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.
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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...
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...
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...
"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...
Dynasty per se should not be a dirty word in India, a country steeped in feudal tendencies. In fact, going by our popular culture, there's certain adoration for the idea...
How quickly things change! When we launched Corona Diaries on March 21, COVID-19 was still shaping into a pandemic. It had completed its cross-continental jump by then, spreading from Wuhan...
In a regular World Health Organization (WHO) briefing, Dr Mike Ryan said on Friday that it is unlikely that COVID-19 will be completely eliminated if the current conditions persisted. He...
If monsoon is the season you love, then you must be missing a lot. It's the time Nature gets in touch with its finer self and turns into poet, painter,...
The boy at home keeps revising his wishlist. The original was prepared before his board exams. After all the hard work and stress, he wanted to lock his books in...
The mention of alcohol triggered odd reactions in this friend. His droopy eyes assumed a bright glint, his lips parted in a beatific smile, the anaemic face found a reddish...