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We are all worried today about how this pandemic will end, and we will be able to live without fear. Most of us hope that we soon have a vaccine...

“Lockdown the country so our people don’t die!”  This was declared at 8 pm on March 22. The time left for going home…4 hours!  Distance to be travelled: minimum 100...

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...