Tag: COVID-19

On the 14th of March, the news dropped like a bombshell for all teachers: schools would remain closed until the end of the month....

While the government has announced numerous schemes to help the economically weaker sections cope with the lockdown and economic distress, a significant section of...

Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing photographic series China Recycling maps waste. In them, he provides a frightening visual reminder of a civilisation – human, that is...

Between March and April, rabi crops-- or crops sown in the winter months--are ready to be harvested in India. This year, the harvest period...

This is not what a haat or a weekly market should look like: the place is not bustling with people buying and selling produce,...

Can you imagine sensing uncertainty and panic around you, but not being able to look to your family and loved ones for comfort? Can...

COVID-19, SERS, MERS, Ebola, Swine Flu—What do they all have in common? These are infections that can transmit from animals to humans, otherwise known...

The history of civilisation is the history of great stories. Great stories have been told to humans for hundreds of years. For example, the...

Suspending all educational activities that involve large gatherings at least until May 3rd has brought about significant changes to schools’ academic cycles, board examination...

Epidemics and pandemics are humanitarian crises and hence the subject of the Humanities, as much as they are the subjects of biomedical situations, biologists,...