Different strokes
The KGP Chronicle (April 29, 2020)
These are difficult times. Here's how IIT Kharagpur's students inside the campus are braving the odds.
"No two days are alike, nor even two hours, neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike..."
Sometimes, like times such as these, when the hours seem to collapse into one another and the days just roll on, the profound wisdom contained in the words of the famous British painter, John Constable, have trouble seeping in.
But we are all bravehearts in our own ways, or so say the students at IIT Kharagpur, many of whom are residing within the campus and are finding ways to beat the gloom.
Some of them have not been able to go back home. Others have stayed back to keep near and dear ones at home safe. The way back, after all, would have not only exposed them to the Covid-19 virus but also made them unwitting carriers of the disease home, where some have aged parents and grandparents. (Read More)