inds ay) AN ae R Otay E ay) = & 2 is) COMPILED BY TEAM "BRAIN MATTERS" at fj oh Te Stories of the Y'A NOTE Dear Readers, 4 ‘ ‘A few months back in o c&suél conversation we discussed about a virus that has originated in the ‘Wuhan province of China and was killing hundreds of people in the area, My immediate reaction was Il sarBly win this over. that we mostly won over the battle against viruses in the past decade and we Slowly it started appearing although it had similarity with SARS, it had « different rigor, However, India cond most parts of the world were sill unaffected at the time-ond-llé went on. However, in just tye Symorths things started chenging and the virus hos taken over the entire world causing deaths of thdusands of people worldwide and brifging life to a stondst As q\Sonsequence of rsing eoses of COVID-IQpdhients, Indio, like many other countries, hos been under lockdown for the past two months. The buzzing of kids in the house, the whistling sound of the-e pressure cooker and the constant zoom meetings has become the new normal of every parent's life, Being a parent myself, | realized | cannot do mucH¥ about the last two but can probably tone down the Kids’ buzzing a bit. With this thought, | sat my 9-year old in front of the conputer.and told him to pen down whatever he could ind about COVID-I9, While he’ was doing § | could hear « new buzz "Oh God-"When will this be over? When can | meef my friends?. That's When it struck me that although we care uncertain of our future we still have @ job to falhback upon er talk to our fronds ondnelatives: How bout the8e kids? Some don't know whati& going on, some dor't know what is'going 1 hoppen. Hence frantic messages went through ahd this remorkable collection of lockdown moments through the eyes of these younger children happened, 2S This thought slowly transitioned into the younger adults who ere in a different dilemma and uncertainty ccbout thelr future as well their career, their science, They are sUrely the more conscious ones and thet is. S784 in, the stories pointed by them, where in some we find moments of breckdown and in others «KK RX K KK RX there are glimpses of hope, ee In this first edition of our e-magazine we bring to you the magic created by the children through their x unbiased opinion. Together they shéW us a world that exishin their flawless mind, the shadows of x dlrkness that current COVID-19 pandemihas brought upon us ond the light of hope that things will be bette? soon, —_, | would like to thank all my friénds who enthusiastically encouraged their kids to contribute, colleagues x from different ports of the country who helped spread the word, students yhorpenned dows their Z_thoughts and my family for being supportive"throughout this compilation. The cover Page ea, on a designed by the very talented artist ‘Soyft/Mukherjee, a PhD student and o valued member of our tedm ‘Brain matters”, The magazine ends with a poent (by an author who wishes to remain anonymous) that mK bears’the subtle undertone of the impact this lockdewn has on our socio-economic health. i / This has been one of our mest exhilarating exBEMences and the solidarity of some of my friends in this _-—=jovmey fas Been rly heart-warming. Together | am sur We will ereate mony such moments of magie. 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During the first few days of lockdown people stayed happily in their houses and enjoyed their holidays. But after some days people did not like to stay in their houses and started to feel bored. There are many people who go to work in different cities without their family. In this situation they are not getting money for different purposes. So they are walking back to their home and because of this lockdown they are not getting any transport to travel to long distant cities. These people think that once they come back to their home they will never go back again. They are even walking for four or five days and whenever they see a truck or any other transport they run to ask them for help but nobody takes them. Since all the shops and dhabas are closed they are not getting any food to eat After hearing about their story | felt sad and thought that we are at least comfortable in our houses. After hearing to their pain | also realized we should not complain so much about small things in life because there are many people in our country and in the world who suffers much more than us. LOCKDOWN DIARY 1THE SPIKY VIRUS: SARS-COV-2 ASMA AHSAN, CLASS III, NAZARETH ACADEMY, GAYA, BIHAR5 A YOUNG MIND INTERPRETATION OF LIFE SRIJAN POLLEY, CLASS V, DON BOSCO HICH SCHOOL, KOLKATA = =, LOCKDOWN DIARY 13How Lockdown has ae ed my ife AISHIKA GHosH CLASS IN, HINDU SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, ADYAR, CHENNAL Image courtesy: Aishika COVID 19 (corona virus disease) is a disease spread by a virus which affected my daily life. | had one last ‘exam while corona virus was spreading through the world. Until the lockdown nothing affected my daily life. But from the lockdown | have been staying at home. | felt like | am in a cage for a year or two. I cannot go out of my home, not even go to my friend's house which is just downstairs! | want to go to school, but obviously | cannot go as all the schools are closed due to this virus! There is no medicine to cure this virus. So many people have died from the virus. | wish this virus goes away soon! If this virus does not disappear by the end of this year | will write a letter to Santa Claus to give us the medicine to cure Covid 19... LOCKDOWN DIARY | 4MY WORLD TODAY TIASHA DATTA, CLASS I, GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL, IISER KOLKATA CAMPUS, MOHANPUR LOCKDOWN DIARY I 5WHEN THE SUN SHINES UJAAN MAJUMDER, CLASS II, GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY | 6GOING FISHING WITH MY GRANDFATHER ARITRA SAHA, CLASS IV, BHAWAN'S CANCABUY KANORIA VIDYAMANDIR, SALT LAKE, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY 17MY LOCKOOWN STORY ANIKET ANANDARAMAN, LTH GRADE, CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TAMPA, FLORIDA, usa As soon as | heard about lockdown, | was worried and scared after | heard about Corona Virus that was killing millions of people. | didn’t go out for almost 10 days. My school changed to virtual online classes. | almost worked with laptop the whole day doing homework. But one good thing about lockdown is that | can go far for a bike ride or walk. During my “outside time” | can only go with my parent because of “restrictions”. | go for a walk with my family sometimes because my family needs some fresh air. A bike ride or a walk do not just give me fresh air, it can also give me exercise. Sitting in the house make many people gain weight so it’s important to maintain my weight. But there are bad things about the lock too. During the lockdown for kids like me, we get so much homework that we can’t even take a break. Also virtual learning is harder than normal learning because the teacher can’t help me with my homework! But the good news is | have more time to spend with my family. Being stuck in your house is hard but | think it’s not so bad after all. | hope | will be able to go back to school for 5th grade. | also hope that the vaccine will be made soon. Usually, when | wake up 6:00 AM in the morning, my sister still sleeps. In the afternoon, | can’t play with her because | have to do homework and | will only see her in 6:00 PM. But now I can play with her every day. