Humour: The trials and tribulations of the beauty salon-deprived soul

Sachin Tendulkar giving himself a haircut and Kareena Kapoor offering a close-up view of a skin eruption: now we’ve seen it all. One of the many indignities that the lockdown has heaped on us is the insatiable need of celebs to spin “content” out of everyday life. Much of this behind-the-scenes material is so banal and/or glib that it makes me ache for the less disturbing superficiality of airport looks and fashion galas. It is also an inescapable fact that we ordinary mortals are as rattled by the removal of grooming salons from our routines as the Khans and the Jonases. In fact, I’m looking longingly at the salon outside my window as we speak.