Divya Rajvanshy, DTM

“You cannot go out or meet anyone” – these are the words that pretty much defined life in the last few months. Home isolation meant no get-togethers, office gossips, gyms, restaurants and of course my favorite part of the weekend – Toastmasters meetings. The thought of not being able to meet anyone created a good deal of anxiety in me. I started calling my family and friends to check if they are okay. Turns out, they were in the same boat, emotionally, as me. This led to more frequent calls and opened a plethora of opportunities to build relations like never before! Friday evenings turned into long hours Dumb Charades with friends located in different parts of the world. Celebration of birthdays became incomplete without cake cutting over zoom calls. Creativity in Toastmasters Meetings went to a next level altogether making weekends productive. Daffodils Toastmasters Club has always been a gem for Division C – by setting an example of conducting some of the most interesting online meetings, bringing some joy in our lives during these difficult times. In the fear of losing connect, we used technology to connect more often than ever before. Let us remember this feeling when we enter the post-covid era and continue to maintain these relationships both offline and online.