Guest Column

It's fait accompli. One cannot just wish the coronavirus out of existence; one has to find pragmatic ways to live amid its ominous presence. The growing consensus among decision-makers around...

If you had told me three months ago that an event so huge was going to take place that would force schools to close, businesses to shut down, people to...

We are all worried today about how this pandemic will end, and we will be able to live without fear. Most of us hope that we soon have a vaccine...

“Lockdown the country so our people don’t die!”  This was declared at 8 pm on March 22. The time left for going home…4 hours!  Distance to be travelled: minimum 100...

It has become a practice, rather an obstinate habit honed over the years, with a firm belief in the elevating powers of music, that I start my day with a...

There is a lot of speculation currently about how COVID-19 is going to change our lives and the course of history. But then almost every pandemic has influenced the course...

“Je voudrais une baguette traditionnelle sil vous plait (can I get a traditional loaf of bread, please?)” I ask, having waited patiently for 15 minutes outside my local “boulangerie” (bakery),...

With the lockdown being in force for about six weeks now, dolphins have started to show up in stretches of River Ganga, where people had seen this beautiful specie three...

I am not sure when COVID-19 will end or if it has an end at all. The virus attack from high-risk groups is now entering into the general population and...

Books, goes the saying, are a man's best friend. Not quite, unless your stock of books gets replenished at regular intervals and you always have fresh ones to dive into....