BHUGOLIYO

20/10/2020 Sudeshna Sanyal * Earlier this year as the spread of coronavirus started to gather momentum in different parts of the world, we, the residents of Qatar, braced for its impact as well. Although the first cases outside China were reported from different countries in January, the first confirmed case of COVID in Qatar was reported on 29 February,’20. This was a Qatari citizen who was evacuated from Iran. By 19 March, the number of total infected people rose to 460. Everybody knew that the spread of the infection in Qatar was inevitable in our intricately connected world. One by one, the government started taking strict steps to contain the spread of the virus. Travel ban was imposed, first, on 15 countries and later more were included in the list. A general ‘Lockdown’ was imposed in the first week of March and schools, universities, parks, religious places, shops, restaurants, malls and other establishments were closed. Face masks became mandatory in public places with a very

20/10/2020  Soumi Das * This is my first visit to any country outside India. I got an opportunity to visit this beautiful country this year on 8th of January. Europe tour was always one of my dreams and so I was very excited and had planned a lot of stuffs. Being a small country, Netherland is comparatively less populated. The country is mostly flat and most of its land is below the sea level. It has a disciplined mode of transport where everything runs on time. People here are very well mannered and disciplined.  After I arrived in Netherlands, everything was going fine and I was trying to settle myself down by understanding and learning their culture. But my happiness did not last long, as by the end of February Corona pandemic spread across Europe which is now creating a havoc in the entire world. Corona has impacted our way of living. Slowly everything came to a standstill as offices, school, shops, restaurants etc. were closed and also people were forced to stay inside the four wa

20/10/2020 Manisha Deb Sarkar * Oberammergau Our Route for Oberammergau from Herrsching in Germany It was a comfortable cool morning in June, 2017 when I set out for Oberammergau from Herrsching in Germany . While driving along the silk smooth road that skirts through the eye soothing greeneries a sudden feeling of happiness filled my mind – that it is not a dream but a reality and I am travelling in the Bavaria state of Germany, a place so renowned for its picturesque natural beauty . On the way Reached My destination Oberammergau is a small town located in the foothills of the Alps cladded with dark green shaded coniferous trees. Mount Köefel is the signature of the town . It is some 61 km and about an hour long journey from Herrsching where I started my drive. Mount Köefel Mount Köefel I had little idea about the village. Before sharing Oberammergau in relation with the pandemic situation I prefer to give you some idea of its basic features. Oberammergau is a municipality in the

20/10/2020 Sreetama Kundu * Classes-Virtual Vs Real  “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up in fragments by narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arm towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary, desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forwarded by THEE Into every widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, My Father, let my COUNTRY awake.” With these inspirational lines by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore I, on the behalf of my fellow college mates, want to communicate with the readers on the topic how the teaching learning process has evolved in these past few hideous months, also would like to bring the readers in the limelight so that they can have a bird’s eye view of both the teachers and students.  We all know that the teaching is a two way process which inc