Author: Sandeep Marwaha
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Sandeep, who shifted to Bangalore from Mumbai, is a carefree, fun-loving and angry youth before he meets Naina and marries her. On the other hand, Naina is a focused and friendly young girl who teaches Sandeep to control his anger and be loving towards others. Naina – Our Superwoman is a true love story of Sandeep and Naina who meet for the first time in Sandeep’s office. Sandeep tells Naina’s sister to convince her to marry him. They then lose touch with each other and eventually meet after one and a half years. After dating for five days, they decide to get married. Sandeep still feels helpless as he could not be there with Naina in her final moments, and it is hard for him to accept that she is no more. Her sudden and painful death made him realize that we cannot take life for granted, which can change in a millisecond, and there is a very thin line between life and death. It has also led him to become an author. This memoir dedicated to Naina is told with the absolute truth of their lives together and Sandeep’s struggle with life post-Naina’s death, who left this world mid-way through their journey together. He can’t come to the terms with the fact that she is no more. A year has gone by, but her memory will never fade.
Naina Our Superwoman
Author: Sandeep Marwaha
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Sandeep, who shifted to Bangalore from Mumbai, is a carefree, fun-loving and angry youth before he meets Naina and marries her. On the other hand, Naina is a focused and friendly young girl who teaches Sandeep to control his anger and be loving towards others. Naina – Our Superwoman is a true love story of Sandeep and Naina who meet for the first time in Sandeep’s office. Sandeep tells Naina’s sister to convince her to marry him. They then lose touch with each other and eventually meet after one and a half years. After dating for five days, they decide to get married. Sandeep still feels helpless as he could not be there with Naina in her final moments, and it is hard for him to accept that she is no more. Her sudden and painful death made him realize that we cannot take life for granted, which can change in a millisecond, and there is a very thin line between life and death. It has also led him to become an author. This memoir dedicated to Naina is told with the absolute truth of their lives together and Sandeep’s struggle with life post-Naina’s death, who left this world mid-way through their journey together. He can’t come to the terms with the fact that she is no more. A year has gone by, but her memory will never fade.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Sandeep, who shifted to Bangalore from Mumbai, is a carefree, fun-loving and angry youth before he meets Naina and marries her. On the other hand, Naina is a focused and friendly young girl who teaches Sandeep to control his anger and be loving towards others. Naina – Our Superwoman is a true love story of Sandeep and Naina who meet for the first time in Sandeep’s office. Sandeep tells Naina’s sister to convince her to marry him. They then lose touch with each other and eventually meet after one and a half years. After dating for five days, they decide to get married. Sandeep still feels helpless as he could not be there with Naina in her final moments, and it is hard for him to accept that she is no more. Her sudden and painful death made him realize that we cannot take life for granted, which can change in a millisecond, and there is a very thin line between life and death. It has also led him to become an author. This memoir dedicated to Naina is told with the absolute truth of their lives together and Sandeep’s struggle with life post-Naina’s death, who left this world mid-way through their journey together. He can’t come to the terms with the fact that she is no more. A year has gone by, but her memory will never fade.
Gone Viral
Author: Justin Hart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684513707
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Data and marketing consultant and statistical sage to presidential candidates, governors, businesses, and the real powers-that-be, epidemiologists, Justin Hart catalogs in a terrifying-but-sprightly manner the folly and psychosis produced by the pandemic and diagnoses the societal destruction that the massive overresponse to the COVID virus has wreaked, as well as what can be done to stop the madness and bring the world back to a modicum of rationality. WORST. DISEASE. EVER. Someone broke America. In this nightmare, neighbors have turned into agoraphobes, teachers fear their students, children are muzzled, citizens are censored, dystopian fictions have become reality, and unelected officials are creating a biometric police state. Oh wait. It’s not a nightmare. It’s our daily lives! In truth, much of this insanity didn’t start with the coronavirus pandemic (it was already latent in big government and big corporations) and it won’t end there. COVID-19’s greatest threat turned out to be . . . mental. All we had to fear was fear itself—and boy did some of us fear! The very idea of the virus weakened the immune system of America and revealed a decaying underbelly of confusion, panic, unease, and cowardice few of the strong ones suspected existed. What a horrible wake-up call! In a spate of anxious dread and gleeful power-grabbing, our health overlords threw away the pandemic response handbook and tried—beyond all reason—to protect, well, everyone. From massive over-testing to universal retail plexiglass to stay-at-home orders to stay-away-from-school orders to masking mandates to vaccine mandates to some of the worst restrictions on civil liberties in American history, this is an epic story that poses big questions about America’s future as a free society. And the odd thing is, as Justin Hart shows, the actual disease was, as pandemics go, not that threatening; most people were at minimal risk. What is really scary is the total overreaction of half the country, many governments, that lost all sense of perspective. Hart offers a hopeful prescription on how we might face the madness down and claw our way back to sanity!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684513707
