The little one has been home from pre-school for more than 3 weeks now. In the beginning I loved it - I had a delicious thirty extra minutes each morning. I wanted to conquer the world - catch up on piano practice, read a magazine, sip hot chaai. On most days I just slept till it was time to get ready for work. And then the global pandemic began. I have been trying to work from home since last week (actually every alternate day - since I work in the telecom sector which is an essential service -our office is doing 50% of the workforce every day). I am definitely less productive than while being in office. It helps that I am not working on any big project currently. But having this time at home and with the stress of school admissions in Delhi finally behind me, I had much more focus and quality time to give my little one. I have become intensely aware that much as I want to just sit and complete my piano piece at one go, read at least one paragraph of the b...
Tales from an urban woman becoming a first time parent