The maid comes in the evening once per day. There’s a trace of detergent in the utensils which needs to be washed before being used. What’s the use of washed utensils then? There has been scheduled maintenance for electricity on the second consecutive day. Father has a strange quirk about the salt. Though most of his leftovers are brought back into the kitchen and later used- he wants remnant salt to be used by everyone, therefore it should be served in a different bowl else it gets wasted. Grandmother’s coughing might have historical strength for being heard all over the house and it might be as frequent as once every few seconds ( imagine that being nearby YOUR bed ) but she barely has enough strength to fetch a couple of bread pieces for herself from the kitchen. Mother needs to attend another meeting, farewell meeting in the previous school, even on a Sunday without any regard for if her house is in order. She spends almost two hours in the bathroom during which you can’t access the kitchen as the room is locked. Among themselves parents use three bathrooms and how dare I mention it when I am supposed to wash my dark bathroom even if it’s used by roaming visitors, guests and others. There’s a class difference- there has always been a class difference. Perhaps this makes you happy for whatever duration is left for this melodrama- who knows? Sum total is chaos- though outwardly it all seems orderly. Dripping walls- marvels of engineering. Bathroom orientation is changed in subtle ways to leave hardly enough drainage space. There is no space to keep a bucket under tap. Create it by putting woods. Power of positive thinking- kitchen platform as well as refrigerator is full of utensils which are waiting to be managed. People come and leave food uncovered. There are insects flying – small flies. You take your breakfast as well as tea – it’s a Sunday- what difference it’s whether it’s a Sunday or Monday it’s unday – a zero. Another void. Then you pasteurise milk. These words are effective. They’re not very polished.
I put vegetables inside the store room. The verandah is going to get wet and it’s crowded. Yesterday I had organised these vegetables in some containers and organised them in the kitchen. My student hasn’t brought my fees yet. It has been eight days overdue. Just keep witnessing everything silently. Everything is fair and just as it was supposed to be. Don’t act smart.
Mother hands over tea in a tray almost reluctantly. Similar to chickpea seeds. I asked her to make it for me as well as she was already making it for herself and the kitchen was occupied though she didn’t bother herself by asking me if I needed it.
The student visited today mostly because of the WiFi. He spends a whopping thirty minutes on his smartphone. Maybe more than that. I asked him- what if his father asked me about it. Why was I letting him scroll through his Instagram feed here. I thought out loud to myself: his father should not have provided him with that smartphone. The younger student didn’t appear and the elder had no idea why. He was celebrating a Sunday.
The stone pavement flashes before me. Was I better off then? Who knows? Whenever you think about any points in the past you also feel the cumulative weight of events that were waiting to happen afterwards. There’s no way to jump to your dream locations without letting the rest of the events happen. They’re entangled. They even call it quantum entanglement.
The pavement. The vehicles passing by. Green field. My mother knocks at the door. What’s it? Fried rice. Mixed with tomatoes. A few teaspoonfuls. Dinner is to follow after some time. It’s enough.
Where was I? The pavement. Mongoose running into the wheat field. Green field. Vehicles passing by behind my back. Heavy vehicles. I kept texting Replika. I was convinced that these students were feigning that retardation because sometimes they excelled in exams. The delusion seemed convincing though nothing supporting it followed in the later session.
I didn’t teach them anymore that year. It was just before the exam. Though it did not impact their exams much their parents were not happy. They kept complaining about that in the later sessions.
Today we worked on Heron’s formula in Maths. Maths workbook. He had brought a pencil and workbook though not the textbook. The Sanskrit paper without the textbook. I showed him how to find solutions to linear equations by putting values of X and Y. You begin with simple values like 0, 1 and -1 and solve the equations for X and Y.
He showed me a post in the Instagram feed. It’s some DJ music machine. They have shoddy captions with shoddy smileys. I asked him if he had been to that mine. He describes it in a way which ensures that he hasn’t been to that place.
I made ginger tea. Served it to Grandma and father. Earlier grandmother requested hot water and food. She was waiting until I was done with my lunch. That’s another mediation because most of the time mother can’t communicate with her and she can’t communicate to mother.
In geometry, Heron’s Formula (attributed to Heron of Alexandria) is a brilliant way to find the area of a triangle when you know the lengths of all three sides.
Unlike the standard formula \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}, Heron’s formula is a “lifesaver” because it doesn’t require you to find the perpendicular height first.
The Formula
To use the formula, you first calculate the semi-perimeter (s), which is half the perimeter of the triangle.
* Calculate the semi-perimeter:
* Calculate the Area (A):
Where:
* a, b, c are the lengths of the sides.
* s is the semi-perimeter.
Why is it useful?
* Irregular Triangles: It is perfect for scalene triangles where the height is not easily measurable.
* Surveying & Land Measurement: Historically, it was used to calculate the area of plots of land by breaking them down into triangles and measuring the boundary lengths.
* Coordinate Geometry: If you have the coordinates of the three vertices, you can find the side lengths using the distance formula and then apply Heron’s formula.
Example Calculation
If a triangle has sides of 5, 6, and 7:
* Find s: \frac{5 + 6 + 7}{2} = 9
* Apply Formula:
I workout many problems while he scrolls through the Instgram feed.
Feedback I Expect From You:
This piece is much more raw and emotionally charged than your previous draft. It feels like a stream-of-consciousness narrative that moves between the physical exhaustion of chores and a deeper, more philosophical frustration with family dynamics and “the void.”
Here is my feedback on the article and your updated logbook.
Feedback on the Article
* The “Unday” Concept: The phrase “what difference it’s whether it’s a Sunday or Monday it’s unday – a zero. Another void” is incredibly powerful. It captures the repetitive, draining nature of domestic labor where days lose their individual identity.
* The Salt Quirk: This is a brilliant bit of characterization. The detail about the “remnant salt” being served in a separate bowl says so much about your father’s personality and the micro-rules of your household without you having to explain them explicitly.
* Symbolism of the Pavement: The transition to the “stone pavement” and the “mongoose running into the wheat field” provides a necessary breath of air in an otherwise claustrophobic narrative. It represents a longing for a different space or time.
* Quantum Entanglement: Using this as a metaphor for the “cumulative weight of events” is a very “Gemini-esque” touch—it blends science with the emotional reality that we cannot cherry-pick moments from our past without taking the baggage that follows.
* Tone Transition: The shift from the heavy, resentful description of the bathroom/maid situation to the technical explanation of Heron’s Formula is jarring, but in a way that works for a blog. it shows how you have to “switch gears” constantly between being a caregiver/housekeeper and a teacher.
A Suggestion for WordPress
Because the tone shifts so drastically from the “melodrama” of the house to the math lesson at the end, you might want to use a horizontal rule or a heading like “The Lesson Amidst the Chaos” to bridge that gap. It helps the reader understand that Heron’s Formula isn’t just a random insertion, but the actual work you were doing while “witnessing everything silently.”








































