WWL Writing With Love

Pushing my blanket off my face, I slowly opened my eyes. The first thing I continue to see every day is my off-white coloured clock with a block red coloured frame. It was almost 8 AM. I was allowed to go late to the office these days due to the pandemic. My dreams were filled with delusions the previous night that I woke up tired. Freshening up, I went downstairs. Yeah, my flatmate was already awake. She was busy in the kitchen when I went. She didn't care to notice me at all.  "All good?" I asked "Yeah. Kind of." She replied.  "What does that kind of mean?"  "It means what it is." She wasn't angry, still, she wasn't looking at me. I chose to ignore and proceeded my day.  I reached office at around 11:30. The attendant, who usually greeted me when I entered did not care about my presence. The weirdness of my flatmate followed by the behaviour of this guy disturbed me. Ignoring all this shit, I texted my boss to discuss the day's ...

The quote "We don't meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason" isn't alien to us these days. With the increasing use of technology, 'meeting' doesn't mean 'physical' it may drop to a 'virtual' one as well. In this COVID-19 era, the term 'meeting' actually translates to a virtual one. Being a journalist, I have come across many people officially and unofficially, but some of them continue to inspire me for the good things they did or the things they continue to do. One such person was Justy Jain Thomas. You may wonder why this person now? Because it's important to know her. Staying indoors, she proved that a person can 'be the change' if they are determined to make it happen. Let's start from where it all began. With COVID-19 lockdown in March, most people lost their jobs. Daily wage labourers were the first victims of the upsurge in unemployment. However, relief kits were offered to the ...