Back Again…

Hello All, I am writing this post after a long time. I think its been almost like 2 months since I have posted anything here. I don’t know if I can call it ‘Writer’s Block’ as I haven’t been very much creative in my writing, but rather its more like sharing my experiences, views on few topics from a lens of a 20 something year old Millennial Generation guy!

A lot of things have happened in the last few weeks in the world. Right from all the horrifying videos of Afghans fleeing from the misogynistic tyranny of Taliban theocracy to India’s rising performance in both Olympics and as well Paralympics ( we often forget there are Paralympics games as well, and infact, India’s performance is much better in Paralympics as compared to Olympics, though the sports culture and awareness has just began in India and will continue to grow in coming years)

The work from home (WFH) job has become more and more hectic, and keeps us occupied. The WFH seems to like never end, just like the glitches in the new Income Tax portal in India. Festivals are here but there is no festive mood anymore. One one side, the rains have created havoc in many parts of the world, while on the other side, the drought like conditions along with forest fires in some regions of the world have starkly reminded us about the impact of climate change. We are fearful of another covid wave, but the only silverlining is that the vaccination drive has been very good so far in India, including me who just got fully vaccinated, yay!

Its hard to believe that its been more than 18 months since the covid lockdowns, WFH and all the covid related paraphernelia ( wearing masks, excessive compulsive handwash, & social distancing) started. We all were excited to call it with fancy names like ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Covid is here to Stay’ etc. But now, I am sure no one likes or enjoys that so called ‘New Normal’ anymore. We all want to live like the old days. Infact, it starts from job itself. The initial days of excitement of working from home has been replaced by dullness and tiredness of excessive working hours and lack of office exposure/networking.

But for me, it has also been one year of returning back to my country from US. It would take a couple of articles to express my experiences in India, and to compare with US and so on, but after one year, atleast I can say that this past one year has been a year of new learning for me. From getting adjusted to my own country’s living standards, from Indian environment to adapting to new job, colleagues etc, I can say it did change me somewhat for sure.

Because the things which I used to do easily before are not so easy here ( like going for random long distance travels, hikes or even working for just 8 hours at my job!). But at the same time, the things which I couldn’t enjoy before like home food, or specifically Indian delicacies which were often exorbitantly expensive in US are quite easily available here at very low cost. (On a side note, this has significantly contributed to making my pants tight since last few months!) But I do miss my US friends, especially the netflix binged hangouts, the chai tea and the gossips in office during lunch time. That’s why work without office and virtual hangout with friends cannot match the real life feeling which we experience in office with colleagues and with friends actually meeting each other.

I dont know when all things will become normal, some might be and some would never be.Even 2021 is coming to end soon, and we all might be writing about the next year to do plans. Time just flies away, isn’t it? Its been more than a year since I started this blog and except the partial silence for last few weeks, I feel good that I have been quite consistent to post new things or even random topics, in case I am bored or angry or even happy! I hope to keep writing and sharing, as it has very much helped me to not only improve my writing but also the fact that many of followers/readers like my posts ( not all maybe) and hence, I can improve and write better for the readers.

After all, I firmly believe that writing or blogging can become a food for thought and peace for mind, if we write regularly and share to the world, about our learnings and experiences. For my dear Readers, I would no longer be using the abhiknotes.com domain and hence the blog would switch to its original abhiknotes.wordpress.com domain name in a couple of days. Thank you for your support and comments on my posts before.