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 8IMAGINATION SUMEDHA CHAKRABORTY, GRADE III, SUNDANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO, USA 1 visited Saguaro National Park, Arizona when | was a little girl This is what a sunset among the Saguaro cacti will look like, in my imagination. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 9eo ig \ ' MOWANA KHAN, 3 . CLASS TIT, \ SALT LAKEA PEACEFUL MIND ANANTIKA DAS, CLASS V, BHAWAN's CANGABUY KANORIA VIDYAMANDIR, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY I 11MOTHER EARTH SUKRITE MANDAL, CLASs I, VIVEKANANDA MISSION SCHOOL, JOKA, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY | 12PHYSICALLY DISTANT, MENTALLY CLOSE JISHNUY CHAKRBORTY, CLASSI, SOUTH POINT SCHOOL KOLKATA Th Acme sha SiG We a Te uw LOCKDOWN DIARY | 13STORY OF MY LOCKDOWN DIPTANSHU DUTTA, CLASSI, GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL IISER KOLKATA CAMPUS, MOHANPUR LOCKDOWN DIARY I 14HOW I FEEL ABOUT LOCKDOWN ARATRIKA CHAKRABORTY, CLASS III, FUTURE FOUNDATION SCHOOL, KOLKATA Everyone has heard about Coronavirus spreading from China and the whole world started taking precautions, including India. It was spreading so quickly that we need to wear masks, wash hands etc. We were restricted from travelling, shop anything except grocery and essentials I started feeling frustrated, sitting at home, nothing to do, it was so boring. | begged my parents to buy me something but they won't, in case the package was not safe and there was virus on it, and anyways we were not allowed to buy anything except grocery and essentials. | was getting more and more frustrated, and | cried and cried until | got three drawing books and markers. That was my birthday gift. Now Coronavirus has it's nickname given which was Covid-19. It was getting serious. Image courtesy: Aratrika LOCKDOWN DIARY | 15 Continue reading at next page >Image courtesy: Aratrika My mother told me Kolkata is in red zone. | was unhappy. Then when it was May, my father told me that lockdown was going to end sooner or later. So | just cheered up a bit. Then came the news that our school is going to open on 10th June. So | cheered up a bit more and anyways my birthday is on 14th May and from yesterday | am bit cheerful but | still want things to get better, as | am looking forward to meet my friends, relatives, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers etc. | actually wanted to invite my friends to come over and celebrate my birthday party. But we are not allowed to go to gatherings. | also want to go to school, but well | have to wait. So | am looking forward to these things and | want Covid-19 to go away. | am passing my time reading books, writing stories, comics, poems, drawing etc and | am helping my parents to do household works, planting etc. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 16STAY HOME, STAY SAFEME AND MY ENVIRONMENT NELLIANA KHUMUKCHAM, CLASs II, ST. JOAN'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY | 18REFRESHED EARTH SRUTIPARNA MUKHERJEE, CLASS IV, INDUS VALLEY WORLD SCHOOL, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY 1 19Fighting Covid-13 int the ete ll See Newtown, Kolkata Mag ‘ BUC ET) p gerd X8ey N@s$ as & ## COV-2 ne (a6) VE ay w) © \ Paul Dylan irae Aranya \DMOON BASE Rig Mean a Meee McC ce Rok eo Deca a Reena Cea NER ya nea Uae cece Dae Ci oa ke eC yeu Sse ae rele to the moon to find Cov-2's lab. SSeS ea oan Eu Cease right there. econ eae Inwhat123: Let's go then. oc en Sea aC Orne ema EAU Rn Ret) Eee Moen ae Sts OTB Cen AMR Cae ocaM SOS eee Ce evn a Rom Renee oes eRe nn SOS eee Ta cen CP eae eA aR ee ok re ena is ease ce Reet ecateee hom t Maera cy [eer te oma ae a UNM eae sal Pare Deel Ea=chs10) 9 HAVE THE TOOLS TO BUILD A ROCKET?! eras CaCI aoe oar foo CaN Sao) RUN System: Rockets launching... Sra mitee cea rea PT Bn ste aa ae end cad POEM Rue ero nae Cy STORY AND GRAPHICS IDEA: ARANYA aa eT exon e kee aeapay = ai i) > a) as wa wea C- a (5)alfas-19 : @M-UM ite aaa hl Heed NANYA JAIN, CLASS VII, ARMy PUBLIC SCHOOL , BENGALURU aT ar aah wera 81 ats fh aa on anf ga ar @ we at end B STATA Mh S Pree eo or wR gat at tech 31 sae gana & Ferg a fea A ag are are citar, are, ag oft otter at 7 gen, afte ares afte aries Bet aad we Te sora at eae A wear afegs LocKDOWN DIARY | 22 Continue reading at next page>ara ae & fery wee 8 fh BH a aTeT a WOR wr wai gad fey ef Rata Sa Sulfa ea ert afeul ae at art aT wart aiey aie et arg set @ fer rar war ae af de Gat at @e gl oy area at ser wat & fay ef Ga art Unt sft dtr arfegi ot ged sat ges S ee ik edt arate @ & oe atone BA At ao ‘erent 81 RGR Arar A wret-aesfl apr vabT ak aaa aon afegi GA A dig fart ‘atta dt aged A urn sia @, Sar Deh aeat aey! set UT ar S sant “ ar off Gees aft * of orga eect 8 oie BART eR Aterysit @ sta Gera 81 safery ea Pam @ ae or ato FT go GMT, GAT fey! x & at ag er & sera oF afta eu @ wean or gah eat aeU as ase Ga ore Gem oars ae ar Sank ar aga ore Prorar 81 gu A seat Stet ae thar oft steer arr strat 8 aeilfes sect Hrergst S ast Ft amar ste 81 geeh- see-aicht fird-qerifi-qaest a ar aprgt tar oft cared & fer aga cme @ - ae ef are At ag dental & gard a aga ERE! wei wea & fey of Ras a area / ahr we aey! aaa at a aga wre i waa wee & ee sit A afar get 8, qa ar Geared asa & au BART wee feet oft war & tt a asa & afte saat @1 ot itt eorara aét aed, Tae are At * Ser fer dees ara * HH Bich 8 ae Ts Ste Gieet ‘ord 81 Uae vied Sou ym she are gar ear aed & ort ot wreae & - sae SAR sree A aera St aan @ sie sreaR Arar sitertiom a dar stat 81 Yse-Gae ATA ae a ar fea ak F apd ead 8 atte aa oft ua wear Sra Set Heras S aa a fry arises sie arian et, erer citar aa sort & are et ort @r-or oi era WR wart war ase! Yn-ge star BA a Teri a ag tend & ix via ur aed BI