Its called
having it all.
Mehnaz comes in the morning, she makes brown rice and
protein packed meals for the day
Sonia follows her, and ensures the room, kitchen,
balcony, stair are clean, in that order
Once in a
while she asks me to recharge her phone using paytm
She knows
when to ask me to let her browse Amazon for the black and golden suit design
And the
other times, she just chats with me in our native rajasthani language.
Its called
having it all.
I spend 3
evenings a week with Imran
He trains
me to do deadlifts, box jumps and whatever he seems fit to put me through for
an hour
He counts
repetitions on my behalf, helps me stretch, is my conscience when am not on
track.
And the
other times, he just tells me stories of how he mended his impaired knee
himself
Its called
having it all.
I am tired
and thirsty. I tap at my phone browsing through innumerable options in Phase 4
and around.
Prateek delivered this cold pressed juice bottle to me
within 30 minutes.
It has
Egyptian Oranges, Green Apple, Ginger, Lemon and Chia seeds, and organic beetroot.
The juice
is in a glass bottle, not plastic. I don’t know from where they procured it
all. But,
Its called
having it all.
The other
day, Rinkachon came to my house. She
is from Manipur, she is excellent in acupressure.
She learnt
it from mother, who learnt from her mother in her village.
Without any
formal training, Rinkachon is brilliant. She is a 5 star Thai therapist with
urban clap.
She brought
at her own equipment, asked me how I was. The app even gave a Rs 200 cashback.
Rinkachon
lives in sikandarpur. She was too nice and talented.
Its called
having it all.
I sit on a Saturday,
tapping at my phone.
On one app
am buying the grocery list on big basket, which my mother texted me on watsap.
I wonder if
Yellow Lizol is better than Purple, while I select the organic urad daal
Meanwhile
another app is open, it shows me the options for treks in Nepal.
I wonder if
gifting an automatic washing machine on Diwali could make up for me being away
from home, while I sip on the organic cold pressed juice and swipe my Instagram
where people have liked my healthy breakfast bowl, and Buddha Bowl pics
Its called
having it all.
Latika is my personal shopper with fable street. She
helps me pick my colors and fabrics and stays in touch on whatsap to maintain my
office wardrobe.
She is absolutely
brilliant. I have never had to shop again in a crowded mall, since I have met
her.
This is how
having it all looks.
I am not
sure what exactly we have done as a generation, to deserve so much privilege and
comfort in our lives. Maybe we are just at the right place and right time in
the history. As I consciously keep myself away from consuming goods, I just can’t
help consuming all these services, so readily available. I am not sure, for a working class Indian, if there is a better
place to be right now, than India.
I also can’t
help wonder, what next. This is where the service class peaks. How do we strike
the balance in producing more than we are consuming.
I also can’t
help wonder about Sonia, Mehnaz, Rinkachon and Prateek….what is this whole servant
class which has emerged so dramatically to provide me all these services…what
have I doen to deserve this.
We are without
any doubt, the most served generation in the history. The generation who does,
have it all.
