Being reintroduced to humanity, humility: Actor Dolly Ahluwalia
Manpriya Singh Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 4 When Dolly Ahluwalia was invited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to be in its list comprising Class of 2018, the three-time National Award winner was grateful for all...
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Manpriya Singh
Tribune News Service
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Chandigarh, April 4
When Dolly Ahluwalia was invited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to be in its list comprising Class of 2018, the three-time National Award winner was grateful for all things that often find a mention in acceptance speeches.
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I hope that post-opening of the lockdown, we don’t repeat the same mistakes, repeat the same existence. And I pray that we all exhibit patience, which is always fruitful and much needed in today’s time.
Successfully through with more than a week of the lockdown, grateful she is even now, but with a completely different perspective of gratitude. “We are all being reintroduced to the concepts of humanity, humility and meaning of life. I am grateful for the life itself. Humans are such fragile beings, which this virus has amply demonstrated,” shares the actor, who has admittedly followed the lockdown “1000 per cent. I haven’t stepped out of my home.” She is grateful also to people one might otherwise have never spared a thought to, happy to be doing the chores that she’d otherwise might have never undertaken.
“Those who come to collect garbage daily on our doorstep, isn’t Covid a scare for them? The vegetable vendors, all those involved in the supply chain of essentials. Of course, the doctors, the pharmacists.”
The process of realisation extends to each day that she is now grateful for in altogether different ways. If yesterday was spent cleaning the cupboards and clearing the clutter, the next day it might be redoing the drawing room.
“Today, I am going to be cleaning all brass items in the house,” she said. These days are not just spent indoors, but also reflecting on the inside.
Despite the fact, “That I enjoy going out, meeting people, searching for things,” there has always been a balance in life since she is a home body as well.
Currently, without any human resource to help with the domestic chores, she is in a way thankful for that too, getting to do things like, “kneading the dough. It’s therapeutic and much like playing with clay as in pottery classes.”
For somebody who likes to cook even otherwise, the past few days have been fun, exploring both recipes and techniques of cooking. “These days I am using my air fryer a lot. I am trying oat cutlets, dal kebabs and poha cutlets.” She adds laughingly, “Even though my husband can’t really make out the difference between colours of dals.”
The world needed to shift focus from the outside to the inside, metaphorically too, and the virus has been just a sign, although an unfortunate one. “I hope it turns out to be a great learning process for the younger generation… I hope that post-opening of the lockdown, we don’t repeat the same mistakes, repeat the same existence. And I pray that we all exhibit patience, which is always fruitful and much needed in today’s time.”
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