When phones replace textbooks

It wasn't much of a long-term plan given that schools may not be able to open any time soon

The other day when I ran out of vegetables, I tried calling my usu­al vegetable delivery guy, Rajesh Kumar. I was a little concerned when he didn’t pick up and tried calling the following morning. Warning bells rang when he didn’t answer his phone again. So I tried him in the afternoon but to no avail. When the entire week went by without me being able to get in touch with him, I suspected the worst. Through the lockdown, Kumar had been an in­credible support; we would simply call or message our requirements to him, and he’d deliver them to