Sticking Together like Chalk and Cheese

Solidarity is the most underrated virtue. More so, its implications extend far beyond the usual righteousness. In recent times, this has become our sole mode of survival.

Workaholics, who could not imagine how their life could be if they were not working, were forced to confront their fears when this lockdown brought an onslaught of unprecedence in our lives. Nobody had ever experienced anything like it. Freedom was such an essential part of our lives that we forgot to realise that it was actually a luxury.

Now that we are all cooped up inside our homes, a lot of introspection and realisation has started to prevail. We all had a notion in our mind that only two and two go together. We could not imagine ourselves to be doing it all. But surprisingly, we are capable of doing much more than we can imagine.

For example, chalk and cheese. These two things do not go there. They form an absurd combination, but if some unprecedented situation arises, these two might become a perfect fit. With these evolving definitions of what normalcy entails, we are beginning to rethink our ways of life.

Who knew, something as elementary as buying groceries would become dependent on something as far fetched as online deliveries or maybe even drone deliveries.

Times are changing, and we no longer can be sure of what happens next. All that we know as of now is that these are highly evolving times and a lot of new combinations and inventions are going to be churned out. This is a highly optimistic time, too, as the opportunities are immense and endless. What seemed far fetched or impossible, can now become viable and feasible. People are experiencing and desiring a different set of needs. The market is tur ing raw and volatile. The situation in India is even more vulnerable, then what it was in 1991. The global scenario isn’t any different too.

Amidst all this revolution and evolution, one can safely say that maybe chalk and cheese can go together.