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Is Corona A Job Virus?
Within catastrophe lies opportunity. If only we can manage to reinvent ourselves.
Pink Slip Or Pay Cheque?
Post-lockdown, the world of work won’t be what we used to know. For many, the uncertainty of livelihood would likely linger much longer, and be no less painful.
Save Business to Save People
Instead of forcing businesses to pay employees, there are better ways for the government to do good by helping business stay afloat during and after the crisis
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI DEVI DONATES ₹13 CRORES FOR COMBATING CORONA
The Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kollam, Kerala, always in the forefront of social upliftment through education, health and its several other initiatives, has liberally donated from Rs 10 crore to the PM CARES and Rs 3 crores to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDR Fund) to combat the virulent Covid-19, even as the world is at its wits’ end to contain its devastating rampage across continents.
Incovidient Questions
Even as she exudes confident control in her televised administrative meetings, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has reasons to be worried. They go beyond the matrix of operations involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, from feeding the needy and protecting health workers to contact tracing—the Centre and the BJP have sharply attacked the Trinamool government over handling the pandemic.
Peace by Piece
The Taliban angrily withdraws from talks with Kabul. The United States, the initiator, is preoccupied with fighting COVID-19.
When Stalin and Mother Teresa Agree
A scientist responds to the human tragedy that is COVID-19, and asks questions of science and society.
Guns Of Never End
Lockdown—political and pandemic—brings peace to Kashmir, but a new militancy is rising.
Altered State of Governance
How the fight against COVID-19 is changing the way the government works
Trauma In The Age Of The Virus
Disrupting the rhythm of our everyday life, the pandemic inflicts invisible wounds that will take longer to heal than any disease
How Companies Are Adjusting To The WFH Culture
Companies are adjusting to the WFH culture
The Native Redefined
Opposition to domicile law unites Jammu with Kashmir
Off With Their Trunks
Russian poplar trees face the axe in Kashmir amid speculation that they can spread coronavirus
DIVIDED STATES IN UNITED FIGHT
Big or small, rich or poor, the provincial constabulary is shouldering India’s campaign in a world war
Different Times, Different Strokes
India’s grounded sportspersons are creatively using their forced leave to lay the grounds for future success
Community Infection
In Assam’s capital Guwahati, some men taunted three nurses from Manipur by calling them “coronavirus”.
BOOSTER SHOT FOR BHILWARA
How the Rajasthan district went from worst-affected to a model for tackling coronavirus
Home, not alone
Work from home comes with its own set of rules
Can India Feed Itself?
The foodpipes are clogged. A famine hides in the countryside and stalks the cities.
Paradise Locked
As it waits out the shutdown, a circle of dangers presses closer on Bollywood
Covid-19 Governance - Hazmat Nizamuddin
One super-spreader speaks of wider policy lapses—now being (hopefully) fixed as government cranks into action
Vote Bank Soup Kitchen
On a Sunday late in March, the West Bengal unit of the BJP received a message from the party’s high command that each karyakarta—party worker—in the state should adopt five families and look after them during the nationwide lockdown to stop the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE NOWHERE PEOPLE
Experts warn that reverse migration will have a debilitating effect on the rural sector
NATIVES RETURN IN THE TIME OF CORONA
The pandemic has almost reached rural India with the lockdown-spurred reverse migration. Villagers and local authorities are rigging up fences—but how long can they hold off?
SLOW DRIVE IN FAST TEST LANE
India has one of the lowest testing rates in the world. Will new, locally made kits change its programme?
Salve on a Splintered Chain
Coronavirus could have blighted harvests, but state intervention has helped
Losing By An Own Goal
To hound out the Gastlers, who use football and education to empower girls in remotest Jharkhand, is a crying shame
Finally, The Old Fall Guy
The Nizamuddin ‘hot spot’ allows trolls to target Muslims for spreading the virus
DIY Cure? Don't Do It
Rumours of panaceas for COVID-19 abound. But some might do more harm than good.
The Banks Are Alright. Sort Of
Debacles like Yes Bank reveal its weak spots, but the system is neither broke nor broken. And it may get better.