3D-printed feet to help UniSa students improve podiatry skills
3D-printed feet—complete with calluses, corns and fake toenails—will enable UniSA’s podiatry students to practise and fine-tune their podiatry skills from the comfort of their...
The Shom storm from Bengal to enthrall in virtual concert
Composer, lyricist and one of the finest voices of Bengal, Shom Chatterjee will perform live for Lockdown Diaries on Wednesday 29 April at 8pm...
Following his passion, from medicine to music
He completed a degree in Ayurvedic medicine, but Arun Gopan realised soon enough that it was not his true calling. He decided to leave...
‘Migrant families experts in remaining socially connected while being physically apart’
Social distancing is teaching communities to find new ways to stay socially connected yet physically distant migrant families have long learnt how to stay...
In the midst of Covid19, offshoring takes a hit
The Coronavirus pandemic is shaking up the global outsourcing industry. Lockdowns in India and the Philippines—among the major outsourcing centres of the world—are now...
VHP Australia stands in solidarity with frontline corona warriors
The Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the world, forcing people to rethink the way they live and interact. It is creating pressures on families,...
‘The lockdown has left me with no future’
No assistance with employment, no assistance to my mental state, no assurance I can stay in this country or to make a decent livelihood…...
COVID-19 crisis leads to e-commerce boom
The growth of Chinese e-commerce market has been revised up, considering the positive push due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, according to estimates by...
Lockdown tunes—Music keeps 12-year-old Paru in high spirits
Niranjana (Paru) is 12 years old but has been singing since she was half that age. Undergoing vocal training in Indian classical music for...
Locked down or locked in? Isolated or insulated?
My first memory of a lock down is 1971. We were in Delhi at the time and though I was little girl, the darkness...