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Urmila Matondkar had to drop her Diwali plans that she was looking forward to after she tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The actress was supposed to be at her farmhouse in Panchgani with her husband Mohsin Akhtar Mir to bring in the festivities with her family. As she isolated herself in the apartment of her room, she could only recollect the golden memories of the celebration of her earlier years.

She says, “In those days one could feel the winter chills during Diwali. I remember waking up early and taking the ubtan wala snaan. Unlike the glam Diwalis of today, that time it was more simple where people would light the earthen diyas than the artificial lighting that we do today. There used to be family get-together where people would come visit us or we would go to our near and dear ones and exchange the yummy Diwali faraal.”

Owing to what happened to her despite being doubly vaccinated, Urmila urges people to strictly follow precautions. She signs off saying, “A lot of my friends got surprised. They were like how is that possible? A lot of people think that you are vaccinated means you are totally safe and you can go mask free. I want to give a reality check to these people who are carefree and busy shopping in festive spirit that it is important you mask up even if you are vaccinated. Precaution is something that one should follow even today because coronavirus is still in the air. After being doubly vaccinated the intensity of how the virus affects you is a little lower than earlier, but you have to be very careful.”