Testing Times....

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 I did want to write this blog few days ago but one thing or the other came up and it just got delayed.

If you have been a regular here, you should have known that one of my neighbors scummed to this bloody pandemic. His entire family was infected. That’s why no one didn’t visited the family. There is a ritual here that prayers are done for the departed soul for 13 days. I did want to go and attend but again, I didn’t. But within this time period of 13 days, I did meet elders of the family who were sitting outside the house. I didn’t sit for long, may be for 5 minutes. But it was still just so painful. At such moments, there is nothing that one can say which will ease the pain. It’s not that one has lost an object or vehicle or a gadget or an ornament. It’s a life that we are talking about that’s now gone, for forever. Anything said won’t change that fact. But it’s important to go and that’s why I went there. Did come back, took shower, changed clothes and then just sat thinking about the time when he was alive. It’s one thing to hear the news of someone’s death but it’s totally different when you see it happening right next to your place and of some one whom you have seen since you were a kid.

On 13th day, there is a ceremony that’s conducted here. Again, I got the invite but since it was happening in a temple with lots of people; I decided not to go. It was different to meet 4-5 people outside the house but in a ceremony, it’s just not possible to follow any social distancing rules. It was just so heartbreaking to not go but there wasn’t any choice.

There is just so much chaos , tension, worry and pain that’s there around the world right now. So much that even a small bit of such news makes you so much worried. And to make matters worse, I am having this irritation in my throat. I don’t know why but I did go to an ENT specialist yesterday. He has given some medicines for few days and once that course is done, I need to visit him again. I hope I shall be better by that time. Let’s see. Right now, status is “worried AF”.

Comments

Tim... said…
Hi.

Hold on in there. It's a bad time for sure, and I think we are all scarred by it to varying degrees.

All the best.

Tim...
September 24, 2020 5:17 PM
Aman.... said…
Hi Tim,

Yes, thanks for the support. Trying to hold on; at times, it's just a little tough to do.


Aman....
September 25, 2020 12:36 AM
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