Download or read book LOCKDOWN BLUES written by VANYA BHARADWAJ and published by SUBHARAMBH PUBLICATION HOUSE. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rarity, a one of kind event, this lockdown, made writers reflect and express themselves in their own unique way.Lockdown Blues is a collection of stories that reveals many colors experienced by people all around during this lockdown.Experience their stories with this book...
Download or read book LOCKDOWN BLUES MUSINGS written by ANUP KOCHHAR and published by Hello Vera Publishers . This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national Lockdown was declared in India on 25th March 2020 to fight the pandemic Corona Virus. The whole of the nation barring the essential services came to a halt. The second most populous nation of the world became deserted. The crowds which were the identifying characteristic of India suddenly disappeared. Vanished. Not in thin air but locked inside their own homes. This is a collection of thoughts about the human behavior of those locked in their homes as also about those who do not have any home.
Download or read book The Lockdown Blues written by Penelope Jane Jones and published by Penelope Jane Jones. This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake is being lonely and bored in lockdown. He goes to complain to his parents and he realises they have the Lockdown Blues too. Jake realises that the only thing he can control is his choices and decides to adopt a new attitude. Not only does he turn his lockdown blues around, but he ends up changing his parents experience of lockdown too. This book is part of the Write With You Project (WWYP). WWYP was formed as our response to Covid-19. We financially support artists across the world impacted by Covid-19 to help them continue to create art. Together, we create beautiful ebooks that we offer the world for free to bring more joy, love and connection into homes across the globe. They are made from our hearts to yours and we hope you enjoy this book!
Download or read book Lockdown Blues written by Terry Ireland and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covid 19, natural scourge or lab created escaper, marching its way across the world leaving death and despair in its wake. For nearly two years and still continuing to restrict and blight our lives in so many ways. So many people isolated, lonely and desperate. With a loving relationship to support me and laptop to hand I found some escape in writing. These are my lockdown blues created in that period. In no particular order, just as they tumbled out, mostly during long bouts of insomnia For me perhaps a period of reassessment. Perhaps they could be subtitled Insomniacal Ramblings., or 4am Blues This way also a period of Brexit uncertainty and political chaos, with rumours, social disorder, and despair, all of which is recorded here. Dedicated to the memory of a Nation once worthy of respect and honour, but now rapidly becoming the laughingstock of the world.
Download or read book Life under Lockdown written by Sanjai Bhatt and published by Papyrus Scrolls Publications. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life under Lockdown- Lived Experiences and Lessons Learnt is an edited book with contributions from 32 people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to this volume are social work professionals, educators, academicians, bureaucrats, researchers, and even students. Prof. Bhatt presents the narratives of the COVID lockdown from different spheres of life and wove them together to present a volume that offers new perspectives of any such situation ever faced in the future. This book will help social work practitioners, academicians, and people who have an inclination towards social work or related disciplines.
Download or read book A Disrupted World written by Dr Sukant Das and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious virus from China takes the whole world in its grip within weeks, creating an unprecedented global pandemic. Third year into the pandemic, the world is still grappling to know mysteries behind origin of the virus. Did it come from the Wuhan animal market? Did it leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? Was it accidental or deliberate? With millions of lives lost, billions of lives shattered, and trillions lost in economy, geopolitical power equations are being rewritten every other day. In the spectre of a post-pandemic disruption, can the humbled superpower the United States of America, hold itself as the leader of free nations or lose its dominance to a resurgent China? The meticulously researched book ‘A Disrupted World,’ covers such tantalising topics in a gripping manner. It then unravels grim milestones in India’s tryst with the pandemic, the unlearnt lessons from the first wave that ultimately led to a catastrophic second wave, leaving behind a trail of despair, devastation, and death. It also highlights the plight of the common man caught between a pandemic on the one hand and an infodemic on the other, his world shattered by fear, loss, and grief. The book touches upon the basics of the structure of the virus and its variants, highlighting the amazing science behind the development of Covid 19 vaccines in record time, reiterating the dangers arising out of emerging variants and critically asking how long the existing vaccines can save us from these emerging variants? And how far are we from the arrival of an elusive cure? And finally, it takes us all through the most pertinent question- Can we ever win the war against the pandemic, or Will it go on forever?
Download or read book Activities For The Apocalypse written by Matt Campbell and published by Apocalyptical Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activities For The Apcalypse is a collection of thoughts, ideas, poems and has more adult activities in it than you can shake a facemask at. It is a compendium of modern day literary genius that encapsulates the absurd time that we are living in and offers up a plethora of ridiculous, funny, thought-provoking and sometimes sombre nuggets of intellectual stupidity – and if you don't agree, well, you're just an uncultured simpleton. Follow the tale of a free-falling narcissistic millennial attempting to make sense of a world that has fallen to bits over-night. Strug together with a number of swear-word filled poems and verses this book aims to inspire others creativity and encouraged adults to be adults. This is first and foremost an activity book, but it's main intention is to entertain, educate and poke fun at the most confusing and dark thing that the world we have known has ever faced. Get ready to imagine Llamas in your bedroom, make dick hats out of paper plates and get suffocated by your sleep paralysis demon cat. It also contains a number of drinking games and loads of ways to alleviate anxiety during lockdown, quarantine or indeed, the end of the world. Buckle up kids – It's going to be hellish! NB: This book is not intended for children – like for reals. My solicitors made me put this in so that I avoid jail time! Buy this fucking book! You'll fucking love it!
