Just as everyone thought the worst was behind us, a crippling second wave of Covid-19 has struck India.
In Indore most of the press owners and employees have contracted Covid-19. This has made things worse, says Swadesh Sharma of Atharva Packaging in Indore.
The vaccine drive maybe a light at the end of the tunnel, but in this Sunday Column, Sharma says, 2021 could be worse than 2020
One more blow to print
PrintWeek (PW): How have the past 12 months been in Indore?
Swadesh Sharma (SS): Not different from the rest of India. Post the lockdown last year, except for the packaging units, all commercial and publishing units were shut for two to three months. Even after re-opening, most firms have been operating at one-third capacity as compared to before.
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Wednesday 9 December 2020, 03:43 PM (AEDT) In this Curious Kids series, children have their questions answered by experts. Vidit, age 8, wants to know why tigers have stripes. An expert explains. When tigers stalk their prey, usually in the murky light of dusk or dawn, they are nearly invisible. Whether they live in grasslands, forests or jungles, wild tigers have deep orange coats with dark stripes. So how does such a brightly coloured animal stay concealed well enough to hunt successfully? The answer: camouflage! Green tigers? In my work as a zoological veterinarian, I ve seen up close how various animals coats, feathers, colours, spots and stripes have evolved to either help them attract a mate or disguise them. Camouflage or cryptic coloration allows them to hide, undetected.