LOCKDOWN DIARY | 23MY COLLAGE OF LOCKDOWN THOUGHTS RIDDHIMAN SINGH, CLASS VII, ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE. MUSSOORIE LOCKDOWN DIARY | 24DURING THIS LOCKDOWN PERIOD SRISTI DATTA, 8TH GRADE BECKENDORFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS, USA ‘The coronavirus at a time like this I never thought that would happen. I can't believe this sort of disease spreading and spreading, making the USA lit thoroughly literally the top winning a gold medal like usual but not for a good reason this time. My time during this quarantine has been okay. Starting online school starting online dance I have been working a lot getting used to being stuck in the house, going out to bike when I atleast have a chance to and praying every day this will get better and better but nothing happening! It’s getting worse and worse. I have no clue why this is suddenly happening at this time. I don’t know when I would finally graduate from middle school and go to high school then go to college! We don't even know what's going to happen. I hope that this pandemic will end soon. I know we're all trying to learn but it's hard. I don't favor in it don't like it but I know I have to get used to it. I hope I do that this time will be remembered and I will share this story with maybe my future family. Everyone that deserves to know that the world isn’t perfect. The world we live in people thinks that it is always good but there's also bad we don’t know when and what is going to happen. Just like last year, everybody thought there was gonna be a World War III but nothing happened, nothing and here we are in the coronavirus world. No one thought of it as a big deal but now over the whole world there has been 1 million cases and it's getting serious. I know for a fact that we won't be going back to school. Everyone is trying so hard to finish the school year. I'm trying to make it normal but inside we all know it's not. I don't know what to do or what to think of other than what is next, what is going to happen, what are we gonna do. I honestly don't have a clue. Hopefully in the future people will remember this and | know they will and well let's wait and see what happens. LOCKDOWN DIARY 125KEYS TO THE LOCK HARDIK JAIN, CLASS ¥I. ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, BENGALURU LOCKDOWN DIARY | 26THE STARS CANT SHINE WITHOUT THE DARKNESS SAINA SARKAR, CLASS VIL DPS MEGACITY. Tnewrewn| atcarn LOCKDOWN DIARY | 27The Divine tree A story by Shineyu Dhar, Class VIII, Global Indian International School ,Bangalore In the late 16th Century, a Mexican legend talks about a divine tree which used to exist inside a cave. The people of the Aztec culture believed that, this tree could grant any wish for a pure human soul. There was a saying written on the tree, in ancient language that, “One who shall feed a pure human soul shall be able to grant a wish”. Many people had tried, but wasn’t successful due to the demand of a pure human soul to be sacrificed to the tree. An earthquake buried the cave along with the divine tree. Later in the 18th century, a poor boy named Miguel was digging a well for water. When he went a few meters down, he came across a branch of a tree which said “One who shall feed a pure human soul shall be able to grant a wish”. ‘Suddenly he noticed a ladder, he decided to use that and climb down. When he reached the end of the ladder, he saw a board with the name of the place written “Underworld”. He turned in the next instance to see a high waterfall with a rainbow above it and many different species of plants and animals. He also noticed a hollow cave with the divine tree inside it. The same was written on the hollow cave as it was on the branch of the tree. Miguel decided to spend some time in the underworld and then climbed the ladder to go up. He decided to keep this as a secret from others except his friend Juan. The next day he and his friend decided to go to the same place, where Miguel went the day before. This time they decided to explore the cave. When they went down to the underworld and inside the cave, they observed the lanterns getting lit up by itself. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 28 Continue reading at next page >There was only one passage which was filled with old paintings and antiques. In a while they finally came across the divine tree. After exploring the magnificent features of the divine tree, both of them noticed a floating door on upmost branch of the tree. Both of them had a hard time climbing up the tree, but it was worth the effort after what happened next. They went inside the room to find an old priest meditating with a humongous beard. Beside him was the tree on one side and a sceptre on another. They decided to introduce themselves to the priest. The priest then asked them if they were here to grant a wish to the tree. Both of them were confused. The priest continued and told them about the past, to make them understand. He also voiced them about a condition in which they had to exchange a soul to grant a wish. Both of them discussed a plan to outsmart the tree and the lest. Later they came to a decision that Juan would sacrifice his soul for the wish which Miguel wanted to be granted. This was done by the wish of Juan, his only true friend. Then it was finally time for Miguel to grant a wish. He demanded to the tree that he wanted “endless wishes”. The first, was to make him rich as he was poor. The second, was to keep his family members, his friends and his loved ones happy and prosperous and the last was to bring his friend Juan back to life. He had also learned that the priest could not leave underworld until any wish was granted successfully. He also wished for the priest to gain freedom to go elsewhere. