Ever since the lockdown began, leadership coach Aparna Jain and her family look forward to their evenings. They do their own thing all day, but at 6pm, Jain, her 78-year-old uncle Davinder Sood and aunt Peggy Sood get busy with Monopoly, Taboo or Scrabble.
“We fight a lot about not accepting two-letter Scrabble words like ‘mo’ or ‘ab’? My uncle knows all of them and tries to play them, and my aunt always says, ‘if it’s a word, tell me what it means’,” says Jain.
Board games are adding levity and fun to the lives of those stuck at home with their families for 21 days straight. These are also turning out to be a great way to get some pent-up energy (or resentment) out under the guise of friendly competition.
Jain encourages her uncle and au