Why Safe Living is Vital after Pandemic and Natural Calamity
Akash Sengupta was academically brilliant. Immediately after he passed out of IIM Joka, he got a job in an MNC and was posted in their head office in Mumbai. Young and dynamic, career was more important to him than anything else. He was habituated to living on the edge but the pandemic and the cyclone…
How We Must Continue to Live Safely with Coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) officials warned that Coronavirus will stay with us for a long time. “Make no mistake, we have a long way to go. The virus will be with us for a long time,” WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. Moreover,…
Why Hyderabad Will Emerge Stronger After Covid-19 Pandemic
Hyderabad is one of the world’s most dynamic cities in terms of commercial property and socio-economic parameters. Its expanding economy thrives on two strong pillars — the Information Technology (IT) and Pharmaceuticals sectors. The city has actively embraced technology-driven economic growth and its market has largely burgeoned due to the rapid development in these two…
How Coronavirus Pandemic Changed our Homes and Communities
As we fight Coronavirus pandemic, we simultaneously fight the pangs of self-isolation, social distancing, and an extended lockdown. A new-found insight has touched our lives and transformed it, making us take a relook at everyday things in light of gratitude. Every abundant thing that was readily available, at the command of our fingertips, and was…
How Can We Help the Less Privileged During The Covid-19 Crisis?
The Covid-19 crisis is spreading its tentacles through the length and breadth of India which has forced the Indian Government to extend its lockdown period for another 19 days till the 3rd of May, in order to contain further progress of the infection. The government, in fact, was left with no choice. With limited health…
How Our Priorities will Change Due to COVID-19 Impact
“Ma and Baba both are at home”. Says little Vineet gleefully, unable to hide his pleasure. “Though they have to work from home, they still play with me now. And Ma has given me a smartphone which also has a hand-wash alert installed that buzzes off every hour reminding me to wash my hands.” For…
How We Can Minimise the Economic Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown
American Political commentator and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Thomas L Friedman says, “There is the world B.C. — Before Corona — and the world A.C. — After Corona.” Nothing can be truer. For India, the COVID-19 pandemic could not have come at a worse time. The Indian economy was estimated to grow at 5.5 %…
How COVID-19 is Likely to Change the Workplace in India for the Better
The COVID-19 pandemic has put existential pressure on the Indian workplace. As dramatic changes drive wedges through our lives, they reverberate through the corporate corridors, triggering sweeping changes in our workplace and forcing organisations to recognise the need to accept newer ways of working, adopt new technology and welcome increased flexibility. When the COVID-19 pandemic…
What is the Best Way of Adjusting to the COVID 19 Lockdown
The fear of the COVID 19 virus has taken a firm grip in all our minds as we go about doing our daily chores. Stress seems to be the new normal even as fighting it emerges as a confirmed challenge in the current scenario. In South Kolkata’s Tollygunge, 70-year-old Sukriti Bannerjee is having sleepless nights…