Posts by: Mihir Srivastava

Mihir Srivastava -July 17, 2020

The pandemic has forced toddlers and school students to attend online classes. It poses a challenge to students, parents and teachers who feel is not a viable alternative to classroom education  Life has to find a way to go on in the face of the pandemic. Technology is the popular means of imparting education at […]

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Mihir Srivastava -July 10, 2020

During the lockdown and since books in the digital format have done relatively better in India, the format is still in its early days compared to the markets in the West The pandemic has had a profound effect on peoples’ lives and everyone is trying to adjust to the ‘new normal’. People have their own […]

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Mihir Srivastava -July 10, 2020

Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi is a role model for many. She is supporting dozens of musicians during the time of Coronavirus, service to humanity and performing arts   A good way to judge a nation is to see how artists are treated in the country. In India, they are, apart from few notable exceptions, the worst […]

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Mihir Srivastava -July 3, 2020

A growing number of people in the US don’t support wearing masks to contain the pandemic. This view has its takers in India too, though they are not vocal about it Covid-19 has changed the way we live and perhaps, also the future—which will be a ‘new normal’. But there are some who are not […]

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Mihir Srivastava -June 26, 2020

Hundreds of canteens and eateries serving the younger crowd have either downed shutters or shutting down. With little support from the government, this is leading to a loss of jobs and exodus of workers in the sector Despite the mounting number of cases in the city, Covid-19 is not the only reason causing distress among […]

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Mihir Srivastava -June 26, 2020

The border conflict and Covid-19 have been a double whammy for Indians residing in China, resulting in divided families As tension on the Indo-China border mounts, Indians residing in China are fairly worried. There is double trouble brewing—the Covid-19 pandemic that is still raging and on top of that the possibility of a conflict. These […]

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Mihir Srivastava -June 19, 2020

The lockdown forced many husbands to attend to household chores — which led some to acknowledge that their wives are better managers  The work done by homemakers is excluded from the calculation of National Income on the pretext that it’s “provided out of love and affection” by a mother, wife or sister. Also, there’s no […]

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Mihir Srivastava -June 19, 2020

A few young people used the lockdown as an extended period of reflection and introspection followed by personal makeovers The lockdown lasting nearly three months has been a tumultuous time for many. However, there were some who used this forced break from hectic lifes to introspect, improve, lose weight, pursue old hobbies and hone latent […]

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