Life has changed in the last 2 months to such an extent that I couldn't help but notice the habits that have banished now. I've tried to turn poetic to express myself about the bad habits that no one could change in us Indians which the powerful Pandemic has.
From traffic jams on the street to silent crossroads in a beat,
From no helmets on the bike to face shields in a spike.
COVID ne humhe sab kuch sikha diya.
From bargaining on the road side to online grocery in our stride,
From urinating on the road to toilet papers we did horde.
COVID ne humhe saaf bana diya.
From spitting paan on the wall to scrubbing them clean till they fall,
From eating with dirty hands to sanitisers, soaps & disinfectants we understand.
COVID ne humhe hygeine sikha diya.
From never queuing up in a line to social distance we define,
From not acknowledging our fellow men to tears of joy on seeing an actual human.
COVID ne humhe etiquettes sikha diya.
From turning up late at work to several zoom meetings in a quirk,
From the endless sutta smokes to 12 hour shifts and late night jokes.
COVID ne humhe hard working bana diya.
From smog and air pollution to extreme cleanliness solution,
From grey in the skies to spotting rainbows so high.
COVID ne humhe clean saans dila diya.
From honking in a scorch to chanting music on our porch,
From scratching the crotch & picking the nose to wearing washed clothes & cleaning our toes.
COVID ne humhe mannerism sikha diya.
From roadside gol gappa and chaat to baking cakes and learning art,
From a couch potato to jhadu pocha and doing the dough.
COVID ne humhe multitasker bana diya.
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