Download or read book Are We Having Fun Yet written by Maria Birmingham and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Selling Points The human desire to have fun is universal and timeless. This book is accessible to young readers who will leave armed with interesting facts and specific examples of how humans have had fun from ancient times to today, grouped by topics such art, sport and leisure. Play is important to healthy brain development in children as well as their intellectual, social and emotional development. The author is an award-winning established nonfiction writer, was the managing editor at OWL magazine for 5 years and now works as a freelance writer, editor and contributor to OWL and CBC Kids.
Download or read book The Cities We Need written by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? In The Cities We Need, photographer and urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani introduces us to the complex, political, and eminently personable stories of residents who answered this question in Brooklyn, New York, and Oakland, California. Their universal stories and Bendiner-Viani’s evocative images illuminate what’s at stake in our everyday places—from diners to churches to donut shops. In this culmination of two decades of research and art practice, Bendiner-Viani intertwines the personal, historical, and photographic to present us with placework, the way that unassuming places foster a sense of belonging and, in fact, do the essential work of helping us become communities. In this unique book, Bendiner-Viani makes visible how seemingly unimportant places can lay the foundation for a functional interconnected society, so necessary for both public health and social justice. The Cities We Need explores both what we gain in these spaces and what we risk losing as they are threatened by gentrification, large-scale development, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, Bendiner-Viani shows us how to understand ourselves as part of a shared society, with a shared fate; she shows us that everyday places can be the spaces of liberation in which we can build the cities we need.
Download or read book Behind the Mask written by Ben Bridges and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernacular responses have been crucial for communities seeking creative ways to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. With most people locked down and separated from the normal ebb and flow of life for an extended period of time, COVID-19 inspired community and creativity, adaptation and flexibility, traditional knowledge, resistance, and dynamism. Removing people from assumed norms and daily lives, the pandemic provided a moment of insight into the nature of vernacular culture as it was used, abused, celebrated, critiqued, and discarded. In Behind the Mask, contributors from the USA, the UK, and Scandinavia emphasize the choices that individual people and communities made during the COVID pandemic, prioritizing the everyday lives of people enduring this health crisis. Despite vernacular’s potential nod to dominant or external culture, it is the strong connection to the local that grounds the vernacular within the experiential context that it occupies. Exploring the nature and shape of vernacular responses to the ongoing public health crisis, Behind the Mask documents processes that are otherwise likely to be forgotten. Including different ethnographic presents, contributors capture moments during the pandemic rather than upon reflection, making the work important to students and scholars of folklore and ethnology, as well as general readers interested in the COVID pandemic.
Download or read book THE GREATEST LIES EVER SOLD written by ELIAS DEMETRIOU and published by ELIAS DEMETRIOU. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of the Global Elites and their Great Reset. It focuses mainly on Covid-19 but also touches on other aspects of the agenda, including: the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the economic crisis, climate change and Artificial Intelligence. The author has provided much information through painstaking research and has re-written over 100 famous songs accordingly. Also included are dozens upon dozens of fascinating images relating to it all, including self made memes. All of which are clever, funny and relevant to the cause. The intention is to wake up the masses to the great deception of the greatest lies ever sold.
Download or read book Lazy Ways To Truth written by Sandeep Dahiya and published by Invincible Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About The Book Corona pandemic is one of the most difficult phases in our history. It robbed many a smile from so many beautiful eyes. Streams of individual pains flooded our terrain and formed a massive river of collective miseries. However, we have to walk through the dark night to welcome a new dawn. Of course, we did it. Many fell on the perilous path. It’s a tribute to those who unfortunately couldn’t make it. It’s also for those who made it. These common man’s chronicles are in celebration of life and living against all odds. About The Author Sandeep Dahiya (Sufi) writes in different genres including fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Mr. Dahiya holds triple post-graduate degrees: Masters in English Literature; Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication; M.Sc. Ecology and Environment. He has a decade of editorial experience with reputed academic publishers. His books include: Footsteps Lost; Verses from the Land of Farmers’ Messiah; The Night Sun; Faceless Gods; Beyond and Beneath; A Half House; Chimp, Champ and Chops; Lost in Red Mist; Ice Cubes on Desert Sands; Love: The Ultimate Alchemy; and The Wicked Googly.
