Waiting to bid farewell…

Waiting to bid farewell…

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...
Practicing serenity in the midst of a storm

Practicing serenity in the midst of a storm

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...
Humanity will triumph over this crisis too

Humanity will triumph over this crisis too

  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...
Longing for the days that we have taken for granted

Longing for the days that we have taken for granted

  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,...
Even the darkest night gives way to dawn

Even the darkest night gives way to dawn

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...
“Maybe the earth is healing itself”

“Maybe the earth is healing itself”

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....
Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms

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...
“Let’s grab this second chance with open hands”

“Let’s grab this second chance with open hands”

  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...