Tag: COVID19

Why do I blog?

Anil Goyal

Lot of people ask, “Why do you blog?”. It was the beginning of the lockdown (COVID-19 Pandemic) and like everyone, I had no idea what it is going to be like and what I am going to do about it. After the initial few days, I decided to blog. It was scary at first. My brain, mind and body resisted. What if I was totally wrong. What if my understanding was lacking and language incomprehensive. The decision was getting challenged. But I decided to challenge them to see the other…

करोना समय

Anil Goyal

दुष्यन्त सिंह चौहान द्वारा रचित कविता आप के समक्ष प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूँ।दुष्यन्त एक बहुमुखी प्रतिभा के धनी व्यक्ति हैं – चित्रकार, कवि, फोटोग्राफ़र और बाईकर..देश प्रेम को दिल में लिए एक सिपाही। उन्ही के शब्दों में सब कुछ देखा, सब में डूँढा.. तेरा जैसा कोई नहीं माँ.. मैं हूँ पथिक, मार्ग की बाधा कंकड़ काँटों से परिचित हूँ,मंज़िल दूर बहुत है लेकिन मैं गतिशील और अविजित हूँ .. बीत गए दिन रैना बन बन… कब उग आयी किरन सुबह की, कब हो गया सबेरा,चिड़ियाँ कब चहकी डालों पर, छोड़ के…

Is IPL Indian in its new Avataar?

Anil Goyal

The 2020 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 13, is scheduled from 19 Sep to 10 Nov 2020. The tournament will take place in UAE at three locations. A total of 60 matches would be played by 8 teams in the double round-robin and knockout format. Let’s take a closer look at this extremely popular festival of cricket to understand what makes it tick and how it all works- basically the economics of it. The IPL was valued at $3.2 billion dollars in 2014 and $5.3 billion after the 10th in 2017. Experts…

Extending Lockdown?

Anil Goyal

The current speculation is that an extension of about two weeks is under consideration. The Centre is looking at extending the lockdown beyond April 14 after many state governments and health experts suggested such a course of action on the ground that the coronavirus threat is still looming large.  The decision is not going to be simple where saving lives is most important while at the same time weighing the economic impact of lockdown vs economic impact of spread of virus COVID-19. We do not have good data to predict.…