We’ve previously discussed how summers typically affect our writing schedules or outputs, but this summer of 2020 was unique in many ways. Tell us whether these unique factors affected your writing… and whether that was to the “good” or the “bad” in terms of output. 317 more words
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Mobbera goes live for LGBT on Instagram
Lasya G P
“My doubts about my feelings started with a Bollywood movie where I felt attracted to both the actor and the actress. I was very young and did not understand what to call it,” said Shikha (name changed) of Mobbera Foundation that goes by the same username on Instagram. 164 more words
Nepal man fasts against govt
Dilasha K C
Nepal: Lih, a 26-year-old enters his sixth day of hunger strike to protest against the Government of Nepal.
“Enough is enough” is a campaign he initiated to protest against the government to take proactive measures against the Covid-19 pandemic. 135 more words
Davangere docs go on strike over stipends
Sebastian Francis
Davangere: The resident doctors of Jaya Jagadguru Murugharajendra (JJM) medical college in Davanagere held a hunger strike on July 3 over the non-payment of stipends for past 16 months. 173 more words
Centre distributes Made in India medical equipment’s
Ananya Mariam Rajesh
More than 2.02 crore N95 masks and more than 1.18 crore PPE kits manufactured by Indian industries have been distributed by the Centre to states, union territories and central institutions free of cost during the COVID-19 period, the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) said in a statement released on Friday, July 3. 105 more words
Cut down on household plastic: Activists
Shilpa Mariam Anil
Bengaluru: Environmental activists on the occasion of International Plastic Bag Free Day on Friday, July 3, urged people to reduce the use of household plastic in order to bring down the effects of plastic disposed during the COVID 19 pandemic. 235 more words
I Painted a Bird
All right, so it’s not a complete bird. I won’t argue with you over that point. It is, however, at least part of a bird, and for a beginning watercolor artist… well, personally, I considered this head of a hairy woodpecker to be a sort of triumph. 509 more words
