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No one wants to have to dance with Covid. But each Covid dance is unique in itself. It’s very personal. When you are forced to live with someone or something, you have to learn to dance with them. Truly, it takes two to tango. https://t.co/15rkUeYwVT
#COVID19

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A former diplomat recounts anecdotes “without appearing to advocate any further deepening of the North-South divide...”
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The significance of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s work in times of a #pandemic https://t.co/LG3gqp3hGF

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The health of the fourth estate can be correlated with socioeconomic and sociocultural equilibrium. But in a free-market system, the press is hard-pressed to remain free and fair. Who can come to its rescue? https://t.co/fs3QW33TzH
#journalism #blogpost

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Thanks to #COVID19 and the need for social distancing, the ‘namaste’ has slowly but surely supplanted the handshake as the accepted form of social greeting.
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If you ever viewed the digital world with suspicion or wariness, you might be finding it a life-saving platform just about now, with the #COVID1 pandemic having painted you into a corner.
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@Clyde_Crasto

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#Lockdown may have been enforced across the country, but it has had different impacts on different places. Read the about its contrasting effects on a #Himalayan village and a metropolitan city.
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“Last May, Fani destroyed our homes.
No work for daily wages, we stayed still
in a circle of acute despair.
And now I sit, today,
waiting for Amphan to strike.” https://t.co/IHibJt1n0C

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This state-sanctioned solitude that has been thrust upon us in the form of a #lockdown can act as the perfect setting in which to sit down and retire into a deep observation of the nature of our being and reality https://t.co/UMOHARXfVY
#COVID19Pandemic

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“In the world of COVID-19, we will have to dig deep into our value systems and wells of compassion to come out into the other side with our sense of self intact.”
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Goofy history of global conflicts between two pandemics a century apart. https://t.co/nGbEoyodoM

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“I like that she calls us Junior Citizens instead of kids.” YoungNila #DiaryOfALittleWoman https://t.co/v3H22ap4kn

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Jaskier’s song is also one of the reasons the show is going viral. #TheWitcher https://t.co/FofQYnlDY5

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You don’t need a catchpole to capture a dog’s vote at the polls. #coronavirus #DelhiPolls2020 #DoggyPrattle https://t.co/OBR8c9jFAM

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“The comfort offered by pants and skirts has, over time, reduced the saree to fancy wear.” https://t.co/7UvVHnGpmy

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If our smartphone were a child, it would really be enjoying the game of peek-a-boo we are constantly playing with it. https://t.co/lsy2NQ2EAS

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“The bull-running festival of Pamplona is a true parallel of the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu.” https://t.co/b38QaFlmKP

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“When I think about India and Pakistan, I see two societies that essentially speak the same ancient languages, watch the same ridiculous movies, plough the same doomed crops and consume the same colonial sports.” #Cricket https://t.co/cl32xEnvnP

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<He gained independence from the robes of nobility soon after birth and was born on celluloid when a film based on his exploits was released on the day after India’s Republic Day but almost three decades before. Who is he?> https://t.co/6vzNUokLRg

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Think you are too cool to fall prey to Anchoring Bias? Think again. https://t.co/DRRtj2fLVH