Browsing Category
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 10: The Dance Of Death & Other Random Thoughts
The dawn breaks languid and serene to the symphony of chirping birds. Soft, early rays of the sun lend colour and shape to silhouettes before painting the sky in many hues of…
Corona Diaries 9: Of Office Beasts, Home Furniture & Harried Wives
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 housewives would…
Corona Diaries 8: Same Mirth, Same Masala-Why We Won’t Make A Contagion Ever
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…
Corona Diaries 7: Home, Sweet Home? Not Really
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 freedom, and the free sights, smells…
Corona Diaries 6: A Rough New World Post-Pandemic
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. It is…
Corona Diaries 5: When Composure Makes Leadership Shine
Living in denial. That could be the worst approach to a crisis from the leadership. Prioritising politics over public health despite knowledge of the magnitude problem at hand can only be…
Corona Diaries 4: Tragedy At Exit Points – The Unintended Consequence Of…
Lockdown would have lakhs of people locked out. How come no one anticipated it? As the grim spike in corona cases in India continues, so do the stories of human tragedy playing out at exit…
Corona Diaries 3: Between Malice And Mockery – In Unusual Times, Unusual…
Fear of the unknown is known to drive people into making unusual choices -- some cynical, some borderline malicious and some soul-sapping. How would you explain houseowners in certain cities…
Corona Diaries 2: Of Lockdown, Paranoia & Nature
Lockdown is shifting the world into the pause mode. With little activity to chew up time, days are longer. As you reconnect to everything that work, commute and other survival chores…
Corona Diaries 1: Snippets Of Life In Times Of Pandemic
As the Corona horror story unfolds with by-now predictable turns and half of humanity stays in confinement at homes burdened with the feeling of hopelessness, what catches the eye is the…