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Corona Notes
As a dreaded virus spreads its tentacles across the world, it is imperative to share experiences and learnings for benefit of different communities. In this special series titled Corona Notes, we would publish articles by people residing in different countries and continents on how they are coping with the COVID challenge.
Corona Notes: I Have Learnt The Value Of Every Tiny Thing I Have At Home
London: This lockdown has been an experience of a lifetime, not only for me but for many others I know.
I was/am one of those fortunate/unfortunate ones who decided to start working from…
Corona Notes: Getting Used To Staying At Home
As we enter Day 36 of the lockdown in Odisha, this is what I have to say: one can actually get used to staying at home. Of course staying on a relatively low populated campus, and a nicely…
Corona Times: Is Online Learning the New Normal?
In the COVID-19 lockdown scenario, parents of urban school-going children are anxious over the uncertainty that looms over reopening of educational institutions. The chief concern lies in…
Corona Notes: Common Good Lies In Helping Those Without Livelihood Support
I am writing this in the village where I was born and still live, a village of 700 inhabitants in the province of Quebec, Canada, set on a deep lake amid rolling hills.
Despite everything…
Corona Notes: Common Good Lies In Helping Those Without Livelihood Support
I am writing this in the village where I was born and still live, a village of 700 inhabitants in the province of Quebec, Canada, set on a deep lake amid rolling hills.
Despite…
Corona Notes: Memories Of Easter In Troubled Times
On Good Friday it was blue skies, 20 degree Celsius. With higher temperatures, the UK government has banned congregating outdoors. A walk was allowed. Mine took me through the park, by the…
Corona Notes: Spread By Rich It Is Hurting Poor The Most
California: My dad sings Kishore Kumar songs. My sister makes goofy dance videos. My mom and I go on long evening walks every day. We eat meals together and watch movies and make each other…
Corona Notes: Pandemic Has Reinforced Humanity Is The Only Religion
Life is so full of uncertainties.
Who would have thought that the whole human population would be on the tenterhooks one day for a virus outbreak in this age and time? I remember when the…
Corona Notes: Uncertainty Grips Odia Community In Badly-Hit USA
It is spring in New Jersey (NJ) now. The trees are gradually turning green after having shed all their leaves in fall. You can see that in the picture. Schools have taken a break from online…