LetterFromBangalore

WFV - Work from village, India style

Some professionals are finding new joy in working from their home towns in rural India

IT professional Prashanth Krishnamurthy revived his family farm in his Settikere village during the pandemic, much to his father's joy. He plans to work on both software and the soil hereon. Software product developer Srividhya Balakrishnan, 27, love
Software product developer Srividhya Balakrishnan, 27, loves working in her airy childhood home in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, over the flat she shares with friends in the state capital, Chennai. PHOTO: COURTESY OF SRIVIJAYA BALAKRISHNAN
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BANGALORE • For many Indians, three key moments frame the year-long catastrophe of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The first, the overnight nationwide lockdown the government imposed on March 24 last year. The virtual ban on movement upended lives, bringing misery to many, but sometimes also inspiration.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on January 24, 2021, with the headline WFV - Work from village, India style. Subscribe