when she moved to goa in the beginning of february megha gupta had no idea shed be locked down with her cat matcha and plants in her new home in salvador do mundo during the pandemic though she was a little lost and confused in the beginning she says shes figured out how to get supplies and spend time at home during this timei do feel blessed and fortunate that i moved just a few days before this started goa is definitely a better place to be in compared to a lot of places in india bombay is home to me since ive lived and worked there for 18 years so i feel very sad when i see the news about anything that happens there she sayshowever nothing much has changed for her since she moved to goa to slow down before the lockdown i used to go to the gym and then pick up fresh produce now since gyms are shut i try to do my home workouts instead of fresh produce i try to pick up my supplies and freeze it since we dont have a choice now i used to go to miramar beach to workout in the evenings i anyway didnt party or eat out much except for attending a few acoustic music sessions people usually think going to a simpler life means taking a step back i like keeping it simple because that means living it up for me she saysbeing in a new place how was the initial lockdown period like the lockdown happened immediately after i moved here so i was lost and confused my carpentry and electrical work was still going on that came to a halt in terms of food i was just trying to figure where to get meat from since thats what i primarily eat i survived on dal chawal during the initial days soon enough our chief minister sorted everything out and things got better she sayswhile she is home she has taken up cooking even more seriously i am cooking with all my senses i nourish my food and then it nourishes me i have a little kitchen garden so i grow my own veggies and herbs i play the hapi drum i always had it but the mental noise used to be so much i never played it but now i start my day with playing the hapi drum i take online classes on it and learn through youtube she concludes