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It has become a practice, rather an obstinate habit honed over the years, with a firm belief in the elevating powers of music, that I start my day with a...

There is a lot of speculation currently about how COVID-19 is going to change our lives and the course of history. But then almost every pandemic has influenced the course...

“Je voudrais une baguette traditionnelle sil vous plait (can I get a traditional loaf of bread, please?)” I ask, having waited patiently for 15 minutes outside my local “boulangerie” (bakery),...

If the third week of March saw India heightening its response to the war unleashed by COVID-19, the nationwide lockdown was something no one had ever experienced before. Life changed...

Books, goes the saying, are a man's best friend. Not quite, unless your stock of books gets replenished at regular intervals and you always have fresh ones to dive into....

Bhubaneswar: With the nationwide lockdown having been extended by the Central government, citizens have to deal with staying at home for two more weeks. Many had settled down to a...

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports and study that COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets and aerosols emerging from an infected person, countries like Australia, France and the UK have revealed that it can...

When pandemics have led to persecution of certain communities, which has been pretty common as we discussed in the previous article, they are often accused of using disease as a...