Tridha Chattopadhyay was a brilliant student. She was pursuing her MBBS and lived in a girls' hostel. Her family lived in the same town, but she chose to stay at the hostel because it would give her more time to study. She has been studious ever since her school days.
For the past couple of months, I declined her multiple dinner invitations. She even suggested the idea of going out for dinner in case I didn't enjoy her food anymore. Actually, I wanted to go out with her or have a homemade dinner at her place too. But ever since lockdown, things have had changed.
Veena was 33-year-old and a mother of a 4-year-old boy. She never had time for herself up until now. Rohit, her husband, is an entrepreneur. Recently some rich people got interested in Rohit's product, and his business had finally started making some money.
“Why didn't you come down for the dessert?” A soft voice startled Kabir, who had just zipped his pants after tinkling at the corner of the rooftop.
On March 24, 2020, Prime Minister called for a complete lockdown of the entire nation for 21 days to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In a televised address to the country, he said that even those nations with the best medical facilities could not curb the virus and that social distancing is the only option to mitigate it. The decision got proposed from the experiences of health sector experts and experiences of other countries and that 21 days is essential to break the chain of infection.
“Love knows no barrier”. “Love happens no matter what.” “Love is blind”. Scrolling through the comments section I was reading these remarks, the post being about a romantic relation between a father and her daughter, the term being 'taboo'.
Rabiya was a woman in her early forties. In this modern era, she considered herself a woman who couldn’t show her skin or face to anyone but her family. She would always wear a Burqa, Hijab, and Niqab to cover herself abundantly. She had a teenage daughter named Sana. Sana was the only child of her parents. Sana was just opposite to Rabiya and was rebellious. Sana would wear whatever she would want to, and her father would always support her, unlike her mother.
Sneha is 32 years old woman. In her final year of college, she fell in love with one of her seniors. Their family didn’t agree to the marriage. They didn’t have any choice but to flee. They got married and shift to another city with the help of a friend. Life was going pretty well for the last decade. The couple was planning on having a baby cause her husband had just got a promotion. But one day, on his way to work, he met an accident and expired on the spot.
’Rehan had shifted recently into the society as the new tenant. He had considerable trouble getting a room around, people notwithstanding a stranger from a different background. Naturally, this was the only few options he could manage. Even then, he rarely came out of his room. Sometimes, guitar music came out of his room so melodious that the ladies used to stop their chores and muse for a moment, lost in the tune. Sometimes they used to hum the tune while continuing their household chores.’
