Modiji Did What I Couldn’t! Convinced My Parents to Stay at Home
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Modiji Did What I Couldn’t! Convinced My Parents to Stay at Home

For some, PM Narendra Modi’s advice to wash hands and self-quarantine is a rehash of what we already know. But Modiji was really having a heart-to-heart with the nation’s boomer parents, who’ve spent the last two weeks scoffing at “karunavirus”. The roles have reversed and millennials are having to parent their parents.
Plumber, Electrician, & Cook Rolled into One: How to Ace Lockdown-induced DIY Lifestyle
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Plumber, Electrician, & Cook Rolled into One: How to Ace Lockdown-induced DIY Lifestyle

Privileged middle-class India has never had to get our hands dirty at “manual” tasks like cleaning and fixing broken switches. But the Covid-19 lockdown has ensured that many of us are doing on our own things we might have paid people to do for us. This week, I honed my cooking skills and cleaned out my AC filter and my computer keyboard.