Day 1-March 25 2020


Soon after the Janta Curfew on the previous Sunday (22 March 2020), the first thing we did was to stop the receipt of the daily newspaper. So, goodbye to the Hindustan Times. Nonetheless, tried to read the e-paper today. The thrill of holding the physical paper was missing. No big deal. Will learn to adjust.
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Next, the spouse had gone in for the stoppage of the milk supply. Bhaiya dudh. "Let us switch over to the tetra pack," she suggested. I have no opinion. Anyhow, I had cut down the intake of tea/coffee almost a week ago. Just two cups per day: one 0600 hours and the next at 1500 hours. Of course, a cup of hot milk or Horlicks 2200 hours. Earlier, we used to have 5-6 cups/day.
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The biggest setback is the absence of the daily morning walk: 15 km on 4-5 days or max.70 km/week. Not a single soul in sight. All regular morning walkers in the society have given the go-by for how long, no idea. I kept looking through the Master BedRoom curtained balcony for human movement. None. So confined to the room.
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Passing time is no challenge at all. There are multiple avenues: books (physical, Kindle, and audiobooks), Netflix, Alexa, pets (Rambo, the dog, and Mitoo, the parakeet) and WhatsApp video chats with daughter in San Jose/USA. Social Media: Twitter and WA mostly. FB, almost no. Just 1 min/day!!!!
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Umpteen number of calls from stranded truck drivers across India following the 21DayLockDown. Sought help from Agarwal Packers and Movers Rajender Agarwal to assist 30 drivers from Tamilnadu stranded near the Meghalaya-Assam border. Also Indo-Bhutan border.
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Later alerted Logistics Secretary Sivasailam via WA message and mail about stranded drivers.
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IOC Punjab, Himachal and J&K Chief Sujoy Chaudhry called up extending help for stranded drivers in his domain.
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What about my food during the day?
Breakfast - multigrain kanji (gruel)
Lunch: Pongal
Dinner: Adai/Dosai
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Read Leon Uris's Armaggedon (Kindle) two chapters
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Began watching Money Heist on Netflix - repeat. Season 4 to begin in April. So sort of revision! Excellent Spanish TV serial.



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