Thank you for honouring us with your confidences. All of you :)
Pooja, I am speechless at your pain and strength, and I just want to say
that even if I'm only a stranger on the internet who finally got around to
reading emails, I will hold space for you if you ever need to be weak. I am
angry at
Pooja:I hope things go better for you here onwards.
Heather & others: so sorry to hear of your experiences.
Radhika: I loved reading your post (I hope it's ok to say that). It made me
feel sad, and heartbroken, and hopeful, all at once. I will read it again
for sure.
I don't have a specific story
Yes, the family circle is lovely and cozy here too, Udhay. I've noticed
how we're all more clued into each other while staying independent. But, I
long to sing with my regular choir - we did two fantastic practices in
parks where we could stand 8 feet apart, facing away as much as was
possible
I don't have an unusual story to tell, just a parade of illness and
deaths similar to what many others have experienced. There was one 10
day period last October when I lost 3 close people. The loss that hurt
the most wasn't even someone related to me (by blood, at least) and
has already been
I've been thinking about this whole area some more.
All my life, I've been fascinated by World War I.
The Edwardian era was so lovely. So idealistic. That Garden of Eden
image of the Edwardian childhood passed in freedom in the woods and
fields. Innocence in the shadow of the evils of empire
Hi Heather,
How many tragedies this year! I can imagine how reluctant you feel to even
reach out. Hugs from Vancouver.
Radhika
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 1:04 PM Heather Madrone wrote:
> Pooja, I am deeply touched by your sharing and hope that your story will
> encourage other women to create
Pooja,
I'm so honored that you feel safe to express yourself here. I will never
know how you managed to battle all this in a honest manner. I fled a bad
marriage in 1992 when I was 24 years old. Even in the US I was that oddity,
that person who was a divorceé in her 20s. Other desi students
Pooja, I am deeply touched by your sharing and hope that your story will
encourage other women to create more hopeful futures for themselves.
Udhay, this past year and a half has been a continual disaster parade
for me and my family, starting with my mother's quarantine aboard the
Grand
> As part of accepting full responsibility for my actions, I have sought no
> support for so many years now that it's difficult even to appear slightly
> like I am, even in this email. Healing feels like a giant ball of barbed
> wire, and I fear that I will encounter more abuse in my future. I
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 12:54, Pooja Sastry wrote:
>
> Thankfully, I have been well and I am fortunate that I have lost no loved
> ones in this time.
>
> However, I got divorced after four years in an abusive marriage, just
> before the pandemic. Divorce and pandemic, for me, are intertwined. It
>
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 11:57 AM Venkatesh Hariharan
wrote:
> Thanks for starting this thread, Udhay.
>
> As someone who has been interested in financial inclusion and would like to
> see India become a developed country in my lifetime, our country's callous
> handling of the pandemic has driven
>
> As I have said elsewhere, when straight Indian men start saying (I have
> multiple data points over the last year) that they miss hugging people, you
> know something serious is going on.
>
> Udhay
>
> Let me start the thread drift too, by saying that the word "straight"
tends to make me
Thanks for starting this thread, Udhay.
As someone who has been interested in financial inclusion and would like to
see India become a developed country in my lifetime, our country's callous
handling of the pandemic has driven me to anger, grief and sadness. The
news of people dying from lack of
I was in Zaragoza, in the province of Aragón, Spain from January to June
2020. About 7 weeks into my stay, the government declared a state of
emergency, the borders closed and the country hunkered down in what was
called "the first confinement". I was living alone already in my friend's
apartment
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 7:37 AM Deepa Mohan wrote:
We all need the human touch, both figurative and physically. The lack of
> Vitamin T is a serious lack.
>
As I have said elsewhere, when straight Indian men start saying (I have
multiple data points over the last year) that they miss hugging
Thank you Udhay.
One of the things about this list that I felt (this is subjective) has been
the lack of emotion. Topics were coolly and clinically observed and
commented upon. Feelings were almost never referred to. However much I
admired the intelligence, I did miss the emotion. So this post
Thanks for starting this, Udhay. I'll start by sharing my own (minor) grief.
Considering what some folks have gone through, my experience has been
largely OK. I haven't lost anyone dear to me. While friends and relatives
tested positive for covid, and some of them were hospitalized and even went
So.
Given the events of the past year and a half, many people are dealing with
loss and grief. Coupled with the fact that people have been stuck in one
place for most of this time, they are turning to social media for help in
dealing with it - either seeking emotional support, or just catharsis.
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