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Data and marketing consultant and statistical sage to presidential candidates, governors, businesses, and the real powers-that-be, epidemiologists, Justin Hart catalogs in a terrifying-but-sprightly manner the folly and psychosis produced by the pandemic and diagnoses the societal destruction that the massive overresponse to the COVID virus has wreaked, as well as what can be done to stop the madness and bring the world back to a modicum of rationality. WORST. DISEASE. EVER. Someone broke America. In this nightmare, neighbors have turned into agoraphobes, teachers fear their students, children are muzzled, citizens are censored, dystopian fictions have become reality, and unelected officials are creating a biometric police state. Oh wait. It’s not a nightmare. It’s our daily lives! In truth, much of this insanity didn’t start with the coronavirus pandemic (it was already latent in big government and big corporations) and it won’t end there. COVID-19’s greatest threat turned out to be . . . mental. All we had to fear was fear itself—and boy did some of us fear! The very idea of the virus weakened the immune system of America and revealed a decaying underbelly of confusion, panic, unease, and cowardice few of the strong ones suspected existed. What a horrible wake-up call! In a spate of anxious dread and gleeful power-grabbing, our health overlords threw away the pandemic response handbook and tried—beyond all reason—to protect, well, everyone. From massive over-testing to universal retail plexiglass to stay-at-home orders to stay-away-from-school orders to masking mandates to vaccine mandates to some of the worst restrictions on civil liberties in American history, this is an epic story that poses big questions about America’s future as a free society. And the odd thing is, as Justin Hart shows, the actual disease was, as pandemics go, not that threatening; most people were at minimal risk. What is really scary is the total overreaction of half the country, many governments, that lost all sense of perspective. Hart offers a hopeful prescription on how we might face the madness down and claw our way back to sanity!
Raving
Author: McKenzie Wark
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478024046
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New York’s thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures. Raving to techno is an art and a technique at which queer and trans bodies might be particularly adept but which is for anyone who lets the beat seduce them. Extending the rave’s sensations, situations, fog, lasers, drugs, and pounding sound systems onto the page, Wark invokes a trans practice of raving as a timely aesthetic for dancing in the ruins of this collapsing capital.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478024046
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New York’s thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures. Raving to techno is an art and a technique at which queer and trans bodies might be particularly adept but which is for anyone who lets the beat seduce them. Extending the rave’s sensations, situations, fog, lasers, drugs, and pounding sound systems onto the page, Wark invokes a trans practice of raving as a timely aesthetic for dancing in the ruins of this collapsing capital.
That Was Me
Author: Richard D. Driver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793632081
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793632081
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.
Communication in the 2020s
Author: Christina S. Beck
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100057878X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book provides an inside look at the discipline of Communication. In this collection of chapters, top scholars from a wide range of subfields discuss how they have experienced and how they study the crucial issues of our time. The 2020s opened with a series of events with massive implications for the ways we communicate, from the COVID-19 pandemic, a summer of protests for social justice, and climate change-related natural disasters, to one of the most contentious presidential elections in modern U.S. history. The chapters in this book provide snapshots of many of these issues as seen through the eyes of specialists in the major subfields of Communication, including interpersonal, organizational, strategic, environmental, religious, social justice, risk, sport, health, family, instructional, and political communication. Written in an informal style that blends personal narrative with accessible explanation of basic concepts, the book is ideal for introducing students to the range and practical applications of Communication discipline. This book comprises a valuable companion text for Introduction to Communication courses as well as a primary resource for Capstone and Introduction to Graduate Studies courses. Further, this collection provides meaningful insights for Communication scholars as we look ahead to the remainder of the 2020s and beyond.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100057878X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book provides an inside look at the discipline of Communication. In this collection of chapters, top scholars from a wide range of subfields discuss how they have experienced and how they study the crucial issues of our time. The 2020s opened with a series of events with massive implications for the ways we communicate, from the COVID-19 pandemic, a summer of protests for social justice, and climate change-related natural disasters, to one of the most contentious presidential elections in modern U.S. history. The chapters in this book provide snapshots of many of these issues as seen through the eyes of specialists in the major subfields of Communication, including interpersonal, organizational, strategic, environmental, religious, social justice, risk, sport, health, family, instructional, and political communication. Written in an informal style that blends personal narrative with accessible explanation of basic concepts, the book is ideal for introducing students to the range and practical applications of Communication discipline. This book comprises a valuable companion text for Introduction to Communication courses as well as a primary resource for Capstone and Introduction to Graduate Studies courses. Further, this collection provides meaningful insights for Communication scholars as we look ahead to the remainder of the 2020s and beyond.
Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author: Nick Clarke
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350434728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
How will the Covid-19 pandemic be remembered? What did it mean to people? How did it feel? This book provides a compelling account of the pandemic as it was experienced in the UK. Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic is a democratic history based on the 5,000 diaries collected by Mass Observation on 12 May 2020. It is a record of what many of these diarists wrote, from a wide range of positions, in a variety of voices and on a wealth of different subjects. The book shines a light on their lives on the day in question, their experiences during the first two months of the pandemic, and their hopes and fears for the coming months and years. The diaries capture much of everyday life in the pandemic for millions of people in the UK and beyond: the activities, events, and rituals (from funerals to working from home); the sites and stages (from shops to Zoom); the roles and categories (from 'key workers' to 'vulnerable groups'); the frames (from luck to 'the new normal'); and the moods (from anxiety to grief). In these diaries, we see what people did when the pandemic arrived in the UK, but also what people thought and felt – how they interpreted the pandemic experience and gave it meaning. We see both how the nation responded and the nation who responded. The book also includes two essays offering expert contextualisation of the diaries and discussion of their value for narrating the pandemic and presenting everyday life.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350434728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
How will the Covid-19 pandemic be remembered? What did it mean to people? How did it feel? This book provides a compelling account of the pandemic as it was experienced in the UK. Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic is a democratic history based on the 5,000 diaries collected by Mass Observation on 12 May 2020. It is a record of what many of these diarists wrote, from a wide range of positions, in a variety of voices and on a wealth of different subjects. The book shines a light on their lives on the day in question, their experiences during the first two months of the pandemic, and their hopes and fears for the coming months and years. The diaries capture much of everyday life in the pandemic for millions of people in the UK and beyond: the activities, events, and rituals (from funerals to working from home); the sites and stages (from shops to Zoom); the roles and categories (from 'key workers' to 'vulnerable groups'); the frames (from luck to 'the new normal'); and the moods (from anxiety to grief). In these diaries, we see what people did when the pandemic arrived in the UK, but also what people thought and felt – how they interpreted the pandemic experience and gave it meaning. We see both how the nation responded and the nation who responded. The book also includes two essays offering expert contextualisation of the diaries and discussion of their value for narrating the pandemic and presenting everyday life.
The Fatal Breath
Author: David Vincent
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509551689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Fatal Breath is the first full-scale history of the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain. Deploying a rich archive of personal testimonies together with a wide range of research reports and official data, it presents a moving and challenging account of the crisis that enveloped Britain (and the world) in the spring of 2020. With sensitivity, care, and an historian’s critical eye, David Vincent places the pandemic in context. While much contemporary commentary has assumed people were forced to develop entirely new ways of living and working during lockdown, Vincent reveals how the population was able to draw upon a wealth of resources and coping strategies already seen over the centuries, often reacting far more quickly and effectively than slow-moving authorities. He tells the stories of doctors’ and nurses’ time on the frontlines, reveals the true extent of supply shortages, conspiracy theories, and vaccine resistance, and explores individuals’ newfound appreciation of nature and community in lockdown. The Fatal Breath will appeal to anyone seeking to reflect on the past few years and how the pandemic has changed Britain – for better and for worse.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509551689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Fatal Breath is the first full-scale history of the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain. Deploying a rich archive of personal testimonies together with a wide range of research reports and official data, it presents a moving and challenging account of the crisis that enveloped Britain (and the world) in the spring of 2020. With sensitivity, care, and an historian’s critical eye, David Vincent places the pandemic in context. While much contemporary commentary has assumed people were forced to develop entirely new ways of living and working during lockdown, Vincent reveals how the population was able to draw upon a wealth of resources and coping strategies already seen over the centuries, often reacting far more quickly and effectively than slow-moving authorities. He tells the stories of doctors’ and nurses’ time on the frontlines, reveals the true extent of supply shortages, conspiracy theories, and vaccine resistance, and explores individuals’ newfound appreciation of nature and community in lockdown. The Fatal Breath will appeal to anyone seeking to reflect on the past few years and how the pandemic has changed Britain – for better and for worse.
