When i was still working as a biomedical engineer in Ubth, I had this male coworker that used to stay back in the office till 8 PM every night. Four extra hours of doing absolutely nothing, just sitting outside the empty conference room talking to himself or using his phone.
One day I asked him why he didnтАЩt just go home to his wife and kid since he closed by 4 PM.
He laughed that dry, hollow laugh and said, "Michi, if I go home by 5, my wife will ask for money for dinner, or the generator needs fuel, or the landlord is coming. If I stay till 9, she assumes IтАЩm hustling and grinding for the family. She respects the 'busy' man, but she has no patience for the 'tired' man present in the house."
So now, every night, he sits in the dark office, drinking water to fill his stomach, and calls his wife. He speaks with energy, Yes babe, i still have a lot of work to cover. IтАЩm doing this for us.
Even when his account balance is literally reading minus.
He does this; not because he is a liar.
Not because he doesn't want to be home.
But because sounding 'busy' and 'ambitious' is the only way a man retains his dignity in a home he pays for.
A lot of people cannot even begin to understand the mental gymnastics men perform every day just to avoid being called "useless."
I donтАЩt always believe what I read in the media or on social media. But, if itтАЩs half true that both Virat and Rohit are considering playing Test cricket again, then it needs to be taken very very seriously.
The survival of Test cricket is a hot topic of conversation and if the biggest stars in the game are wanting to play it again, they must play!