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From the Editor's Desk…
The academic year 2019-2020 started with a routine regimen of academic chores –
admission duty and the orientation of young learners. Lectures commenced;
examinations were conducted; Talent Shows and Festivals were organized and a variety
of Days were celebrated. All seemed normal. Then suddenly a faceless, unapparent
microorganism made a sly strike bringing the world to its knees and patterned drilled life
to a grinding halt. A lockdown was declared. At the onset it seemed like a welcome break,
but then it has dragged on endlessly resulting in unheard of and unfathomable tedium.
'Cover your mouth' is no more a matter of manners while yawning; 'Wash your
hands' is no more a hygiene habit to be followed before and after meals; 'Stay at home' is no more a cautionary
advise given to puckish kids and youngsters…life has changed. A new normal has been brought in place by an
unseen foe.
On an optimistic note the new normal has given Mother Nature a chance to rejuvenate; it has reinstated the
spatial rights of fauna; strengthened family ties; given time and opportunity to cultivate hobbies and has made a
vast majority of people IT savvy. Online purchasing, meetings, lectures and the ilk are now a matter of routine.
On a pessimistic note the new normal has resulted in increased unemployment; dwindling funds; an inexplicable
boredom; mental anxiety and a prolonged idleness and inertia which are becoming difficult to shake off.
The Yearbook which is occupying your attention at the moment is a product of the 'new normal'. The Reports,
images, articles and poems have mainly been collected, edited and composed online. The computer and internet
skills of the Editorial Team and of all those who have contributed their mite towards the making of the Yearbook are
much enhanced. While Plato's age-old adage, 'Necessity is the mother of invention' rings true, other
contemporary quotes also ring loud. To quote David Rockfeller, “If necessity is the mother of invention,
discontent is the father of progress.” And in the words of another stalwart, “Necessity was the mother of invention,
today it is the mother-in-law of technology.”
Happy Reading!
Dr. Ishrat Ali Lalljee