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 29MY LOCKDOOWN ESSENTIALS SHOUMILI BANERJEE, CLASs VI, GEMS AKADEMIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, KOLKATA Super Soatines Fats) Hydroflask ydroflask o2 wads Vsco - Coronovieus ot Nk emacs Friends ©© 20 LOCKDOWN DIARY | 30I KNOW I WILL BE $0 FREE LATER SHUBHANGI BANERJEE, CLASs VII, DPS MEGACITY, NEWTOWN, KOLKATA The Blacks of today, 1 keep wondering When will | be The brights of tomorrow, in my unlimited mind, going back to schoo! When will | be with all those loads? Enlighten my mind able to spread my wings Vanquishing all sorrow and fly? It's so for Like a nightmare which always I wish it was near ends, Through the jungles, Gbove the rivers 1am screaming out loud Like a raging fire which With the air My soul's so Stops at whipping my hair ready to shout!! water's chance . But lam But | know Like the locked in this small cage, ‘tis for the better unspirited Sun which, Unable to express my thoughts iknow ‘always goes down, throughout the day. Ibe free later Keep coming up again How l only spreading wish this pandemic halts, it's smile and this found the world _severe screaming in my mind stops. tam sure our When will fears will run way find my footsteps Leaving behind peace at bay tracing the roads? LOCKDOWN DIARY | 31Sharmilee Mitra, clas ¥II, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani, Rajasthan There's world-wide panic and frenzy, to discover a medicine, to combat Corona Virus. It is deadlier than Spanish and Swine Flu, killing hundreds within seconds a few, It has created a turmoil, akin to global upheaval, to find the antidote, the attempt has been feeble. The audacity isn’t less- See it has invaded the Vatican! Oh! The dragon has dawned upon the States- Lest will be spared the The Great Britain! Such is it's might, that the world has got time to unite. Inflicting wars have stopped, as the life has come toa halt. From Netanyahu to Mr. Trump to Mr.Boris, Even now Mr. Khan and Mr. Modi, all join hands to preach the holy hygienic speech! LOCKDOWN DIARY | 32 Continue reading at next page >and so it goes... In this new battle against COVID-19, the centuries old strategy of quarantine is becoming a powerful component of public health. Quarantine has been the cornerstone of response to many infectious outbreaks. however, it has been controversial in lieu to political, ethical and socioeconomic backdrops. In this era of globalization, where migrations are seen on daily basis, the risk of deadly infectious diseases with pandemic worldwide. potential is increasing It may be disappointing to hear the cancellation of so many events that were likely to draw millions of crowd are the only source to flatten the curve of COVID-19. Since any medicine so far has been impotent against the Corona Virus, the only way to escape this trouble is through social distancing and restricting the movements of the citizens of all nations. Practice of Sanitary cordons highly appreciated! internationally is The Earth has enough for our need but not for our greed Looking at the greener side, is hard to imagine a silver lining to the SARS- COVID-2 across the planet, where lives are pulled to a standstill, our skies and rivers are revealing an unexpected positive response to the pandemic. With the ongoing quarantine there has been decrease in release of nitrogen dioxide. Mother Earth is replenishing and rejuvenating herself and her resources to keep this human life sustained for some more years. There's a popular saying “The Earth has enough for our need but not for our greed.” We are only the inheritors of the Earth’s resources and not the owners. Years before Corona Virus, human life was so busy that we could hardly spare time for our family and children and imaging a life in such a standstill was next to a nightmare! But now when look around us, life hasn't stopped yet. Plants are still growing, people are still working but now from home. Quarantine life has brought tall of us closer to family and nature. In this, race of life, the unfulfilled dreams and passions are being molded. Once again we are living a healthy and hearty life. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 33LIVING IN A COVID FREE WORLD OISHANI CHANDRA, CLAss VI, DAV GIRLS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL . CHENNAI LOCKDOWN DIARY | 34An unbiased outlook on the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown UDITA BHATTACHARYA, CLASS XII, SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, KOLKATA The Covid-19 is a highly infectious disease caused by droplet infection which caused a global pandemic and has now predictably affected India with number of affected ca: a steady rise. Against its 1 n population, India has only 7 for every 10,000 people. The weak public healthcare system is coupled with crowded often insanitary _ living ns (The population density in India is 464 per square Km while that of china is only 148.35 per square Km) cond The prevailing conditions made it imperative for the Government to impose a lockdown early on to have the best chance at curbing community transmission of Covid-19. Case in point to be noted is the absolute callousness with which many people with foreign travel records dismissed self-isolation orders essentially becoming the first spreaders But | feel India is not dealing with the corona virus satisfactorily due to the following reasons: The lockdown seemed _ hasty, unplanned and lacking proper organisation which led to massive suffering for the masses especially the poor. In spite of getting considerable time to arrange for required supplies needed to fight the now pandemic, Government has only started to arrange the medical infrastructure recently. al level healthcare institutions, th public and private are showing inadequacies with regards to following ICMR guidelines for dealing With Covid-19 patients due to non- percolation and lack of strict imposition. “Zust lockdozn without testing is only postponing the surge.” The complete lockdown —_has potentially transformed the health crisis into a socioeconomic crisis. India's huge unorganised sector which includes daily wage labourers has no means to earn a livelihood and sustain itself. With an almost total halt in production, factory workers have also gone out of work adding to the already existing massive unemployment. LOcKDOWN DIARY | 35 Continue reading at next page >Migrant workers packed buses and trains home, potentially taking the virus into rural areas. And as transport ‘options dried up, many families in New Delhi and other major cities simply began to walk to their distant villages, with little access to food and water. News of the lockdown even caused a surge of panic in the well off population who rushed to stock up ‘on groceries and amenities they regularly need thus causing an immediate hike in prices of fresh produce. The hoarders wiped shelves clean of essential commodities like flour, sugar, handwash soap and sanitizers leaving no stocks for others. But that isn't the worst news. The reduction in production at the beginning of the new fiscal year 2020-2021 will most certainly aggravate the slowing down of the Indian economy, the worst effects may be felt in the later quarters The lockdown makes identification of new cases. of ~— community transmission difficult. Former Indian health secretary K. Sujatha Rao warned that. “Just lockdown without testing is only postponing the surge”. There is a lack