Few days before my 36th birthday, as I was replying to an ‘escalated issue’ from the client, my 5 year oldson, Joshua, quietly walked into my room. Sensing I was quite focussed on my work and had not lookedup from my laptop when he walked in, he gently patted on my shoulder and asked ‘Mamma..’ I cut himshort saying, “Josh, I am really busy..can you pls not disturb now”. But my son didn’t relent. He hadcome with a very important query and he was determined to get an answer from me before leaving theroom. So, he continued ‘But Mamma..I just wanted to ask you one thing’. Since I was so engrossed

Covid has changed the world in many ways. In fact, these days, people talk about pre-covid and post covid era like they talk about pre-war and post-war eras. Well, Covid was nothing less than a war the whole world was fighting against, albeit at different levels. And it changed not only the daily lifestyles of people but also changed their thinking and their priorities. Pre-covid, you speak of “blue” and pop comes the image of the light-blue sky or the dark-blue ocean into our minds. Post- covid, the same word “blue” reminds you of the light-blue masks or the turquoise blue sanitizer liquid