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  Courtesy: Google photos Everyone has a fear for something. Estimates say that a very large population of the world suffer from one or more phobias of some specific entity. They are among the most common psychiatric disorders. But the things that we are afraid of and the degree to which we dread them varies greatly from one person to another. But what does “phobia” mean exactly? The word “Phobia” is derived from the name of the Greek god of terror, Phobos. A phobia is a persistent, extreme, unrealistic fear of an animal, activity, object, situation, or person. It is a type of anxiety disorder. A person with a phobia either tries to avoid the thing that triggers the fear or endures it with great anxiety and distress. It can be anything or anyone in this world that might cause fear and anxiety to one’s heart and soul, ranging from fear of animals like dogs or cats to the fear of insects like spider to a specific situation like fear of heights or closed spaces. While one person mi...

   It was somewhere around mid February when I first heard the word "Coronavirus" and how this is spreading at an alarming rate in Wuhan, China with a threatening mortality rate. Totally oblivious of what the future holds for the whole mankind, I had an opinion that it won't affect anyone's life in India, let alone people of other countries, just like at the time of Ebola virus or influenza epidemic, which didn't have any serious consequences. Around march as some Corona positive cases appeared in Southern India, it became the central topic of conversation. Some were saying that we should take serious precautions to save ourselves, others were saying it is not that big a deal. Around 15th March, 2020 our quizzes got postponed and we were all sent home for a fortnight, completely unaware that we won't be seeing our friends and college for almost an year! On 24th March, 2020, A complete lock down was imposed on the entire country to reduce the spread and not ov...