Download or read book Japan in Transformation 1945 2020 written by Jeff Kingston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan in Transformation, 1945–2020 has been newly revised and updated to examine the 3.11 natural and nuclear disasters, Emperor Akihito’s abdication, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacies, the 2019 World Cup and the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19. Through a chronological approach, this volume traces the development of Japan’s history from the US Occupation in 1945 to the political consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. It evaluates the impact of the Lost Decade of the 1990s as well as key issues such as the demographic crisis, war memory, regional relations, security concerns, constitutional revision and political stagnation. In response to post-2010 developments such as Abenomics, the demise of the Democratic Party of Japan and immigration policy, chapters have been reassessed to account for changes in politics, the role of women, Japan’s relationships with Asia and how and why policies have fallen short of stated goals. Overall, the volume reveals how Japan transformed into one of the largest economic and technological powers of the modern world. With a Chronology, Who’s who and Glossary, this edition is the ideal resource for all students interested in Japanese politics, economy and society since the end of World War II.
Download or read book BLISSFUL RUMINATIONS written by Monica Rao and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Blissful ruminations” is a manifestation of the dreams of an ordinary woman. It is an expression of the myriad colors of life, viewed through a kaleidoscope. The author rediscovered her latent love for writing after reaching the middle of her life. This book represents the joys and sorrows of everyday life, a funny take on mundane situations. Her middle class upbringing is a thread that connects many of the anecdotal situations in the narratives.
Download or read book HIBISCUS written by Kirit Sengupta and published by Hawakal Publishers . This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the pandemic shutdown looms over us, we are reminded of those things we took for granted: for instance, hibiscus flowers, the sea, the moon, or an elderly couple at home who are still in love. Hibiscus: poems that heal and empower seeks to convey the resonating touch of the flower itself. According to Ayurveda, the flower has many medicinal uses that include but are not limited to lowering blood pressure and preventing stroke. The anthology derives its healing power from reaching across continents. It was conceived in India by acclaimed poet, editor, and translator Kiriti Sengupta. Hibiscus houses 104 poets—luminaries like Keki N. Daruwalla, Mamang Dai, Sudeep Sen, Bina Sarkar Ellias, Sanjeev Sethi, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Wang Ping, Tim Kahl, John Grey, Michael R. Burch, Claudine Nash, Gerard Sarnat, among others. Chief editor Kiriti Sengupta writes of the concept behind the book: “As a clinician, I can tell you, healing is not all about back to normalcy, or in other words, restoration of the state of being. Healing imparts strength. It renders authority.” A distinct relationship exists between healing and empowerment that this anthology intends to convey. In the introduction written conjointly between the editors: Kiriti Sengupta, Anu Majumdar, and Dustin Pickering, the roles the collection declares for itself are made apparent. Majumdar writes, “Poetry is the first language of humanity,” and “how we heal all this,” the different levels of crisis, “is the justice that will empower the world.” Sengupta writes, “In times of crisis, one may approach the issue(s) in more than one way: we can demand remedial measures, or we can opt for a therapeutic course that will alleviate our suffering. We have every right to exercise both the means, however. Hibiscus: poems that heal and empower follows the second way of addressing hardship.” Pickering himself writes of the socio-economical devastation wreaked by the virus and implies that people return to their humanity. In taking a bold stance of caution, Pickering also shows us an alternative meaning to social distancing: minding one’s own business is paramount, and we should not infringe on others. However, the anthology is rife with questions about our humanity, how we treat one another, the forgotten beauty of life, and the wonders we are surrounded by and should be concerned with preserving. It is recorded that the lockdown has helped restore the environment. Hibiscus: poems that heal and empower in its ability to navigate steep terrain—the cultural and political forces we wish to command—while transcending our pettiness to show that empowerment is possible without pretense. The anthology elicits a promising journey during this time when poetry is having a bright moment.
Download or read book My City Links written by My City Links and published by My City Links. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making The Most Of A Tough Situation, Step By Small Step For the entire world, the last several months have been all about staying at home and keeping safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has not been taking any chances, enforcing a series of strict measures to contain the spread of the disease. As with any other sudden, unexpected change in the way that people go about their lives, this period too has thrown up multiple challenges. It has been left to individuals, and families, to decide how best to navigate this difficult phase at work or business, and at home.
Download or read book Art the Sublime and Movement written by Amanda du Preez and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary visual culture and image studies, exploring ideas about space and place and ultimately contributing to the debates about being human in the digital age. The upward and downward pull seem in a constant contest for humanity’s attention. Both forces are powerful in the effects and affects they invoke. When tracing this iconological history, Amanda du Preez starts in the early nineteenth century, moving into the twentieth century and then spanning the whole century up to contemporary twenty-first century screen culture and space travels. Du Preez parses the intersecting pathways between Heaven and Earth, up and down, flying and falling through the concept of being “spaced out”. The idea of being “spaced out” is applied as a metaphor to trace the visual history of sublime encounters that displace Earth, gravity, locality, belonging, home, real life, and embodiment. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, media and cultural studies, phenomenology, digital culture, mobility studies, and urban studies.