Subbu Goes Surfing-on the Covid Waves-to stay negative by being positive
Author: Dr. Vinayak Subramaniam
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1636068960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Subbu goes surfing, and while doing so, he teaches his readers how to tide over the COVID waves safely and optimistically by themselves. Dr. Vinayak Subramaniam is an ENT surgeon by profession and also many other things by passion – a traveller, writer, singer; he is sure that more will be added to the list as time goes by. He is a simple, happy and honest individual and these qualities come across in this book, narrating his knowledge and experience of COVID-19. Here, he has mixed information, advice and personal experiences which are written beautifully and seamlessly. The readers will definitely benefit from all of the above. His personal experience of overcoming these depressing times, lockdowns and changes in the work-life balance is simply inspiring. They seem to have passed on to his children and will rub on to the readers as well. “This book is made for happy reading during one of the most depressing events the world has faced in more than a century.” – Dr. Nalini Bhat Consultant ENT Surgeon, Mumbai; Former Head of the ENT Dept., BARC Hospital, Mumbai.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1636068960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Subbu goes surfing, and while doing so, he teaches his readers how to tide over the COVID waves safely and optimistically by themselves. Dr. Vinayak Subramaniam is an ENT surgeon by profession and also many other things by passion – a traveller, writer, singer; he is sure that more will be added to the list as time goes by. He is a simple, happy and honest individual and these qualities come across in this book, narrating his knowledge and experience of COVID-19. Here, he has mixed information, advice and personal experiences which are written beautifully and seamlessly. The readers will definitely benefit from all of the above. His personal experience of overcoming these depressing times, lockdowns and changes in the work-life balance is simply inspiring. They seem to have passed on to his children and will rub on to the readers as well. “This book is made for happy reading during one of the most depressing events the world has faced in more than a century.” – Dr. Nalini Bhat Consultant ENT Surgeon, Mumbai; Former Head of the ENT Dept., BARC Hospital, Mumbai.
Lockdown
Author: Daniel Briggs
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030888258
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It offers data-driven case studies on harms such as domestic violence, child abuse, the distress of being ordered to stay at home, and the numerous harms associated with the new wealth industries. It explores why some people weren't compliant with lockdown restrictions and examines the already vulnerable social groups who were disproportionally affected by lockdown including those who were locked in (care home residents), locked up (prisoners), and locked out (migrant workers, refugees). The book closes with a brief discussion on what the future might look like as we enter a post-Covid world, drawing on cutting-edge social theory.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030888258
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It offers data-driven case studies on harms such as domestic violence, child abuse, the distress of being ordered to stay at home, and the numerous harms associated with the new wealth industries. It explores why some people weren't compliant with lockdown restrictions and examines the already vulnerable social groups who were disproportionally affected by lockdown including those who were locked in (care home residents), locked up (prisoners), and locked out (migrant workers, refugees). The book closes with a brief discussion on what the future might look like as we enter a post-Covid world, drawing on cutting-edge social theory.
Women and COVID-19
Author: Mariam Seedat-Khan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000938182
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Women and COVID-19: A Clinical and Applied Sociological Focus on Family, Work and Community focuses on women’s lived experiences amid the pandemic, emphasising migrant labourers, ethnic minorities, the poor and disenfranchised, the incarcerated, and victims of gender-based violence, to explore the impact of the pandemic on women. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated pervasive gender inequalities in homes, schools, and workplaces in the developed world and the Global South. Female workers, particularly those from poor or ethnic minority backgrounds, were often the first to lose their jobs amidst unprecedented layoffs and economic uncertainty. National lockdowns and widespread restrictions blurred the boundaries between work and home life and increased the burden of domestic work on women within patriarchal societies. This so-called ‘new normal’ in everyday life also exposed women to increased levels of gender-based violence and the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 due to overcrowding. This edited volume includes contributions from leading applied and clinical sociologists working and living in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas and gives a global overview of the impact of the pandemic on women. Each chapter adopts an applied and clinical sociological approach in analysing gendered vulnerabilities. The volume innovatively uses personal accounts, including narratives, interviews, autoethnographies, and focus group discussions, to explore women’s lived experiences during the pandemic. This edited collection will greatly interest students, academics, and researchers in the humanities and social sciences with an interest in gender and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000938182
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Women and COVID-19: A Clinical and Applied Sociological Focus on Family, Work and Community focuses on women’s lived experiences amid the pandemic, emphasising migrant labourers, ethnic minorities, the poor and disenfranchised, the incarcerated, and victims of gender-based violence, to explore the impact of the pandemic on women. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated pervasive gender inequalities in homes, schools, and workplaces in the developed world and the Global South. Female workers, particularly those from poor or ethnic minority backgrounds, were often the first to lose their jobs amidst unprecedented layoffs and economic uncertainty. National lockdowns and widespread restrictions blurred the boundaries between work and home life and increased the burden of domestic work on women within patriarchal societies. This so-called ‘new normal’ in everyday life also exposed women to increased levels of gender-based violence and the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 due to overcrowding. This edited volume includes contributions from leading applied and clinical sociologists working and living in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas and gives a global overview of the impact of the pandemic on women. Each chapter adopts an applied and clinical sociological approach in analysing gendered vulnerabilities. The volume innovatively uses personal accounts, including narratives, interviews, autoethnographies, and focus group discussions, to explore women’s lived experiences during the pandemic. This edited collection will greatly interest students, academics, and researchers in the humanities and social sciences with an interest in gender and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.