Moments Pass Memories Remain

I remember eating this tree berry from the deep woods brought for us by our teacher. Those days our school was surrounded by thick woods on all sides so whenever we had recess, we ran to those places to play. We would pluck all kinds of flowers and fruits, most of which were edible. Sometimes we were so engrossed in the forest that we would get carried away and get punished in class for being late. Our recreation was always related with nature and outdoors, we plucked and ate wild berries in place of chocolate, we swam in rivers and not in swimming pools, and for skipping we used creeper plants as rope. Life today is taken over by technology, children as young as two are able to use mobile phones, they prefer the indoors to outdoors. Children playing out in the mud is a sight we hardly see in today’s times.

Photo credit: Pamziuliu (Lulu, my niece)

Making memories in this challenging time of pandemic

Liyi Yabi Marli Noshi (Liyi), a lawyer by profession has been working on issues related to human rights especially on women and children and based in Delhi. She is from Ruksin, Pasighat, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. Abruptly she had to take early morning flight on 21 July 2020 and came home to see her father who suddenly fell sick although she never wanted to come home in this situation.

Meanwhile she is attending virtual court hearing under an umbrella shielding herself from rain standing at the only spot where she gets access to internet at her home. Picture by Liyi’s niece