since then\u2026 We learned to #WFH, and to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,7,10,14],"class_list":["post-3704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-india","tag-life","tag-society","tag-work"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3705,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions\/3705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}