A Black & White feature Is that COVID…is that Coronavirus… No it is flu – just flu -- Influenza! Most of us who are at the wrong end of a cold, fever or throat pain, cough or stomach ailments are suddenly gripped by the fear that this could be the onset of...
Dr Muhammad Awais Nawaz Emergency physician, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH).I know it sounds both like a cliché and an understatement when we say we are living through challenging times. But, I state it here for the record. And let me get straight to the...
Suparna Kudva Nair Homemaker, (OMAN) Then we will feel the pinch of the transition The COVID-19 Coronavirus has come and it is going to stay for some time – that is a given. Nothing that we have done so far has managed to dislodge it from its firm grip on humanity....
Saleh Al-Shaibany (*),Scribe, columnist, writer and academic What can I say about the Coronavirus that has not been said before? That it plays havoc in people’s lives and wreck their livelihood? Or will it be spot on if I say personal relationships are on the edge as...
Dana Al Sarhani ICV Special Projects Lead, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) (OMAN)Corona has cast an indelible mark and will be embedded in global history. The pandemic has and will change the global order too. One still finds it difficult to believe that a tiny...
Syeda Zainab Zaidi,Student of graphic designing, Mumtaz area, Muscat (OMAN) Someone is staring at me from the corner of the room, slowly swishing his tail as though he was preparing to attack me! In reality, my big fur ball was just staring at me and wanted to...
Ramachandran NairQHSSE & Compliance Manager (OMAN) Recently, during the lockdown, when I couldn’t go to office, I took the ‘office’ home! Jokes apart, and although it consumed quite a bit of my time, I did manage to construct a paperboard replica of our company’s...
Sam David Mathew Entrepreneur, President, World Malayali Council (Oman province) (OMAN) It’s good to practice cleanliness and hygiene, but let us also practice keeping our hearts clean Like many, I had BIG hopes for 2020. I started the year with a smile. With...
Godwin D'Cruz Marketing and management specialist, trainer, performance coach, mentor Mumbai (INDIA) I am a marketing and management specialist and a trainer and more. But for the moment, I am at a loss of words when it comes to describing how this wretched pandemic...
By Yash Tiwari (*) Author (A Celebration in Tribulation, PANDEMIC 2020 - Rife Of The Virus) Public speaker The COVID-19 brought the entire world to a standstill - figuratively, as well as literally. I have grown watching movies like 2012 and Contagion where the masses...
Bellu Kuttappa Commercial manager, Founder member, Team Coorg Muscat hockey team (OMAN) You can’t learn them from schools, colleges or universities I am a good learner. And in the more than three decades of my blessed stay in this beautiful country (Oman), I have...
Sayyid Ali Sibtain Naqvi Former technical advisor, Oman Olympic Committee Sports consultant, Future Management and Economic Consultancy (OMAN) I have seen a lot in my 91 years. For instance, in 1947, as a young Indian youth, I witnessed the great historical divide,...
