Day Thirtyfive


Today I ventured as far as the station, the farthest ever during this lockown, to Mahalakshmi Stores to buy Sambhar Powder and tamarind and also as an afterthought Vadumanga pickle. They also had coffee powder, but with 49% chicory. I have been assured that supplies are on the way. The street was neither deserted, nor crowded. People wearing facemasks were maintaining social distance in the queues before grocery shops. I also bought 2 masks, from a hole in the wall tailor, for Rs 20 each. I may not wear them; they are good souvenirs of these troubled times. 

The free Nikon School is easily the best thing to have happened to me during this lockdown. Watched a nearly hour-long tutorial on landscape photography. I must watch them once more before they are taken down this month end. 

 Meanwhile lockdown in Mumbai and Pune is likely to be extended till May 18. 

WHO has dissed the idea of "immunity passports", saying that there is no evidence that the antibodies confer protection against re-infection. 

 Why bats, the carriers of so many viruses, are themselves immune? 
Great explanaton - The secret to bats' immunity

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