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Ponderings on Pandemic

It is around 3 months that we have started classes in the usual physical mode.  The lockdown continued for many months ever since it was first declared on 23rd March 2020 in India.  During these months, teaching learning process suffered a lot or I can put it in other words that in the given conditions what best was possible was done so that the process is not brought to halt.  Though the pace was slow the classes continued, exams got conducted, results got declared.  So all the activities that were possible with the use of available technology were taken care of.  The offices were closed and in most cases the employees were working from home.  These conditions greatly affected human lives.  The times of lockdown during the COVID - 19 pandemic taught us many lessons at all levels, regional, national and global; personal or professional; family life or work life; individual or organizational life. On one hand we got lot of time to introspect, on the other hand it introduced us to unpred

Lockdown Lashes

Few days back I received an email addressed to me: Hello Sir, Since lockdown I have been working from home and rarely go out and spend time with other people. I see I have been losing interest in people or if I would reframe this so I'm not finding the type of people I can vibe with. I don't feel like connected with other easily. I have same 2 people with whom I always spend time and when they are not there when I need them then I feel like I'm missing something. It's not like I don't want to go out and spend time but I feel I'm not able to find the type of people I can bond with as all I stay at home mostly. With new people online I don't feel like making an effort to talk and form that bond as online I don't feel comfortable to connect. What should I do Sir in this case? I know social aspect of human is very important to live a quality life and this has been impacting me unknowingly. I'm sharing all this to get some perspective and how to approach