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Corona Diaries 34: Of Men, Parenting & Gender Roles

"Certain species of animals eat their young. Some abandon them as soon as they are born," the friend said with…

June 10, 2020

Odisha Bytes & Odisha Sambad’s Corona Creativity Contest Last Date Extended

Bhubaneswar: The last date to submit videos for Corona Creativity, a unique talent contest organised by leading news websites www.odishabytes.com…

June 9, 2020

Corona Diaries 33: Jobs In Peril, It’s Time To Downgrade Lifestyle, Reimagine Lives

Money moves our world. It may or may not buy us happiness, but for all other things of import in…

June 8, 2020

World Environment: India’s Concern And Contribution

As deliberated in part one of the series, India’s inter-relationship with environment and Nature goes back to the Vedic ages.…

June 6, 2020

Corona Diaries 32: End Of Happy Days For The Professional Class; Dark Tunnel Ahead

Shed a tear for the professional class. No brainstorming over economic revival after the pandemic shock appears to have it…

June 6, 2020

‘Mafi’, Can Humanity Ever Seek Forgiveness?

“I will give you a handful of humanity In return of the joy To see a humane world” - Moumita…

June 4, 2020

CORONA DIARIES 31: No Holding Back The Creative Drive; Critics Can Wait

  The chief enemy of creativity is good sense, said Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter and pioneer of cubism. It…

June 4, 2020

Corona Diaries 30: Between Lockdown & Unlocking Some Unsettling Questions

India is unlocking. This is when COVID-19 cases are on the threshold of two lakh, the seventh maximum in the…

June 2, 2020

Corona Notes: Will The Next Generation Shun Human Touch?

COVID-19 has ground the world to a halt, both physically and metaphorically. Governments around the world, having rightly prioritised the…

June 1, 2020

Tobacco: Its Use and Abuse – A Reminder On World No Tobacco Day

Tobacco was first discovered by the native people of early America and South America and later introduced to Europe and…

May 31, 2020