Even as we seek each other to restore our balance, we also resist being reformed, fighting for autonomy and the right to be wayward within the safety of our relationship My husband Afzal and I have been long-distance partners many times before but being away from each other during these weeks of lockdown has been something else altogether.
He had gone home to his village in east Uttar Pradesh to spend two weeks with his father and just when he was ready to return, the lockdown was announced, leaving him stranded 900km away from our home in Delhi. “It’s a good thing Papa is in the village," our daughters would reassure each other during the early weeks. “At least Dada is not alone by himself as the news and rumours about the covid-19 virus