The bright side of corona

We have seen an overview of Corona in my previous post. However, on the other hand, it had helped people to show off their hidden talents - cooking, singing, dancing, acting and what not. Further, learning through Internet has become the order of the day and everyone is moving towards this mode. Online classes for school and college students is a classic example for effective usage of internet. Now a days, location is not a barrier in selecting a school or a teacher for learning. Take the example of Yoga classes. A person in Kerala or Assam can select a yoga teacher in Chennai if he likes the curriculum of this yoga school in Chennai. There were some online quiz programmes for students, adults, etc. To mention a name here, QShala.com a leading website which is into quizzing had conducted family quiz also. We have seen many webinars (web seminars) by many organizations to explain about their products. Companies conducted even AGMs online. Spiritual discourse, chanting of mantras, bhajans, are also being conducted online these days.

Some people made use of this lock down period to enhance their qualifications and skills, joined courses useful to one's profession, developed hobbies like photography, gardening, cooking, etc. There are lot of opportunities this corona period has given to the people. There is a saying, 'Necessity is the mother of all inventions'. This is very true in this corona period. There are sufferings like loss of jobs, no business in service industry, etc., which made some people to think differently to generate income. Some people took up making of face masks, hand gloves, selling fruits ( there has been a spurt in sale of fruits and vegetables; amla has become hot selling fruit now a days!), etc. Some resorts converted their facilities to provide their services to the people who do work from home. Home delivery has become the order of the day for shops and business establishments of all sizes. At macro level some factories started mass production of  face masks, gloves, gowns.

This corona period has given ample time and opportunities to those who could think differently and creatively. Making use of the same is in the hands of the people. Let us see how many entrepreneurs emerge at the end of this corona period.