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Deepak Dobriyal, Hindi Medium Star, is at THIS Place During the Lockdown and We Are Jealous!

Actor Deepak Dobriyal tells Subhash K Jha how he is coping with the coronavirus lockdown in the solitude of the mountains

by Subhash K Jha

Deepak, How is the lockdown treating you?

I am close to the Himalayas  in  Uttarakhand. Log keh rahe hain hame bhi aisa lockdown chahiye, itna freedom aur beauty wala. Mere saare dost (All my friends are saying they want  a lockdown like mine with so much freedom and beauty). Mere saath  mere  naye dost mere kutte Jhumroo  hain. Mein  unhe  25 din se janta hoon.(My new friend my  dog Jhumroo is with me). I am okay but  away from my family and unhappy to see  videos where the public is misbehaving with the poor).

We need to be more compassionate, perhaps?

Jee haan. Police to pitayi kar hi rahi hai kuch ziddi logon ki par aam janta kisi dusre janta ke saath durvyavhaar na kare.(The  police is beating up the stubborn public  but civilians shouldn’t misbehave with other civilians).

Have you developed any new interests?

I am reading. I’ve discovered an unsung poet Veeren Dangwal. There’s a lots of power in literature.

What else is keeping you busy in tranquil Chamoli Ghadwal?

Gardening, yoga, sunbathing, acquainting family and friends with Nature, Facetime with children.

At a time like this  do you  think it’s  your duty to motivate  the nation?

We are like an  aeroplane, hamen public ko bhi uda kar le jana hota hai aur khud par bhi kaam karna hota hai ki public ko uda saken. To abhi apne wings, tyre, oiling, engine par kaam kar raha hun.(We are like  an aircraft.We’ve to keep the public airborne and make sure we are equipped  to do so).

Do you miss the city life in Uttarakhand?
Yahan sab normal hai sab natural hai, Nature jaldi hi aapke city ka pace kam kar deti hai aur apne hisaab se chalaane par majboor kar deti hai. Aur ye majboori achchi hai (everything is normal and natural here in  Uttarakhand. Nature forces you to slow down and  abide by its own rhythms).

Your advice to your fans and followers?
Sanyam se rahen aur sabko samjhen, hum choohe billi nahi hain jo bhagdad machayen.(Stay calm and  show  empathy don’t scamper and  bully like cats and mice). We are not equipped to fight  the virus  like America, China,  Japan and  Germany. We  need  to  use our  intelligence and compassion. Paropkaar isliye ki aapse juda koi bhi vyakti problem me na aaye. (Ensure that strangers do not suffer  any inconvenience  because  of you). We are all bonded in this. Sab se jude rahen. Lekin zehan se. (Stay connected but smartly. Social distancing ke saath. Panic na failayen. (don’t spread panic). Only the patient win in trying times.