My experience of stepping out of house for the first time after lockdown!!
It has been more than two months since I stepped out of the house. My husband usually goes once in a week to buy vegetables,provisions and other essentials and he has been extremely cautious while going out and after coming back.He wears masks and gloves and tries to go early say around 7.30 am in order to finish shopping before it gets crowded. Also, immediately after coming home he cleans the items bought and takes a bath.
I decided to go with him on a weekend(May 16th) as we had to buy quite a lot of things (provisions and vegetables).It was around 8.30 am. Our purchases were centered around the mada streets which is one of the busiest street in Mylapore(located in Chennai). I was really at loss of words to see hardly ten people on the mada street which otherwise would be so crowded that there will be hardly place to walk freely.Almost all the shopkeepers in the shops that were opened (since only few of the shops were opened then) had worn masks and so did the people who came to buy items. Some of them had worn even gloves.
It was indeed a pathetic sight to see all the shops on the platform closed(there will be number of petty shops on the pavement which sells everything from A to Z). The usually crowded shops like A2B and Suriya Sweets hardly had customers(some of the very famous sweet shops in Chennai)
The temples which were always packed with devotees remained closed which brought dullness to the streets.(There are a number of famous temples located here, like Sri Kapaleshwarar temple,Sri Velleshwarar Temple and so one).
One thing though brought a smile to my face despite this gloomy picture – I came across shops selling colourful, printed masks. Made me realize how people make the best use of new situations.
Guess henceforth masks will be the new form of lifestyle for everyone!!
P.S:
I had sent this above article to Mylapore times( a local area newspaper who provide exhaustive updates on the happenings in the area) and they published it in their website.
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