By the time PM Narendra Modi announced the Janata Curfew on March 20, as a measure to arrest the Coronavirus pandemic, most of India-s firms had already asked their employees to work from home. But no one had a clue how long this would last.

The initial days were rough sailing. For a work culture that-s taken pride in long hours, constant monitoring of productivity, and strict attendance, suddenly not being face to face proved a challenge. In fact, a Twitter poll conducted by this newspaper in the first week of April, asking if India is ready for a work from home culture, registered a 60 per cent -No- vote. And yet, nearly two months down the line, most people are not just comfortable working from home, but many firms have informally extended their return to office deadlines to cope better with the pandemic.