covid-19 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Important life-changing lessons learnt during this pandemic

December 17, 2020 Krishna Prasad

As we move ahead, considering the current situation as the new normal, we must dwell on the lessons that COVID has delivered and made us reflect on.

A loved one with COVID-19 at home? Here’s what you should do

December 8, 2020 Ravi Kaushik

COVID-19 has made it necessary to be cautious while taking care of a loved one who has contracted the virus. Here are a few simple techniques that can protect you and the family coming in contact with a COVID-19 patient.

Citizens team up with BBMP to get Bengalureans to mask up

October 31, 2020 Harini Raghavan

Last Saturday, on October 24 at 4 pm, about 30 citizen volunteers gathered at Garuda Mall on McGrath road to participate in the “Mask Up Please” campaign. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Special Commissioner Randeep

COVID cases rising in Bengaluru: “People need to be aware of laws and penalties before they try to defy them”

October 7, 2020 Harini Raghavan

Just yesterday Bengaluru reported over 5,000 thousand COVID cases in a single day. For the past few months, the city continues to account for the most number of COVID cases in Karnataka. Bengaluru has crossed

My post-COVID wishlist

July 22, 2020 Sudha Narasimhachar

All of us are fed up of reading and listening to news about this dreadful COVID-19 pandemic. Such a small virus has caused such turbulence in the entire world. None of us ever imagined such

First day, first cut: When salons opened in Chennai after the lockdown

June 15, 2020 Geeta Padmanabhan

A citizen journalist narrates her experience of getting a hair cut by following the norms of social distancing.

Lifestyle change due to COVID-19

June 1, 2020 Lalitha Jagannathan

Being locked up at home during the long COVID-19 lockdown, I got to reminiscing about my childhood. For instance, as kids, we used to look forward to the monsoon rains. Splashing, making boats and wading