The
Novel
Coronavirus
pandemic
has
turned
the
world
upside
down
in
the
span
of
just
a
few
months.
While
we
are
grappling
in
our
own
ways
to
handle
this
crisis,
actress
Lisa
Ray
says
that
the
dark
phase
she
went
through
in
her
past
has
given
her
the
tools
to
face
the
pandemic.
Getting
candid
in
a
recent
interview,
she
shared
her
musings
over
how
we
can
use
these
difficult
circumstances
to
mould
new
ways
of
living.
Opening
up
to
Hindustan
Times
about
how
she
is
dealing
with
the
pandemic,
Lisa
said,
"I
have
sort
of
already
gone
through
the
dark
night
of
the
soul,
simplified
my
life
and
made
friends
with
the
reality
of
change.
And
that
has
definitely
given
me
the
tools
to
face
this
pandemic.
The
other
thing
I
consciously
do
is
to
moderate
my
intake
of
information
and
time
on
social
media."
Lisa
battled
a
rare
blood
cancer
in
2009
and
in
2010,
she
announced
that
she
was
cancer
free.
She
continued,
"We
pulled
our
girls
from
school
before
the
lockdown,
but
keeping
them
engaged
has
its
own
challenges.
I've
turned
our
home
into
a
play
school,
and
I
feel
really
happy
hearing
their
delighted
shrieks
when
I'm
writing
in
my
office.
Mornings
and
evenings,
we
put
on
masks
and
go
for
a
bit
of
fresh
air."
"Just
like
it
takes
pressure
and
heat
to
create
a
diamond,
these
times
have
the
potential
to
mould
something
precious
from
difficult
circumstances.
I
wish
it
didn't
take
a
pandemic
to
convince
society
that
we
need
to
do
things
differently.
We
need
to
respect
our
planet
and
the
natural
world," added
Lisa.