Casting the Hope

Yesterday I called up my grandaunt who lives in another corner of Bangalore. She is 80+ and lives all alone. She said her routine was more or less unaffected but she couldn't visit anyone outside her street. In the course of our conversation she said someone mentioned to her that thanks to our food habits, Havyakas were largely untouched by the virus. In fact, she didn't know any Havyaka who had contracted it. Now, many among her kith and kin, including her daughter, granddaughter and myself, are married outside the community. I wanted to tease her about the fate of our spouses and children but decided against it.