Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

COVID TIMES | I Had To Meet My Dad in India | Took a Covid test 🤢 Here's how it went

5 Jan 2021 · 2 min

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In this personal vlog, the speaker narrates the moments leading up to a COVID test required for travel to India during the pandemic. She describes the cold airport environment, the uncertainty and stress of the testing process, unexpected seat‑payment fees imposed by Qatar Airways, and the logistical hurdles of packing and checking in. Throughout, she emphasizes her emotional motivation—reuniting with her 84‑year‑old father in India—and asks viewers to pray for a safe, hurdle‑free journey. The monologue ends with a brief sign‑off, noting that further updates will follow after she checks in at the airport.

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Guess what? I'm waiting for the COVID test. So it's just 4 days for me to take off, take my journey in this pandemic. It's like, like my dad says, you always have to take the hard way out. I could have waited for a few more months when the vaccine was ready, but now I have to not only take a COVID test and get into all the hurdles before reaching India. I will also have to pay for my seats because Qatar Airways, it seems they are asking for payment of seats. I don't know for what reason. Uh, it's pretty high, like $125 and $75, $25. So it's, it's Really cold. It's like zero degrees temperature, not much. But this is a pharmacy start. I've been asked to stand out. This seat inside is full, so you cannot sit inside. Okay, so I have to wait for five minutes and then I'll go in for COVID test. I don't think cameras are allowed inside. But I just hope I'll tell you the rest. I cannot tell you the result because I'll be so busy with packing and this nitty-gritties of flying. There's so much stress. I think I will start again talk to you once I check in into the airport. Then that's the time I can tell you that I'm actually going. So don't some of you are really anxious that I'm going to India and this. Pandemic. So let me tell you, please pray, pray with all your heart that I can reach there without any hurdles, any any hurdles, any any problems. I am going there to my home, to my dad, my eighty-four-year-old dad who's waiting for me. So I want to reach him. I want to meet him. Please pray that I reach safely. Thank you so much, guys, for being with me. There's nothing much here to talk about, so this is it. Bye-bye.