Hooks, Books & Me

We are still battling the pandemic or rather we have learnt to live with it, lockdown is being lifted in phases and many relaxations have been given on lockdown norms but life will take more time to come to normalcy. “Mask” has become the new mandate..!! Meanwhile I am focusing on improving our immunity and have started taking “Kadha” – an energy drink recommended by “Aayush Ministry of Government of India”, a ministry which focuses on indigenous alternative medicine systems in India. This kadha (holy basil leaves, small stick of cinnamon, few peppercorns, black raisins and ginger are slowly brewed and kadha is ready to drink after adding a touch of jaggery and a few drops of lemon juice) seem to have improved my immunity, at least towards common cold and cough.   All bad things seem to have been happening in 2020 only, In the month of June we were hit by Tropical cyclone “Nisarga”, one of the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Maharashtra and West Coast. Few weeks earlier ...

Here in India, we are in the third phase of lockdown, 44 th day of lockdown as I am writing this post. It’s been a long time since I published any post. I am working from home, working for home, handling my toddler, working on some WIP’s plus so many other things at the same time. Just wasn’t able to put things together for post. Situation in India is still under control but have no idea when things will be like they used to be before. Or will they ever be same as before (post lockdown era!). Some things have changed irrevocably, some for good like our mother earth is healing, nature is recovering but some for bad like our economy is going down also there is a big question of employment. Everyone is reporting losses, pay cuts, laying off employees..😔 We still are in the better situation, have shelter on our head, have access to food and other essential items, enjoying cool air of AC, trying out different varieties of food (Thanks to YouTube..!!) enjoying simp...