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Although at a high social-economic cost; India, by far, may have managed to curb the community spread of Covid-19(the statistics and some ratios say so). In my opinion, what comes ahead of us is tremendously dependent on our behaviours post the lockdown. We may have to oust the uncontrolled excitement that we demonstrated a couple of times in the past, and I believe it will be entirely on us to either pick an abundance of a short-run or solace that endures forever. Probably a few more weeks of self-propelled discipline and a sense of support and empathy towards everyone in need -- Sent from my iPad

"Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose upsides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow." - Tony Schwartz Sent from my iPad

I was reading somewhere on twitter, and the post had a positive mention on the mom and pop stores or the local grocery shops. While all of us in bigger cities are exceedingly dependent on the likes of Dunzo, Swiggy and Zomato, the real antidote to lockdown stress has been the support of local grocery stores. Despite the odds they had to deal on procurement and city bureaucracy, they have been able to extend an excellent service, including making available the essential stuff at the doorsteps. It has been a commendable service to the people in absolute discomfort and to be able to connect and walk through the extreme interiors. Kudos !!!-- Sent from my iPad

The HRQ in my wife doesn't shy from giving an analogy while watching Ramayan: There's Bhrama- the person who does the job description, budgeting, recruitment, and on-boarding There's Vishnu - who designs the role, deploys the operating procedures, develops the team, maps the career , rates the performance , and continues to focus on org improvement and development  And then there is Mahesh- who calls the shots on retention/downsizing optimising or issuing the pink slips  😊🙏 -- Sent from my iPad

So when we read articles like this, we realise that it is injudicious to poke fun at this "work from home" regime. On one side, it is taxing, demanding and extremely exhausting for the people working out of home, and on the other part; it wrecks the dependent businesses. The irony is to know that the companies have an uphill task to deal with and that they are also probably the last resort for our problems in the offing. When a situation like this emerge, our natural (and understandable) retort is to count on our commitment that we all may have demonstrated for work in the recent past and sometimes at the cost and time of our families. Being someone working in the private co environment, I can relate to this article and the state of the people dealing with uncertainties, and I also feel that it is high time that the employers do not find their recourse in traditional polluted mindsets(payouts, headcount reduction et al.) and come up with solutions that empathise with the deva...

Continuing from the previous post, clearly, the world is going to change forever. We may want to believe that nature has taken the course and acted against the age-long human barbarity. But the truth of the matter is, a few weeks or a couple of months of lockdown may not be necessarily course correct the damage that we have done for several decades. What this pandemic will inevitably result in is stress on the economy, normalcy or the way we operate. All this is inescapable in the short run, and there will undoubtedly be a restoration in the medium term, say a couple of years. While it is easy to laugh it off with fun banters and memes, the next few quarters are essential for all of us to stay relevant in the new normal we are getting in. But then, for me, the optimism is that the Almighty will bless us and continue to guide us perpetually

So, this big-boss style familiarity continues at the house, the boss narrates a desired (not mandatory) task, and the nation follows. Some of us linked this to a spiritual correlation and many others completed this in anticipation of a more considerable benefit as we redefine solidarity and unity in these difficult times. While this clarion call by the boss had a very defined scope, once again, we overdid this with crackers, noise and exuberance that we weren't expected to. I wish we could understand that the festivities are a far cry from where we are today, and there is no normal where we are returning to. For the good, bad or ugly, Covid-19 is changing the world forever.🙏-- Sent from my iPad

Ironically this is what money does to our mind. We are not corrupt by design, but the utter thought of having an opportunity to make surpluses takes us to a path significantly away from being human. So, an anonymous investor isn't worried that COVID19 will spread to his city/nation but is rather pleased to know that the private diagnostic firms may soon be allowed to test the virus and this will be a great bull run for listed diagnostic companies. And this, in turn, revives hospitals, healthcare providers and sundry. Do we even have a conscience or we have just lost all that to the greed of creating this superfluous wealth which will obviously not go along with us to the place we are all destined to someday Sent from my iPad

Human beings are the most selfish of all tribes. The guy - Rana Kapoor- in his peak may have helped some 100,000 people one way or the other, and in the process, he may have served his interests too(big deal? We all don't ?). Yet when it comes to crisis; the people, including some of his beneficiaries, have held him guilty without charges being pronounced again him. The trial of media is already on, and the man is accused of almost every possible crime which one could think of in the financial world. I pity this world which doesn't have empathy towards waiting for the truth to come. Being in a privileged position doesn't always make you guilty of wilful default. There must be some wrongdoings on the banks part, but I am sure there are quite a few banks(including PSUs) which do not have such issues.  -- Sent from my iPad

"We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress for true change. Every person, molecule and thing matters. We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right."