of awareness generation campaigns to educate the people on the disease leading to propagation of various myths and superstition. Education is critical to fight misinformation and stigma surrounding the disease. In recent days, apartment complexes have tried to throw out doctors and airline crews. Houses under quarantine are being marked with “Do not visit” posters. The communal undercurrent in how some communities are being singularly blamed for the outbreak is unmistakable and a terrible blow to ationwide unity in these trying imes. News stations and media companies have to play a fair and unbiased role while reporting the situation in hand. The lockdown is an extreme emergency measure. Even after de-imposition there is need to maintain distancing efforts and isolation and in the long run strengthen our public healthcare system while increasing efficiency of the supply chain of essential amenities like rations and medicines. But every cloud has a silver lining. Maybe the best outcome of the lockdown has been a few days of respite for the environment to heal and the reduction in nationwide pollution. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 36THE COST - WHICH MONEY CAN'T Pay STHITIRUPA MUKHERJEE, CLASs IT, INDUS VALLEY WORLD SCHOOL The tall, gargantuan skyscrapers steadily pierced the bosom of the dimly lit, dusky sky, tearing apart the diaphanous clouds. Like these humanly creations, humans themselves have also stood against nature with their chests puffed up with pride and veins thrumming wi overconfidence. If we weigh the pain of the cruel whip lashes we have inflicted on Nature then we can evaluate that she has been hopeful and persistent. Persistent in waiting for her children to rectify their errors and return to her arms. However mankind has relinquished the vibrant bond with wilderness and used their dynamic creations to push themselves away from nature and from each other. To say the least we can say that Nature has retorted back with a great derangement aimed to wipe out her wanton creation (the humans). If one human touches another they become infected by the poisonous breath of the flowing pandemic which snatches away their will to live. This same touch of humans had once corrupted the virgin beauty of nature day after 9 all her aesthetic values. day, s Now as we seek refuge in our claustrophobic packing boxes and beg for survival, we repent for our vacuous antagonism and absolute ignorance. The cost for ignoring the desperate and helpless pleas of nature may have to be paid by giving up our lives. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 37ne. 22 LOCKED-DOWN CLOUDS SOM DATTA, 8TH GRADE, BECKENDORFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. KATY. TEXAS. USA As of the current situation, everyone is forced to stay at home, not even knowing when they could get a step outside with no cautions. Many people love going outdoors, but now they can't. It's like we are living in a zombie apocalypse. We have to stay home so we don't get infected with the virus. Its like a jail cell has been put around our house. We aren't able to meet our friends face to face, go on a lovely family vacation or have a picnic. We are taking out the fun of children, leaving them sad and depressed of the deficit of soci: lism. This could lead to negative effects on children as they start to unsocialize, have a dearth of sleep because you want to replace all the fun they would have had with something and not do proper exercise leaving a child to be a little more fat than usual without the proper exercise needed. This quarantine has lead to many diets for people, as of the deprivation of needed foods to make an requisite meal. _,Now as we seek refuge in our claustrophobic packing boxes and beg for > val, we repent for our vacuous antagonism and absolute ignorance. 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Mice SMO SCC ORCC CR BC Be Mei Gm LL i ST CR SRC Re ee ee acm iced CREE i Roe big Ga Gia a goed Doin ab eel a eae eee DF oR MORE CR ERS Once nies Reciccred ee ROIS IC RGAE CODE LIE eea dy baal aR ouput : AMINE a RIC Seiad Rec Ele CR ERC OCR CII LOCKDOWN DIARY | 43RESEARCH UNDER Dehepriya Chakraborty PhD student, LOCKDOWN Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA Iam a 2nd year PhD student at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA. My lab works on the signalling pathways involved in the activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. immunological effects caused as a consequence of it's deletion from the standpoint of microbial dysbiosis and cancer. My work involves using various challenge mouse models which induce intestinal inflammation, and the effects of activation of this receptor (through dietary ligands) and its deletion, in overcoming the challenge. These ligands and their condensation products might serve as a potential therapeutic treatment for diseases like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). As a consequence of the current pandemic my research has come to a standstill, ike many other experimental research works. It is definitely an unprecedented circumstance, and | am. with no exception. a victim to it. However, | generally try to take things in a positive manner and try to see what benefits | can reap from this situation. So | spoke to my professor before the campus closure and asked him if | can write a review, to which he gladly agreed. | have been spending the past 15 months of quarantine doing vast literature study and coming up with new ideas, which wouldn't have been possible had things been normal. | speak to my professor on a weekly basis about my progress, and discuss new ideas with him. | think this time gave me a very good idea about the depth of my research, | do feel low at times, not being able to perform experiments and proceed with my research. But at those times | remind myself that PhD is more of a learning phase and | can utilize this time reading and learning so many new things. | am taking an online course to learn the computer program MatLab. which | am sure will come in handy at some point of my doctoral esearch. If not, | can always add a new skill to my CV. Apart from that, | am spending a lot of time with myself, pursuing my hobbies, taking care of my health and happiness. | am connecting to a lot of people, my friends and family who are far away from me. | think about the people on the front lines and how their lives are affected by the pandemic, pray for their well-being and feel thankful to have them at this time. | hope from the bottom of the heart that times will be better soon, and we will be able to get back to work again with new hopes and new ideas. Till then, let's try our best not to get anxious and keep ourselves happy and grateful for all that we have in life. