For the last 10 days, Mandovi Menon and Aliya Khan have been putting out stories, simple five to 10-minute narrations under the name Apalam Chapalam. An initiative in partnership with Delhi-based child rights NGO, Leher, aims to provide less fortunate children with fodder for their imagination. They believe keeping it alive during these times is critical. "As long as you have imagination, you can travel anywhere," Menon reiterates.

While on the one hand, the objective is to provide these children with a steady stream of stories, on the other, it is an attempt to keep the tradition of oral storytelling alive. "As we do this, the by-product is a repository of stories told by grandmothers, musicians, theatre artistes, educators and students," Menon explains. She and Khan also believe that contribution at this time cannot be restricted to money and that there are other currencies.