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Strike of Second Wave of Covid19 in India

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  Sreyasi Purkait ‘ Covid19 ’ such a small name yet it is capable of causing huge havoc and mayhem.  Scientifically speaking this virus came from us eating animals and that is not a surprise. The truth is that each and every animals have millions of viruses inside them and each one of them can kill us. In the past we got  Ebola  from bats in the Congo,  Mers   from camels in Saudi Arabia,  H1N1   from pig in the U.S. and Mexico and now  Covid19  from bats in China. Because of this Covid19 thousands of lives were gone and trillions of dollars were lost and for developing country like us our economy went down and it sets us back 10 years in fighting poverty. And all for what? Because someone likes the taste of weird wild animals! And that's quite unfair! we are all suffering because of the actions of few. I’m not trying to tell you to stop eating meat, because I know being a non-vegetarian myself it’s very difficult to suddenly change your...

Death: The Ultimate Motivator

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 Nafisa Yeasmin Death is the destination we all share, no-one has ever escaped it. – Steve Jobs. None of us can deny the fact that we are not anxious about death fear. But I believe ‘Death the ultimate truth and the greatest motivator of ones life'. Every living creature wants to keep his/her foot prints as their offspring. Even a small bird fights hard to save her eggs. The idea of the successor has come from the Death Anxiety.   We have very less time and many things to do. We never know who’s turns is next. What motivate us to save money?? What motivate us to do Life Insurance? What motivate us to educate our next generation? What motivate us to plan a safe shelter for our near and dear ones? Answer is one and that is Death! We all want to be immortal but science is yet to reach that level of super success. So what we want ? We want to keep our foot print. That’s the ultimate motivator. We want people remember us even after our death. Human alive in their work after death. ...

The COVID Experience in Qatar

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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 ...

Exploring Dutch Mills of Netherlands in this Pandemic Situation

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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 th...

Oberammergau : Where a vow started with a Pandemic and ironically postponed with a Pandemic

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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...