Bangladesh was first struck by COVID-19 directly on Mar 8, 2020. Three Bangladeshis were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection for the first time in this country on this day. We were fortunate not to have been affected by the novel coronavirus in the earlier days. The disease had struck China 65 days ahead of us and… Read more »
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Acts of kindness
What, in your opinion, is the wish of a patient on the deathbed? To live a little longer – right? Yet, an elderly coronavirus patient Suzanne Hoylaerts, 90, in Belgium died after she refused being put on a ventilator. She tested positive for coronavirus and was hospitalised after her condition deteriorated on Mar 20. When… Read more »
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The future belongs to us
“The Future is Asian” by Parag Khanna is one of the books that I read during the lockdown. Written before the onset of COVID-19, Khanna explains in the book why this century belongs to Asia compared to the last century that belonged to America and the one before that belonged to Europe. The book is… Read more »
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How white women use themselves as instruments of terror
At a time of so much death and suffering in this country and around the world from the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be easy, I suppose, to take any incidents that don’t result in death as minor occurrences. But they aren’t. The continued public assault on black people, particularly black men, by the white public… Read more »
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Facing COVID-19 with a disability
It is well-documented that people with disabilities are among the most vulnerable during crises. One of the most glaring findings from a recent BRAC study shows how completely dependent the respondents are on external support, be it food or cash assistance. ________________________________________ Yasmin works at a tailoring shop, cutting and sewing colourful fabrics into… Read more »
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We’re not really parenting. We’re managing parenthood in a pandemic
Summer is upon us, and many summer camps across the Northeast — and other parts of the country — have been cancelled. We all know what this means: three more months of family togetherness! 270 more meals! 540 if you have teenagers! All without the nominal structure of online school! Who’s excited? I know. It’s… Read more »