Coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The precious lives of thousands of people were lost. The virus named Covid -19 spread to Europe and the U S. In India, the first Covid positive case was reported in Kerala in January 2020. By this time,...
Prelude The World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. As at the time of writing this article, we are approaching the first (hopefully last) anniversary of the identification of COVID-19 virus in...
The effects of COVID-19 have been multi-faceted – the impacts on mankind have been profound – be it economic, health, social etc. There are considerable psychological influences related to all these. Registered Psychologist Donna Theeyatt spoke to Keralanaadam...
Previous pandemics, the Great Depression and more recent world crises such as 9/11 and the 2008 global financial crisis have had huge ramifications on individual lives and society. So too, COVID-19 will leave its indelible mark on habits and attitudes based on the...
The year 2020, a historic one, is almost at its end. What started with ravaging bushfires across Australia soon moved into a global pandemic. Humanity was caught off guard like never before. It affected every aspect of life as we know it. It was even more so for those...
2019 December 31st, London: Celebrated New Year’s Eve with friends, full of merriment, hope and optimism about the new and possible clear-sightedness that a year titled 2020 could bring. Blissfully unaware that in under three months, life as we know it, would be...
Getting married is a stage in life that is expected for a Malayalee girl. From when you are young, your community and family are all anticipating the day you fall into the arms of your husband. However, no one likes to talk about the realities of being a female in our...
In the 2019 edition of Keralanadam, I published an article dealing with three aspects related to this topic. They were: (1) What is science about? (2) Science process skills in relation to the scientific method and (3) Observation and Classification. Let me elaborate...
“Try to be surrounded by flowers and little children; keep your trust in God when you struggle to beat middle age crisis. Don’t allow anger, depression or anxiety to rule over you”, my mum used to babble in my teens! As a teen and as a vibrant youth, I never...
Most of us have heard about Newton's third law of Physics – for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In a broad sense, the law of Karma also works the same way. It is a spiritual law that essentially states that good karma – deeds – begets good...
“Yeaaaaayyh Ausraaliaaa…”, my soon-to-be-six-year-old son yelled at the top of his voice as he sensed our aircraft descending and saw the modestly lit Sydney skyline at about 9 PM on 21 October, a year ago. His childish exuberance broke what was close to a pin-drop...
A Window When I was in Year 7, first year of high school in NSW Australia, a teacher who was also the School Principal decided to give us a taste of Science and English. We were about twelve or thirteen. He said he was going to define 'window' in scientific terms. I...