SNAEHA SATHYAN

91% of the Indian students would still like to continue their abroad dreams for their education which is saddening because they are trying hard to not keep their dreams from shattering away due to the effect of this deadly virus. A study was conducted by edu-tech platform Leverage Edu on the Indian students who had registered on the platform for studying abroad in the next 6-10 months revealed that 76% students surveyed were planning to go ahead with their education abroad in the next 6-10 months (upcoming September or January intakers) ; 16% students said that they will take a decision about studying abroad by the summer, while 8% are considering delaying the decision due to the Covid-19 outbreak ; the above numbers changed when students were informed about the steps being taken by international universities. Around 25% of the students weren’t aware of the contingency measures taken by universities for the September 2020 and January 2021 intakes such as blended learning options...

We know that Corona virus (2019- nCoV) was detected in December 2019. This was espied earlier in the mid-1960s and are noticed to infect humans and a variety of others animals (including birds and mammals).   Since 2002, two corona viruses infecting animals have evolved and caused outbreaks in humans: SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) identified in southern China in 2003, and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 ( https://novel-coronavirus.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ). But now this virus has now subverted the economy, lifestyle, environment, survival and other aspects are misshapen around the whole country leaving it in agony. The state & the central governments, NGOs and many social activists at breakneck pace are however undertaking activities by holding the huge responsibility to help the inhabitants to cope up with the epidemic.   In fact it is quite distinct to see the proposal of “ethical precautionary princi...

CORONA Virus has rung alarms on everybody’s lives making it the scariest thing they wouldn’t have possibly imagined to happen. It has certainly brought a transilience in all of them – their lives, dreams and goals to pursue. People are dying, few are depressed, and the others do not have any idea on what has just happened. It is really difficult to copt up with the impact that this virus has created. Despite all this, it is very overwhelming, supportive and heart soothing to see youngsters coming up with the ways to face the pandemic with a positivity. The concept of positivity is personally a likeable concept to me with which I hold my huge belief on. I would like to quote a saying by Kobe Bryant, he says “ The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do”. Likewise, it was great to see my friend Surya in his blog https://timurandceasar.blogspot.com/2020/04/silver-lining-amidst-chaos.html?m=1 coming up with a seed of a...

LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION – IF ONLY THERE WAS AN LOR FOR THE BREAKUPS It is with much pleasure and pain that I am between a rock and a hard place writing to you to support the new pronouncement of my dearest to lead a life with you which he is unsure of. He is predetermined to spring the rest of the time which he spent with me fondly hitherto. I have known him in my capacity as a capable lover to me with whom I can rely upon for a support which now he failed to carry forward with. Through my observation, I can say that he has always been the one who never failed to express any kind of concern when it comes to my goodness. He is such an attentive person who really cares and with much surety I would like to say that he will try to be the same with you. He has always remained a strong pillar when I broke and crumbled into pieces when I first heard of the unnerving bid adieu from me. From this, can be observed his original and compelling attitude to one-way the relationship. ...

We would all have stumbled upon our parents saying that “like causes produce like effects” ; a good deed will lead to a future beneficial effect while a bad deed will lead to a future harmful event”. So most of them intuit it to be a threat or some concept to daunt just like how the iron fisted man did to his citizens till his downfall. In unembellished terms, Karma has been compared to the Newton’s laws of cause and effect that says that every effect has a specific and predictable effect. This was regarded to be the universal law that could be applied in practical life. This concept of karma was then delineated with the Hindu and the Buddhism religions which I would like to voldemort now.  It is also to be noted that Indian soteriologies (theories of salvation) posit that future births and life situations will be conditioned by actions performed during one’s present life—which itself has been conditioned by the accumulated effects of actions performed in previous lives. T...