Guest Column

Trapped in the lockdown and fears of COVID-19 virus gripping our lives, most of us are bound to feel like Malorie in Bird Box. To draw a reel parallel: we...

Men were not made for home. Before it sparks a feminist outrage, let's clarify. It's because they are hopelessly unevolved for a full-time stay at home. They have been, some...

The parallels are chilling. The reel experience is now dreadfully real. To call Contagion, the Steven Soderbergh-directed movie, prescient would be an understatement. As the corona pandemic continues its devastating...

“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” These immortal lines of British writer George Eliot might no longer capture the mood of contemporary...

The entire world is staring down the coronavirus pandemic with uncertainty. The lockdown is on. Very rightly, there is extreme caution in the air. We will be very lucky if...

How is life for fish in an aquarium? Perhaps it is somewhat like that for people at homes during a lockdown. You have all you need to survive, but not...

Hey Bhubaneswar. Tough times require tough responses. And surely what you are currently going through is possibly the toughest the city has ever experienced. You, of course, are a tough...

After the pandemic runs its course, leaving a trail of devastation unimaginable so far, the world won't be talking about human resilience; it would be talking about good luck instead....

Each time a calamity hits us we realise that Nature is a big leveller. The COVID-19 pandemic struck us unexpectedly, engulfing people across boundaries with unimaginable speed and menace. In...

This piece of information is not about the lockdown, wearing masks, avoiding crowds, hand washing, etc. Not because these aren’t important. But because by now, they have been drilled into...