{"id":12997,"date":"2021-09-01T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T10:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=12997"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:23:28","slug":"lockdown-stories-i-learnt-that-the-key-to-happiness-is-caring-for-your-family-neighbours-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/lockdown-stories-i-learnt-that-the-key-to-happiness-is-caring-for-your-family-neighbours-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Stories: I Learnt That the Key to Happiness is Caring for Your Family, Neighbours and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Robin-Raj.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13000\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Robin-Raj.jpg\" alt=\"Lockdown Stories - Robin Raj\" width=\"760\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Robin-Raj.jpg 760w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Robin-Raj-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Robin-Raj-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I live in an independent house in a reasonably spacious compound. Cleaning the rooms, the outer courtyard and the terrace \u2013 otherwise done by domestic help &#8211; became a herculean task as we were all social distancing. We decided to divide the household chores with a strict daily time schedule. Soon I grew very talented with the broom, and could hear a rhythmic sound every time I used it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To make the daily chores interesting for my children I started conducting a weekly competition. They were asked to make a 2 minute video on any task assigned to them. I used to love\u00a0playing cricket when I was young, and took advantage of the lockdown as an opportunity to revive my interest in the game much to the excitement of my children!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I got to spend quality time with my parents, particularly my father who has mobility issues. I organised an online Yoga class for him so that he can be more active. I also ended up helping my neighbours and friends who couldn&#8217;t step out of their homes to buy grocery, medicines, household items and cooking gas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I learnt that the key to happiness is caring for your family, neighbours and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ROBIN RAJ<br \/>\nOperations and Logistics, SITA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in an independent house in a reasonably spacious compound. Cleaning the rooms, the outer courtyard and the terrace \u2013 otherwise done by domestic help &#8211; became a herculean task as we were all social distancing. We decided to divide the household chores with a strict daily time schedule. Soon I grew very talented&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/lockdown-stories-i-learnt-that-the-key-to-happiness-is-caring-for-your-family-neighbours-and-friends\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12997"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13569,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12997\/revisions\/13569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}