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 44THE CHAOS!!! KRANTI DAS, RESEARCH INTERN, SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA LOCKDOWN DIARY | 45Rene SD 1 eb AE IMAGE: A SHIPMENT OF VIETNAM'S DONATION OF COVID-19 PROTECTIVE SUITS TO THE UNITED STATES ARRIVES AT AN AIRPORT IN DALLAS, TEXAS. “THERE ARE DECADES WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS; AND THERE ARE WEEKS WHERE DECADES HAPPEN” — VLADIMIR LENIN A pandemic is not just a mere health crisis, it plays way more to the society and mankind. The recent global situation is reflecting the humane relation of individuals to one another, and is certainly restricted between the working class. As we can see the crony capitalism is still looking after its own in a very pessimistic nature. There is still no such concrete policy of public funding to healthcare or the basic needs of living. The rapid rise of the COVID-19 outbreak and the failure to tackle the situation in the developed countries, is showing the dark side of capitalist exploitation, Now with no escape route it has made blame game the only weapon to fool the most affected fraction of the society for own survival. Referring to the initial quote, the history is pointing towards a more unfortunate fate, an unequal struggle for survival A war for existence - referring Darwin. Healthcare investment and COVID-19 We have seen outbreaks starting from Cholera in 1832 to Spanish flu in 1918 all have reformed the social and political structure from where it spread through. The COVID-19 pandemic has no different characteristic in respect to that. It is triggering the possibilities of worlds societal, political and economic reformation. Amidst these possible outcomes the most rousing concern is healthcare, as most intellectuals including health _—_ workers, political leaders, economists and social scientists are blaming the poor healthcare accessibility as a major cause of this outbreak Where the developed countries like United states are struggling with inaccessible health care, the developing country like India is in an unequal fight due to poor infrastructure. Though the direct causes are different, the driving power of these are same, lower public investment in healthcare system. We can see 50 as US. is suffering the most than other OECD countries in spite of having the highest healthcare investment, LOCKDOWN DIARY | 46 Continue reading at next page >The outrageous rise of cases in Italy, Spain and some other countries of EU can also be justified with this explanation as the growth of the public fraction in health care spending has come to an end since the 1980s, and in a few countries the private fraction even increased substantially. These countries made a sharp shift in more privatised healthcare from late twenty first century with the adoption of neoliberalism in the constitution. COVID-19 isa disease that do not discriminate between the classes but we can clearly see that the backward class is most threatened in this global capital dominated situation. In this global health crisis, the state is shifting out of the working classes side, proving its implication. With approximately zero accessibility to the quality healthcare system, the daily wage labours, the poor are facing the real struggle for survival and this state made situation with deprioritizing the health care needs over the profit for decades is seeming to be responsible for the failure to tackle the pandemic. “SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE CAN'T PREVENT A NOVEL VIRUS LIKE COVID-19 BUT IT COULD HELP US PLAN, COORDINATE AND SAVE LIVES” + THE GUARDIAN Is there any solution? When the capital dominated states are facing serious threat from the pandemic, these governments are somewhat partially adopting the characteristics of a welfare state by subsidizing private sector wages. But still these policies are unable to assure to tackle this situation. Standing in this juncture of social evolution, some small countries like Cuba, Vietnam and a state of India, Kerala is establishing examples of a successful government that prioritize the basic needs of all its citizen for completely or nearly free of cost. Cuba,Vietnam didn’t only internally tackle the situation but also send medical supplies as well as the health workers to the developed countries, what made it possible for countries with less than 10,000 USD income per capita? To address this question, one direction a free universal health coverage and protection of health workers in legislature. In spite of limited resources and tightened United States sanctions, Cuba achieved this centrally controlled free universal healthcare and highest doctors to population ratio in the world. The socialist system of the country made full public Investment possible in the basic necessities like healthcare and education and it is necessary to fight any catastrophe or crisis, mot only COVID-19. As the concerns are roaming around free universal healthcare system all over the world, the crony capitalism is trying to side line the concept by saying UHC a bad and failed policy. It is very easy to understand that the capitalist system will always look for maximising its profit, over the people and thi extreme crony capitalism that we are experiencing today in most of the world, will never opt for a better society where the basic needs of healthcare, education will be accessible to all and free. THUS, THE “WAR FOR EXISTENCE" IS INEVITABLE TO OCCUR. