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March 27th, 2020

My Delhi (virus) Diary. 27th March 2020

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Am I the only person who doesn’t know what day of the week it is?

The only person who’s not sleeping that well?

The only person who is checking Twitter too often?

The only person hearing from old friends after the longest time?

The only person getting emotional when watching videos of – well, just about anything?

Today has been another weird up-and-down-y kind of day.

On the one hand…

Fab weather this morning, with lots of rain and the temperature plummeted.

So that was good.

But on the flip side…

Ever more horrific reports […]

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March 26th, 2020

And in other news…I went out!

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Earlier today, Thursday morning, I left the house for the first time since Saturday.

Literally haven’t even opened the gate and stood on the street.

But today, thanks to an injured puppy, I drove to the vet – which is 100% legit & allowed, by the way.

Here’s the clip I shared on my Instagram story

I waited 3 days to see if the swelling would go on its own, but since it was much larger this morning, off we went through incredibly, unbelievably, weirdly quiet streets.

Like so:

There was a police barrier leaving my colony, and the […]

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March 25th, 2020

My Delhi (virus) Diary. 24th March 2020

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In my blog yesterday, I shared with you how the days are beginning to blur into each other, and I am now giving you advance warning that it is only going to get worse.

Because India is now under total lockdown for 21 days.

You thought we already were?

Here, let me remind you of the sequence of events:

21st March, 8 pm Saturday night, the Prime Minister announced that the next day would be a 16 hour long “voluntary” People’s Curfew. Along with many people, I suspected that this was just a dress rehearsal for the main event.

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March 24th, 2020

My Delhi (virus) Diary. 23rd March 2020

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It’s official.

The days have all morphed into one another.

It’s Tuesday (I think) and I’m trying to write this diary blog about yesterday, but already I can hardly remember anything that distinguished yesterday from today nor from the day before…

Christine. For God’s sake, woman. Get a grip.

There may be weeks of this kind of life ahead, so getting so easily vague & confused already is worrisome.

Think, woman, think!

What. Happened. Yesterday?

What distinguished Monday from today?

Pause while I check my Instagram feeds to see what I posted, hoping that will help 😛

Ah yes, […]

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