Redefining Horizons

Silent Take-over? Ever since 2020 dawned,  world has been compulsively riveted to ‘covidian’ statistics - the infected, recovered and dead. Incidents of heroism, sacrifice and stupidity add realism and uncertainty to the emerging survival story. In its attempt to contain the pandemic through social distancing, the world locked itself down. To survive with minimal damages, organisations, that could remotely pursue business, took the ‘ Work-From-Home’ (WFH ) route, effectively taking over homes.  WFH keeps hopes alive but could soon be the new norm. Irresistible Goldmine Creating office Space at Home    Irritable  domestic disruptions notwithstanding, internet  generally  ensured seamless connectivity helping entities overcome restricted work-related movement, imposed by lock-down. Though organisations, especially production places mandating physical presence, reported loss of business, many where work could progress without such...

Better Than The Best God's Own Country Kerala’s fight against COVID-19 has been remarkable.  The e fficiency with which the state managed the pandemic is trending on social media.In the ‘covidian’ fight, Kerala has proved to be better than the best. Miles ahead in many social indices, other Indian states will take eons to catch up with Kerala. Crumble Zones Amidst euphoria of ‘success’ against COVID, some disturbing headlines also appeared . These were about Karnataka sealing its borders, Tamil Nadu controlling flow of goods, dumping of 80,000 litres of milk, protest by migrant workers, ‘nokku kooli’ (gawking charges) problems, impending return of jobless expatriates, loss of revenue from liquor sales, death of patients denied medical care and an estimated loss of 80% GSDP, each a pointer to socio- economic crumble zones integral to the state. Fragile and heavily dependent food security, inadequate industrial production, industry-unfriendly environment, e...

There is Sun Even Behind The Darkest Cloud Predictions ? "Are these your predictions for the world? An interesting private message I got, in response to my mail on my article, “ Covid-19- Shape of things to come ” [1] .  What I wrote, under " Change for Sure ", is how I feel the world would emerge post COVID.   Amidst predictions of doom and gloom, I see the p ost- covidian  world  boom and  bloom.   I have reasons. Embedded in The Problem Rest its Solutions It was 1976 and ‘board exam’ was around the corner. Cheating was, neither smart nor cool. Moderation non-existent and application questions in plenty, inadequate preparation guaranteed failure. I was struggling with theorems of congruent triangles and its applications. I was, and still am, miserable at memorising by rote. Coincidence or act of God, I saw EN Prince, my batch mate revising ‘congruent triangles’. I sought help.  While explaining application of the theorem, ...