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 47YIN AND YANG OF LOCKDOWN Ankita Sarkar, PhD student, School of Biotechnology, Presidency University, Kolkata LOCKDOWN DIARY | 48PANDEMIC, LOCKDOWN & SANITY SANDEEPAN CHOSH, ALUMNI, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, HYDERABAD The pandemic, caused by COVID-19, has changed the world in numerous ways, manifestations of what we shall continue to feel in many more years to come. The corona virus pandemic has forced the nation to rush into a nation-wide lockdown which is unprecedented in the history of this country. Accompanying this lockdown were its evil outcomes, namely unemployment and financial distress, pressure on the medical system, isolation, panic, stress, anxiety, and the list seems to be an unending one. However, among all these problems lies a ticking time bomb, which shi massive health issue if not addressed immediately- mental health and mental wé being To begin with, it is pretty clear now that staying under the roof for this prolonged period of time might not be beneficial for our well-being, and to ‘add to that comes this array of misinformation. One clearly needs to motivate oneself on a daily basis to maintain social distancing and to stay indoors, but the uncouth distortion of the facts around us is making it tough for the people to seek that ‘motivation. Most of the media along with various social networking platforms have shamelessly propagated lies which have only added to the woes of the aam aadmi, the mango people or the common Next factor which affects the mental well-being negatively is the uncertainty that future has in store for us and the accompanying stress of, uncertainty However, there is an interesting thing to note here. The more you try to resist a thought, the ‘more it persists. The more conscious effort we put in to forget that one negative thought which is taking away our night's sleep, the more powerful it grows up to be, only to convert us into insomniacs and gain absolute control over our sanity. Sincerely. we cannot control our feelings and thoughts, especially uncer stress. However, the silver lining to that is wo can control our reactions to such thoughts, This lockdown has presented that time to those who always wanted to start living healthy. A. daily dose of exercise, yoga and meditation drastically improves the physical health as well as the mental health, Finally, let's look at the havoc wrecked by isolation fon the mental well-being of individuals as a consequence of this poorly planned nation-wide lockdown. To aveld turning agoraphobic during the times of isolation, we must practice mindfulness and reach out to the friends and relatives, One can utilize the ample time they have on their hands now to re-establish the connections which they might have lost due to the lack of time. As far as the family is concerned, each and every member of the family must observe not to interfere too much in others’ matters, and leave space for them to cope with this iso LOCKDOWN DIARY | 49 Continue reading at next page >However, somewhere down the line, most of us believe that this lockdown has been implemented in a rather unplanned manner. A bit of meticulous planning would have avoided the financial insecurity being thrust upon millions across the country. We experienced panic migrations of the daily-wagers on multiple occasions as they complained of lack of basic amenities under the lockdown. One cannot help but wonder that the sole purpose of implementing social distancing was lost due to such panic migrations. But this is no time for criticisms and we must ensure to support the Government, help as much as we can, and “P. Before concluding, there is one very important aspect to addross. Wo must all treat the doctors, nurses, health workers and the front-line workers well and pay them the respect they deserve, Ill- treating your doctors and health workers during the times of pandemic (or be it any time) is like gulping down a bottle of hot sauce because the last curry you ate was hot enough to blow the top of your skull off It Is our responsibility to abstain from any type of discrimination and should not participate in this altruism where we see others as a potential threat toone’s Two of my closest friends shaved off their heads completely to see through this lockdown. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 50SOUMYA BUNK, M.SC IIND YEAR, DEPT. OF LIFE SCIENCES, PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA | fear for the farmers who have taken on loans and have their produce rotting away on the fields, | fear for the daily wagers who have no customers and saved money running out rapidly, | fear for the police who go out daily to maintain the lockdown, | fear for the health-workers who have to be in the battle withou the proper safety gears, even enduring brutal attacks in places, | fear for the people who cannot avail medical services, | fear for the hungry stray animals roaming the afternoon heat without the usual leftovers on the streets, | fear for my sister trapped thousands of miles away unable to return home, | fear for my mother who steps out of home daily to go to the hospital, I fear for those who need to hold people close to keep their darkness away, | fear, and | fear again for every little soul. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 51LOCKDOWN SPECULATIONS Lockdown. Social distancing. Self isolation. Quarantine. These words sound so familiar today don't they? We are sitting at our homes glued to four laptop screens, watching some new web series or reading some favorite ebook, listening to music or busy video calling friends. These are all distractions. Distractions from what? From the stress of not being able to do something about ‘our PhD project- no experiments, no going to lab. no presentation to make for lab meetings. But one minute, weren't these themselves the causes of acute stress back at our university campus? Meeting deadlines for showing progress report to supervisor. staying late night for those cell culture experiments or coming early morning to stop that ‘overnight reaction that was set, these were indeed so exhausting. We were so used to counting days for the next holidays to sit and relax at our hostel rooms or may be come back home until now when we are actually forcefully sent back home from our hostels due to this Coronavirus care that has gripped the world with fear. These words come from a fairly new PhD student who has Joined her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at IT Bombay in July 2019. After a semester of coursework, of attending theory classes, | had just begun designing experiments for my proposed project and started learning lab techniques, going to lab with a lot of enthusiasm as is always the case in the beginning. | had started making a plan of how to utilize the months that lay ahead of me until my first APS (Annual Progress Seminar) scheduled for August-September 2020. Abhinanda Kar, PhD student, Biomedical Engineering, ITY Bombay As the Coronavirus started spreading globally and increasing number of cases were detected in Mumbai, mid-March we were told to suspend all research activities and come back home. Initially Iwas happy to be back to my family. enjoying the home food, relaxing with parents, But as the days turned to weeks, the feeling of clock ticking away started sinking in. | started feeling less productive sitting at home as if spending my summer holidays like 2 school chile. Some of my batchmates who belong to computational biology or bioinformatics labs still