Like earlier pandemics, the coronavirus is the dark side of a highly productive, urbanised, interconnected and increasingly prosperous world. Yet urbanisation has persisted, in spite of all the problems it creates, including pollution, disease and high living costs. Now some commentators have begun to wonder if coronavirus and lockdowns employed to suppress it will mean… Read more »
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It is farewell time: in memory of Professor Anisuzzaman
I first met Professor Anisuzzaman in the summer of 2009. Rezwana Choudhury Bannya had come to the beautiful outdoor garden of the Sri Chinmoy Centre to give a concert. Sri Chinmoy, philosopher, poet, musician and artist, was born near Chattogram in 1931. From 1964, until his passing in 2007, his headquarters were in New York…. Read more »
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Eid in the time of coronavirus
Normally at this time of the year, people are always in a rush. Whether it is the rush to beat the traffic and get home in time for Iftar, wake up and gulp down some Sehri before going to sleep, waking up groggy in the morning and rushing to make it to work on time,… Read more »
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COVID dreams, Trump nightmares
My corona dreams are so crazy and vibrant, with star turns by politicians, celebrities, zombies and my late mother, that sometimes as I wake, I groggily think the virus that devoured the globe has to be a dystopian vision. Then, still sliding into consciousness, I muse that Donald Trump lumbering around the White House must… Read more »
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Let’s remember that the coronavirus is still a mystery
The odd thing about reporting on the coronavirus is that the nonexperts are supremely confident in their predictions, while epidemiologists keep telling me that they don’t really know much at all. “This is a novel virus, new to humanity, and nobody knows what will happen,” said Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at UCLA. Some… Read more »
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The worst is yet to come
For as long as I can remember, I have identified as an optimist. Like a seedling reaching toward the golden sun, I’m innately tuned to seek out the bright side. Of course, in recent years this confidence has grown tougher to maintain. The industry I’ve long covered, technology, has lost its rebel edge, and grown… Read more »