Apparently Dull But Never Irksome

Watching the social interaction of a kid during pandemic.

- Prashanta Jyoti Das

Shut off from the extravaganza of the wider world as well as its variegated attractions, a toddler is constrained to reconcile himself to his confined space, a pitiable destiny befallen as a result of the pandemic alarm.

Very attentively young Kartik attends his online classes every morning. Thus, he is getting accustomed to the limitation of his ambience thrust upon him by the peculiar afflicting situation, which appeared as an unforeseen nemesis for this generation. Deprived of association or the company of any peer, every kid, left alone, is faced with the problem of driving out his inevitable dullness with his individual effort. Kartik instead has developed his own engagement to keep himself busy happily.

After his online classes are over, he devotes to his role, on the other hand, as a teacher. Sometimes, he is heard thundering, “No noise please.”

After his roll call is over, teaching of some particular lesson commences. No doubt it is the repetition of what he had heard in his online class a few minutes back. Though none is there to answer, he as usual puts question to his students.

It suffices to say, it is his self conceived class, consisting of imaginary entities, whose names are identical to that of his peers – Paran Majhi, Aliya Begum etc, who attend the online classes everyday along with him from their respective residences.