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Pandemics have always desolated and scourged humanity, often bringing major changes in the course of human life and history. The Bubonic plague had a devastating effect on the population of fourteenth century. This plague killed about 30% to 60% of European population , yet by bringing major changes in the lives of the rest. As the population shrank, and laborers became scarce, higher wages were offered and demanded which alleviated the living standards. More profitable use of land and resources was practiced by offering wages in form of money instead of labors, hence decreasing serfdom.  Covid-19 since its outbreak has affected and paralyzed human life and daily dealings eminently, locking and blocking almost all type of industries and businesses completely, where governments are duressing social distancing and curfews. However, this pandemic has changed our lives in its own way. First of all the virus as it has stopped everyday tasks and routine working of every organization, the...

Since the Outbreak of Covid-19, every sector and every type of business is facing numerous challenges. It has created a disruption and uncertainty in global business and economics. In this situation, companies are taking solace in online communication with their customers and staff to keep the work going. As most of the countries are observing complete lock down, different businesses are suffering. The sectors who had accepted the IT and modern technology as part of their lives and had started inculcating their everyday dealing with IT are now in relieve. As during this lock down the only savior of these businesses is internet. However, those not having managed IT in their lives are finding it proactively hard to manage their business during this global pandemic. Now Companies and firms have been focusing to bring on the newest technology to make their work faster, but have been neglecting the maintenance of the systems. In this time of pandemic allowing managed IT services can expand ...

All the Light we cannot see Review All the light we cannot see is an emotionally gripping and totally absorbing story, which keep the reader hooked by engaging all the five senses. It's set in the time of world war II, however the story moves in 5 different parts moving back and forth in time describing different scenarios. The theme of the story as evident and interpreted by the name is the untold tragedies of war, the devastation and  loss caused during the WW II. At some point the story questions the reader about the power they have to choose their own destiny.  The story is divided into 5 parts, and has two stories going in parallel. Werner a bright and inquisitive boy, who dreams of becoming a scientist and quenches his thirst of knowledge by exploring and fixing radio transmitters along with his sister Jutta. He gets a choice to work in mine or dedicate his life to Nazi cause, where he chooses the second one. The story going in parallel to that of Werner's is of Mari Lau...

The Kite Runner Plot overview The Kite Runner is an emotional and gripping story of betrayal and Redemption. It's a story about two boys Amir and Hassan who are bestfriends, where Amir is a Sunni boy and Hassan his servant's son, is a Hazara boy. The two boys live in Kabul, the Capital of Afganistan.  One day Amir and Hassan are playing, where they run into three boys Assef, Wali and Kamal who threat to beat Amir for hanging around with a Hazara , but Hassan jumps in and uses his slingshot to stop Assef. Later the story skips to the Kite Flying tournament which they both are determined to win. This was a chance for Amir to forge a close relation with his father and win his love. The tournament ends with Amir's success and an unfortunate event of his betrayal against Hassan, who has been sexually assaulted, to prevent Amir's Kite, in front of him and he does nothing but to stand in a corner and watch it happening.  After this event Amir's behaviour with Hassan change...

The Metamorphosis Plot The Metamorphosis! This book hold a special place in my life and an absolute favorite.  The story revolves around a travelling salesman Gregor Samsa, who is the only breadwinner of his family and has dream of sending his sister to an art school, for her talent of playing violin.  However, one day, he wakes up finding himself turned into a monstrous vermin. He still tries to get up and get ready for work, but his new body doesn't allow him to do so.  Not to scare his family and neighborhood, he remains locked in his room, until his supervisor shows up, inquiring about Gregor's absence at work.  Compelled by the circumstances, Gregor unlocks the door and reveals his new form to his family, trying to apologize for not showing up at work, but eventually scares the supervisor to leave. Throughout the story Gregor's father remains very aggressive towards him, whereas his sister Greta seems to take care of him. Later, when Gregor enters during Greta...

Writing challenges  writing challenges. Writing is still very new to me or the more appropriate sentence would be, I'm still new to writing. We all are forced writers, one way or another, where we are compelled to write assignments, reports and a number of things. However, writing creatively is yet another area to explore and new. I have never been so conscious about my want to write before. So along with this want to write can come, shyness, disquietness which I'm going to fight with experimentation and excitment. So I have decided to set a different writing challenge for myself everymonth. As May has already started so the writing challenge that I'm setting myself up is : writing the short reports of each book that I have read recently. I'm going to share each report on blogspot so you can check that and decide whether or not to read that book. At the end of each month, I'll post a blog to share summary and thoughts about last month's challenge...

How to cultivate the habit of reading. A lot of us want to read books, which implies establishing a habit of reading. For some of us just starting to get in reading or developing the habit of reading becomes difficult, at the beginning. And because of certain reasons most of the people give up the idea of reading. There are a number of benefits to reading. Reading can upgrade your mind and helps you see the world in a different and better way. It makes you empathetic, and an essential way to help you out in any action. Through reading, you build a more solid foundation of communication. When you’re reading, you’re actually gaining experience, as books are the essence of someone’s lifetime experience. And you learn from that experience just by reading.  If you want to explore the benefits of reading you can read: https://quilltoscroll.blogspot.com/2020/05/reasons-why-you-should-start-reading_3.html Let’s begin with some powerful techniques to develop the habit of read...

Reasons why you should start reading. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one” There are millions of people around the globe settling on a plan of actions, to conduct on New Year. Every year people set goals for themselves to read books or to start reading. But just like most of the resolutions, this also becomes just another word. Most of us would like to read a book, but starting and keeping up with the new habit becomes difficult. Here is a guide to why you should start and go great guns in it. #1Models personality:  “ When you open a book or fire a gun, you don’t know what the impact would be or how far the shot will go” Reading has a great impact on making, breaking, or changing the personality altogether. Every good reading helps you to form a better you, helping you to develop your imagination and enhance creativity. An important personality trait jacked up through reading is Empathy, the a...