Everyone seems busy exploring their hidden calibre and honing their skills while staying at home during the lockdown. However, it is also a good time to reflect into the past and introspect about our actions. ‘Angrezi Medium’ actor Radhika Madan has also been spending time alone and has been reflecting about life.
Speaking to Hindustan Times she said how this crucial time has made her value the little things of life that we otherwise take for granted.
“The biggest learning so far for me has been realising the value of little and basic things, such as food.”
“I feel so fortunate that I get to eat food every day, at a time where so many are going hungry. I have understood the value of my family and the value of my closed ones,” she says.
The 24-year-old actor who is spending her quarantine time alone in Mumbai, away from her family says that she is learning to adjust to reality. She adds that the downtime with herself had made her realise that she has been prioritising the wrong things in life.
“I have realised that we are running after things that are so temporary and fleeting, be it fame or money or anything like that.”
“At the end of the day, whether it’s the richest [or the poorest] person in the world, it has come down to washing our hands and keeping our immunity strong,” she further adds, “I have realised what my priorities are, where do I want to keep it on my health or being with my loved ones.”
However, Radhika adds that she is enjoying her self-isolation time. “I love being by myself, I really enjoy my own company. I am learning something new every day, be it learning piano or enrolling myself for online courses, reading, writing or doing yoga. The only thing getting hampered is stepping out of the house.”
She also adds that she’s been keeping herself busy at such times. “I wrapped up ‘Shiddat’ before the lockdown, but in terms of my work, not a lot has been hampered. I am doing narrations, reading scripts, at home right now.”
Initially, the lockdown did make me anxious like most of us. But now when I look back at time, I realise how important it is for all of us to take a break from our fast-paced life. It has indeed made us more humane and empathetic, don’t you think?