Day Thirtyseven


Heard a fantastic line in the Social Distance podcast of Atlantic – Pandemic pauses the present and forces us to live in the future. Kept mulling over it and used that thought in a letter to Editor, Indian Express: This refers to the article “A Judicious Balance” (IE, April 28). Indeed, our judiciary has set the example for “the new normal” that awaits us in the post-Covid world. Changes usually happen ever so slowly. This pandemic has gifted us an opportunity to leap across years and even decades into the future. Efficiency and effectiveness should be the guiding principles of our lives following the churn that is happening now. We should resist the temptation to revert to our old wasteful habits once the dust settles on the pandemic.

I have a great example of the e-paper to lead in to my article on Distance Education for UDAAN. The e-paper we get every morning these days is an exact replica of the physical newspaper. Stories from page 1 spilling over to page 2. All the inconveniences and discomforts of the physical newspaper reproduced in the e-paper, when there is a great opportunity to offer an altogether new reading experience. Virtual classes by Zoom will do the same. Make the students mandatorily listen to long lectures at times not of their choosing.

Two fabrics better than one in homemade masks. So I am more safe in my tubular bandana. 

 Rapid test in the country has been called off by ICMR. after the Chinese kits were found to be unreliable. Number of tests cannot be the same across the country.

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