Lockdown Diaries Nominee#5- In the depths of winter, I found, there lay in me, an invincible summer By Preeti Ojha
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#5- In the depths of winter, I found, there lay in me, an invincible summer By Preeti Ojha

Reading Time: 2 minutes         We all have heard of the phrase ‘silent killer’. But, it was not until the draconian Coronavirus started spreading its tentacles, did we come to know that ‘invisible killers’ also exist. Of course, a great deal of research has been on into pathogenicity and its manifestations in the form of microbial…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#4- Starter to a Gearless Life by Karan Veera
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#4- Starter to a Gearless Life by Karan Veera

Reading Time: 2 minutes Joints are aching. Head is always heavy these days. The lower back is giving up in the mornings, making me feels like its gonna break. Sleep is uncertain. Day by day, I am deteriorating physically. It’s been 40 days since the lockdown, possibility of an extension due to the severity of coronavirus pandemic. Eyes are…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#3- A lock-down diary by Aditya Diwan
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#3- A lock-down diary by Aditya Diwan

Reading Time: 2 minutes Numerous times each one of us has thought of a time machine to go back to the simple fond memories we’ve had as a child, and we came close enough to doing just that in the fall out of Covid19. The smell of old wood, talcum powder, and the maroon coloured queen took the centre…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#2- Relics from my Past by Pranali Ingle
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#2- Relics from my Past by Pranali Ingle

Reading Time: 3 minutes The scorching march sun shone right above my head bathing me with sweat. Ma always used to send me to the stop half an hour early so that I don’t miss the school bus. I drank my glass of milk in a hurry, as it was 11:35 already. I ran with a book in my…

Lockdown Diaries Nominee#1- The Fool’s Paradise by Souvik Chakraborty
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Lockdown Diaries Nominee#1- The Fool’s Paradise by Souvik Chakraborty

Reading Time: 3 minutes I wake up gasping for breath, startled, and fearful for my life. “Just a nightmare.” I reach out for a glass of water and look at the time. Panic strikes. It’s 8 in the morning already. I rush towards my doorknob when an alien thought grasps over me. I realize I don’t have classes. I…

Ways to make money during the lockdown
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Ways to make money during the lockdown

Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, the world is witnessing something it has never witnessed in the past century: a pandemic that has turned the world upside down, and no one was prepared for it by any means. People everywhere are losing jobs and are facing many hardships and challenges to survive and sustain themselves. However, what one fails to…

Pandemic Guidelines to Planning an Uncertain Future
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Pandemic Guidelines to Planning an Uncertain Future

Reading Time: 3 minutes You have been battling an invisible enemy for weeks. You have fortified your defenses and fought for your safety with utmost courage. But, the war is far from over. The past few weeks have taught us important lessons in survival and planning. As a student hoping to study abroad, you may think that your dreams…

Are you taking a Gap year?
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Are you taking a Gap year?

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Do you have to hit the pause button on your career or studies, due to your health or COVID-19 or financial issues or do you just have to figure things out? Are you thinking of taking a gap year but it seems like a downfall in your career? With the growing uncertainty these days,…