Three weeks ago, I received the first meme around the corononavirus. Delhi moms were going berserk with social distancing. I brushed it off, thinking the meme factory always exaggerates. Last Saturday, the feeling sunk in. I now knew exactly what the forward was making fun of: this by no means is a vacation. With the malls, movies and outdoor play areas shut, the only thing that seems to be open in the world right now is my kitchen. Being an (almost) no-screen mom, I need to brace up to long, hot days of summer without losing my cool. This isn't going to be easy, but it isn't going to be that hard either.

There are plenty of things that being a work-from-home mom has taught me, but nothing has prepared me to keep my four and six-year-olds occupied for 14 hours straight.