by B&W Oman | Aug 19, 2020 | Oman
Mala Sharma Independent consultant (OMAN) This pandemic has taken each one of us on a roller-coaster ride. Whether one enjoys the ride or is petrified is a personal choice. A new perspective to existence is what I have accepted as the new normal. My take on this...
by B&W Oman | Aug 18, 2020 | Oman
Harriette Weels (Jetty Weels) Lead vocals, Mai Tai (*) Amsterdam (HOLLAND) So let us swallow it for the time being and look for a future filled with more togetherness, respect, love, tolerance and peace Body, mind and soul! The first and foremost thing that we have to...
by B&W Oman | Aug 17, 2020 | Oman
Anitha Rajasekaran Civil engineer, 3TI Progetti Engineering Consultants LLC, Muscat (OMAN) Dear microbe… No doubt you have become a threat globally, And I admit, you have seasoned our thoughts personally. You have paused the happenings of the entire world, By putting...
by B&W Oman | Aug 13, 2020 | Oman
Myjo Roji Biomedical engineer, Al Hashar Pharmacy (OMAN) I have accomplished self-actualisation in this pandemic period. Self-actualisation can mean a lot of things to each one of us. For me, it is not a state of perfection; it also does not mean that everything is...
by B&W Oman | Aug 9, 2020 | Oman
Eihab Attia Head of marketing, Royal Tulip Muscat Hotel (OMAN) The COVID-19 pandemic is definitely one of the toughest public health crises that humanity has experienced since the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918. The magnitude and consequences of the...
by B&W Oman | Aug 6, 2020 | Oman
Diya Lakshmi Jithesh Class 6 A, Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (OMAN) I remember staring blankly at the computer screen for some time and I think I just froze for a few moments. And in those few moments, I also don’t remember hearing what my teacher had said then...
by B&W Oman | Aug 5, 2020 | Oman
Anita Jeyan Software Engineer, Khimji Ramdas, Muscat (OMAN) “So, how are you coping?” How do we answer this question in a lockdown? I don’t think there would be anyone with five years of experience in effective handling of a lockdown; multitasking between work,...
by B&W Oman | Aug 1, 2020 | Oman
P M Jabir Community welfare secretary, Indian Social Club; Director, Norka Welfare Board (OMAN) Sometimes, I catch myself staring at my living room window. It is dark outside. I don’t see anything. Just for some seconds, my mind wanders. But, I don’t have that much...
by B&W Oman | Jul 31, 2020 | Oman
Trudie Cross Media and SEO specialist, PDG Media, Brisbane, Queensland (AUSTRALIA) Millions. The figure may sound dramatic. But, one can easily claim that millions of people around the world would have lost their jobs amidst the current COVID-19 crisis. And if you...
by B&W Oman | Jul 30, 2020 | Oman
Russell Ramil Head chef, (OMAN) After the abuse it has been through, maybe nature, maybe this earth, must be healing itself I have seen the best and worst during my life, but nothing like the COVID-19. Nothing at all. This pandemic has shaken me to the very roots....
by Priya Arunkumar | Jul 26, 2020 | Oman
A farewell to a best friend – a tribute Nicodemus Rozario (Nico) Marketing manager, Pizza Hut, Caffe Vergnano (OMAN) Nico doesn’t know if he has been able to say a proper goodbye to his best friend, Domnic Fernandes, area manager, Pizza Hut, Caffe Vergnano, who died...
by B&W Oman | Jul 22, 2020 | Oman
Dr Ada B. Bonina Nurse educator One, two, three months or more have passed and this Corona virus seems to be stuck like a boulder in our path. Unmoving, like a wall but at the same time gobbling up innocents, infecting more and more and causing untold misery to...