can make some progress sitting with computers at home: but my work entails performing many experiments from the very beginning. One can say that | can utilize my time at home reading research papers, improving my research topic and get more ideas, but that is ‘often not enough. Unless | can see some pilot ‘experiments giving preliminary data, what will be the motivation to go ahead? Even reading papers isn't a very happy job. All | can think of after reading those day and night is that so much work people have done, what breakthrough am | going to achieve in this fleld? This feeling at times is a lot depressing than getting negative results of experiments in the lab. When we see labs globally and across the country ‘working tirelessly towards developing vaccines and conducting Covid-19 research, as students of science this has an even bigger effect on our thought process, We are sitting at home with no scope of research ‘work, our own projects are lying untouched for weeks, and with the pandemic spreading with each passing day we cantt see any date in near future when we are called back to renew our work LOCKDOWN DIARY | 52 Continue reading at next page >Many a times | get that extreme feeling that my PhD will be delayed, what will happen if the lockdown extends to almost the end of this year? May be these concerns will turn out false but an empty mind is indeed a devils den. The only relatively comforting thought for me is that my research project is just in the pre taking-off stage. the worries are greater for students who were the middle of crucial experiments or even those towards the end, who were working day and night to wind up their work and submit their thesis this year, In effect the lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 crisis has hampered the ongoing research of PhD scholars across the world, posing different challenges to students at different stages of their work. It indeed causes mental stress. with apprehensions of post Covid progress. | hope we all get over this phase soon and are back to taking the lab stress that now feels better than the “nothing to do’ stress. LOCKDOWN DIARY | 53LET'S FIGHT THE INVISIBLE ENEMY WITH THE INVISIBLE MANTRA SNIGDHA MAJUMDER, MSC IST YEAR, PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA ie are affected by everything we hear. Different sound vibrations, different impact on our consciousness. The only thing that we hear now is number cases, number of deaths in news, Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram almost everywhere and from everyone. This negative sound vibration is creating a sense of fear in our hearts. So it is important we hear things that keeps us happy and mentally healthy and peaceful. Fear arises from identifying ourselves with the bodies, which is anyway perishable. According to the wisdom literatures, we are not this body but spirit souls that spreads consciousness all over the body and thus we are conscious living entities. Even a child can understand that body-soulsdead person. The sense of uncertainty creates fear in our hearts. However, if we understand that the soul never dies, the Body does and that we are eternal ‘We become fearless! However, that doesn't mean)we will not take care of ‘our bodies, welshOuld try our best to keep ourselves safe and healthy. Seeing things from a broader perspective makes it easy to understand. Now people are thinking that the world is in danger. Have you ever thought when are we free from dangers? ‘Anything can happen at any moment! the wisdom literatures say that this world is @ miserable place, where every step Is dangerous. Have this pandemic only claimed tives? What about accidents, natural calamities, different other diseases and infections ‘aIThis does not mean that we cannot go around smiling and have to be anxious always! The doctors around the world are telling that more: people are getting affected with fear and anxiety than contracting the real disease! Only in New York City there are 6000 psychiatrist helping people in this quarantine period. this is the scenario in every part of the world, How to deal with anxiety? Live in the moment! The mind wants to think of the future always, engage yourself in activities that keeps you happy and peaceful. Where attention goes, energy flows! Dollnot watch news channels: every now and them, take long intervals in between, Keep asking yourself, what the is lesson here to. learn from the current situation, the answer shall ‘come from within and do some mantra meditation, having a home routine also helps. Because we tend to think that things are out of our control now. that. creates a sense of fear in us. However, if we live a regulated life like we have been, things would look normal! According to wisdom literatures one can remain peaceful and undisturbed even amidst the greatest calamities, f one understands the fundamentals of life on this material world, c@ every machine comes with @ manual, so does this human form of life. We are now suffering because of violating the laws of material nature. The laws and the consequences of violating the laws remains even for the most powerful personalities LOCKDOWN DIARY | 54 Continue reading at next page >The wisdom literatures say that no one irrespective Of caste, creedreligion,possessions can escape. birthdeatholdage and disease. Even the most influential people have become old although they don't want to, have to die even though ne one wants to. So the laws and properties of the material nature is applicable to every living entity. The wisdom literatures say that every living being is bbut equal to mother milion animals are slaughtered everyday! So Many people die in wars. rapes, murders and suicides! According to science the cause of the current pandemic and those that. have occurred before have happened due to viruses. that have come from animals to which human beings have no prior immunity. It is not our birth right to think that since we are born as human beings we can kill any other creature simply for the satisfaction of our senses! From now on let us act ‘more consciously! The Supreme Court have asked the citizens to pray to God now for peace of mind! The presidents and prime ministers of different nations have requested people to pray to God. The best prayer is chanting thgsholy name of the Lord! Let's choose faith over, Let's pray together! Any name that you want to int is fine, there are 99 names of Allah in the Quran, there are naihes in the New and the Old Testamiéht; the Sanskrit name of God (Krishna). Let's fight the Invisible enemy with the Invisible mantra! LOCKDOWN DIARY | 55