The number of requests for help to our NGO SmartLife was swelling by the day, but so were the number of humanitarians – there was a swarm of sponsors ready to help these people in need, rendered helpless by COVID-19 – and that made us realise how beautiful the...
Ritu Chaturvedi Assistant professor, School of Computer Science, University of Guelph (CANADA) Face-to-face versus online classes and learning from school versus home schooling. Suddenly such topics are being hotly debated but with good reason though. The pandemic has...
Dimitris Begleris Teacher of English language, Foreign Languages School - Europedia Gavrio, Andros, The Cyclades, (GREECE) People are social animals and they must regain their natural inclination towards socialising The effects of the threat presented by COVID 19 have...
Chances of going back to the good old normal days anytime soon are a remote possibility Shununa Salim Alhabsi Assistant director general for special education and continuous education Ministry of education (OMAN) It is only when something is taken away from us...
Dr Yathrib Ajaj Senior chemistry lecturer, Gutech (OMAN) Students as well as teachers have new challenges to confront with the COVID-19 breaking down physical classrooms without even touching them or actually “breaking” them. With the worlds’ teachers and...
Smitha Kolari Kothaneth HR and office manager, Essential Services Ontario (CANADA) The COVID-19 is an eye opener! It has opened our eyes to many things that we have taken for granted. We have taken nature for granted to the point that we believe that all the natural...
Aadil Al Saadi Managing director, Mala’a (*) – the national data bank for credit and financial information (OMAN) The globetrotter is the one among the many who has been totally hit by the COVID-19 Corona virus. Especially the ones who are mentally, physically,...
Aziza Al Habsi Ceo, Arabian Women Media Company Columnist and journalist, Al Shabiba newspaper (OMAN) To say that all of us have been ‘hit’ by the COVID-19 Corona virus would just be an understatement. I think when the virus hit -- it hit us from all sides! All...
Labourers reveal the trials and tribulations they face due to the health crisis The COVID-19 crisis has pushed migrant labourers to the very edge. While world over migrant labourers have endured a history of suffering, the current Corona virus crisis has deepened the...
Rila Banerjee Singer-songwriter, Kolkata (INDIA). My husband Sumith (*) and I work from home. Sumith’s music studio is operational 24x7, while my jewellery design studio is based in another corner of our home. So, if we aren’t gigging, we’re used to spending most of...
Veera Bhacka Homemaker I would not be wrong in saying that this COVID-19 has brought the world down to its knees. In other words, it has turned the world upside down. Businesses have been shut, schools and colleges are closed, travel is restricted and many parts of...
Kavitha Ramakrishna Artist, author and a home maker (OMAN) Even though cooped up in the four walls of her flat during the recent COVID-19 lockdown, noted Indian artist and author, Kavitha Ramakrishna (*), has still given free rein to her creativity. She has created an...
