Lockdown Diaries Competition: Top Stories & Lessons

Reading Time: 3 minutesThese‌ ‌are‌ ‌the‌ ‌times‌ ‌that‌ ‌no‌ ‌one‌ ‌could‌ ‌have‌ ‌thought‌ ‌of‌ ‌but‌ ‌it‌ ‌is‌ ‌what‌ ‌it‌ ‌is.‌ ‌I‌ ‌am‌ ‌Nikita‌ ‌Singh‌ ‌and‌ ‌I‌ ‌ am‌ ‌a‌ ‌student‌ ‌of‌ ‌MBA‌ ‌2‌nd‌ ‌‌year‌ ‌and‌ ‌this‌ ‌lockdown‌ ‌started‌ ‌on‌ ‌a‌ ‌very‌ ‌rough‌ ‌note‌ ‌for‌ ‌me‌ ‌as‌ ‌my‌ ‌ exams‌ ‌got‌ ‌postponed‌ ‌and‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌middle‌ ‌of‌ ‌my‌ ‌exams‌…

Reading Time: 3 minutesCoronavirus pandemic has brought in unforeseen changes. It has taken us a while to come to terms with this sudden change. Most of us are still struggling. My initial reaction was bewilderment and a sense of acute restlessness. But then it changed, for the better….. Yet in these trying times, a pigeon chose my balcony…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe renowned poet Robert Frost once wrote that poetry provides “a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.” At the current time, considering the conditions the global community are experiencing, I think it’s safe to say that many would agree with the distinguished writer’s words. In such a short period of time, the population,…

Reading Time: 3 minutes  “This life is like a train ride; the only difference being it has no stops. It just keeps on running, one thing after another keeps on happening, decisions are all taken in haste, and I no longer know if those decisions were right or not.” This lockdown made me revisit many old things, one…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last few months have been a ‘reset’ button for all of us. For the first time in several decades, has the entire world been driven to a single point of attention – the Coronavirus. Witnessing something like this for the first time in my life, the immediate reaction was to question the current state…

Reading Time: 2 minutesImagination, it is unbelievable that something so huge can fit in our head. Its existence would scare any man of science, it’s unlimited, going against any law of thermodynamics, and yet, even scientists could never live without it. You can’t store it, neither trap it, when it sparks either you make it a reality or…

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…

Reading Time: 2 minutesJoints 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…

Reading Time: 2 minutesNumerous 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…