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Corona Diaries
What can a person forced to stay at home possibly do? With going to office suddenly turning passé and stepping out becoming hazardous to health, those trying to break the coronavirus chain through social distancing could well revive the old tradition of writing on their diaries. In our special series, Corona Diaries, New Delhi-based senior journalist Akshaya Mishra captures the subtleties of life and the times we are in.
Corona Diaries 57: Why The Sushant Singh Case Probe By TV Supersleuths Would…
It's puzzling that the whodunnit genre has not really taken off in India. We love peeling off riddles wrapped around enigmas to discover the truth, don't we? We love to dig deep into cues to…
Corona Diaries 56: Of New Peaks, Ranges & Human Foolishness
Six million up, and nothing in the COVID-19 trajectory assures us that it won't hit ten million in a couple of months. The number of deaths, a few thousands shy of a lakh now, could go up…
Corona Diaries 55: Let’s Detox With IPL, Give Kangana A Break
Finally, the show is on. Players are bulkier, a tad lethargic, and a bit rusty. The stands miss the madness of frenzied fans, and the familiar bewildering melee of sound and colours. Sans…
Corona Diaries 54: It’s Not About Sushant Or Rhea Stupid, It’s Not Even…
Four million up, and numbers no more shock. Everything else about the pandemic remaining where they were -- no vaccine, no cure, no jobs, no halt to the slide in the economy, no good news on…
Corona Diaries 53: Of Three Million Plus & Diminishing Fear
Three million plus, and now sky is the limit. Experts have stopped devising false ceilings after they were breached by the virus every single time. It's okay that we no more hear of peaks,…
CORONA DIARIES 52: Stray Thoughts Amid Long Wait For Vaccine
The furiously wriggling worm flung itself inches into the air, crashed on the floor, wiggled some more and went flat as a soggy piece of thread. That was the end of the virus. This…
Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death: Distractions Must Not Cloud Quest For Fair Probe
What is Kangana Ranaut's fight about -- Sushant Singh Rajput or herself? This is getting more perplexing by the day. Her good battle to ensure justice for the dead actor is getting more and…
Bijay Mohanty: The Film Industry Failed To Do Justice To His Talent
With the passage of Bijay Mohanty, Odisha's film industry is close to losing a generation of actors passionate about cinema. His departure after film and theatre personality Bijay Mishra is…
Corona Diaries 51: A Million & More – Our Fight Against COVID-19 Is Set…
There's a hint of despair in the air. One million plus cases already and nobody's sure where it is headed. A few lakhs more would mean the disease is not faraway anymore; it's somewhere in…
‘After Me, The Deluge’: The Congress & The Fine Art Of…
"After me, the deluge." Madame de Pompadour, the profligate mistress of French monarch Louis XV, is supposed to have said in casual indifference to the suffering of people due to the…