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Should we get ready The Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic
to rub shoulders NANDINI NIGAM

with the Martians? shifted to online platforms, there were
many students who weren’t fortunate
The world was brought to a standstill enough to access e-learning. In the village
with the arrival of a global pandemic. of Parpanda, a teacher called Shailesh
ISHIKA GHOSH We were enveloped with a feeling of Rawal emerged as a hero who came up
uncertainty. While most people were with an innovative plan by installing 20
A top-secret “Mars Workshop” was confined inside walls of fear and chaos,
recently held in Boulder, Colorado, to Concept images of Mars colonization there were a few amongst us who showed loudspeakers across the village so that
the process of learning would not halt.
discuss what it would take to colonize and climates on other planets does not the best face of humanity during a crisis. He encouraged the students to join the
Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk and seem much logical. Climate change is They were the unsung heroes who rose to loudspeaker classes while maintaining
renowned physicist Stephen Hawking shaping up to be even more catastrophic serve the ones in need. Our first unsung proper norms of social distancing. It is
have previously stressed the importance than we feared and the window to save hero is Sister Astridah Banda of Zambia. during a crisis, that people like Sister
of establishing a sustainable outpost of the earth is rapidly narrowing. Even if She is a passionate public healthcare Banda, Sikander Bizenjo and Shailesh
human civilization on the Red Planet. astronauts arrive on Mars, the water advocate who noticed that most of the Rawal restore humanity’s faith with their
The idea comes as a life raft for the is one mile below the surface, and the public health bulletins for the Covid-19 novel ideas and unmatched courage. These
elite few who can afford to throw a atmosphere is toxic without cosmic pandemic were being written in English. unsung heroes are the true embodiment
few billion dollars at flying themselves radiation filters. Elon Musk said that She took the initiative of working with of kindness, compassion and bravery.
off to a new planet while the rest are we need “enough of a seed of human the Yatsani Community Radio in order to
nuked. Cosmologists say that Mars is civilization to bring human civilization translate the health bulletins to the seven
more hostile than the top of Everest, back.” Even with his futuristic technology, local languages of Zambia so that the locals
or the South pole; with no food, air to Musk does not believe his colony could would not miss out on critical information.
breathe, or water. We might have to be self-sustaining anytime soon. The Another unsung hero is Sikander Bizenjo
derive oxygen out of Martian rocks to closest estimate is that SpaceX will from Baluchistan. He founded a group
survive. Ron Garan, a former NASA transport one million people to Mars called Baluchistan Youth Against Corona
astronaut, believes instead of abandoning in the next 100 years. It makes sense to raise funds for food rations for numerous
hope for continued life on planet to expand human presence to Mars, but households along with PPE kits, masks,
Earth, innovative technologies can be abandoning Earth does not seem like sanitizers etc. He truly was a messiah for
used to benefit Earth. The proposal to a viable option to escape the problems deprived families struggling to make both
terraform Mars and create atmospheres at home. ends meet. When the mode of learning

SRM holds Master Coaches workshop in training Volleyball

STAFF WRITER was held from 26th to 28th Feb Jayamurugan, Chariman, SNJ hence urges youngsters to take a SRMIST’s Director (Sports)
2021. This was organized by Group of Companies & Chief keen interest in sports. Although Dr. K. Vaithianathan, “This
A three day Master coaches Tamil Nadu State Volleyball Patron of Tamil Nadu State we have been conducting national workshop will be useful for
workshop on "Modern Practices Association in association with Volleyball Association. Speaking and international workshops and those who are in the field of
in Training Volleyball the the Department of Physical at the event he urged coaches conferences, this three-day master coaching. They can learn/update
way to success" was held Education & Sports Sciences to updated themselves in the coaches workshop is the first of themselves with new formations,
at SRM Institute of Science of SRMIST. The aim of this latest techniques and lift Indian its kind. The purpose of this is strategies - individual and teams,
and Technology (SRMIST), workshop is to enhance the Volleyball to a global level. He to develop our up-and-coming updates on rules and regulations
Kattankulathur. knowledge of coaches in Tamil also declared the workshop open. players to be updated and have and so on.”
Nadu to train the younger improved skills in their game.”
About 70 (Physical Director, generation of players. The In his keynote address, The General Secretary of Tamil R Arjundurai, Managing
Physical Education Teacher, workshop will include sessions SRMIST’s Registrar (I/c), Nadu Volleyball Association, Director of SAN Media &
Coaches, International Players, on Modern practices in training, Dr. S. Ponnusamy said, “Our A. J. Martin Sudhakar said, Life President of Tamil Nadu
National Players) participated in rules related to coaches, team Founder Chancellor Dr. T. R. “This workshop will be like a State Volleyball Association
this event that has experienced training, and tactical approach Paarivendhar is a big supporter of refresher training for coaches. said, “This is a good initiative
and master from Volleyball teach among other things. The event sports. He believes in the overall It will have advanced training because good players are the
the latest techniques. The event was presided over by S. N. development of students and methods.” result of good coaches.”