My Experiments with Time

It was 8 am, I hurriedly opened the Ola App. There  was a pop-up "Welcome back, please login to proceed". I sighed for the first time. This was just a sample of the many things that would require a restart that day; when you are literally dragging yourself out of home after almost half a year. 'All is well' I tell my 'Dil Bechara'.  I boarded the cab, there was a glass sheet partitioning the front seats from the back seats. I was going to miss talking to these drivers, who sometimes share amazing stuff about the city and what's happening around. I paid using Olamoney for the first time. My mind was still pondering over how we would have survived, if Corona had attacked during the pre-ecommerce and pre-smart phone era. Life in 2020 AC (After Corona) without  the likes of Amazon, Swiggy, Paytm, Ola was unimaginable. Just then the old security guard waved at me, his gleeful smile and the broken tooth were concealed behind the mask. I settled with waving bac...

It's Week 4 of Work from home (WFH). I'm now senior to most of my friends who are about a week old at WFH. I also had the advantage of preparing myself (only partially though!) for this contingency, as it was self- imposed unlike most others. In March, I started on my venture after quitting a full time job, with the primary objective of doing something worthwhile without having to go to office every day. It started off well, with a proper plan of working 10 to 3, with umpteen unconditional breaks. But the thought that the credit to bank account will happen, only if I really do something brought me back to my seat. I had set up a table and chair in the least distracting room, which had the luxury of a fan, a window-side seat and chargers. I read blogs written by several startup founders who claimed they started in a garage or store room. I took breaks to attend to chores and when my daughter came home from school, and she bestowed kisses upon me for my presence. It was ...