Social distancing and the suffocation of relationships
Live MintThere are so many loved ones who I haven’t seen face to face for more than six months now. So, speaking on behalf of “us”, my answer to the earlier question is: For the foreseeable future, we will view everyone with suspicion—and be viewed likewise in an equal and apposite reaction. “It was like an unseen presence in our midst, tiptoeing around, unsettling us… We just couldn’t let our hair down like we did in old times,” my friend recounted, before adding she was slightly stressed for the next three-four days: what if she had picked up a strain from someone? I had a bath immediately.” In Kolkata, whenever my brother goes to visit our dad, he’s usually too scared to step inside the house. Other than a flattening of the class hierarchy signalled by this, it’s good to know they’re among “us”.
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