The ongoing pandemic situation has provided a new lease of life to some occassionaly-used practices, making them the ‘new normal’ in the mainstream. Video conferencing and online meetings that were earlier resorted to when the participants were spread across oceans, are now the preferred modes of communication even for friends living across the street. Trying to stay quarantined at home, protecting one another from contagion and breaking the chain make the non-contact system the need…
The lockdowns of 2020 have increased screen time consumption. Flipping through the channels on television, hoping to find something interesting has become a norm as television channels also deal with the demands of producing new content during the lockdown. When the news and current affairs channels have a free run, those relying on soaps and other general entertainment streams repurpose existing content to fill up time slots. So, when flipping through the channels on your…
Jaiveer is an Indian immigrant working in the US. He is passionate about creating music and spends all his free time working on his creations. He wants to explore his options in the field of music and create something that will brighten up people’s day. Six months into the pandemic, we meet Jaiveer in his pad in Seattle for a casual chat about his life, work and his music. Jaiveer has a day job that…
During the height of the pandemic, Italy, one of the worst affected parts of the world was devastated. Every day was a new challenge for the administration and the health workers alike. Regular citizen quarantined themselves to prevent the spread of the virus and hospitals and health facilities working overtime to deal with the crisis. Perhaps, the frontline health workers are among the bravest warriors who fought selflessly to bring the situation under control. This…
A pandemic that shakes the world. A virus that has no precedent and no cure. A crisis that sends governments around the world into a frenzy. Fear and uncertainty grips all of mankind. These are nine difficult weeks for all of humanity. Lockdowns are announced across the world, to keep people distanced and to prevent the rampant spread of the virus, and whole populations witnessed their world change around them. While ‘work from home’, ‘virtual…