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MESSAGE FROM

SMC VICE CHAIRPERSON

MS. SUBHANA ISLAM

Life changed in Covid 19 pandemic. It is astounding to learn, how few people matter

in our lives. We tend to get so tied up in knots with our daily work schedules, gym,

chanting, party routines and trying to make ourselves look “good” for others (mostly

on social media). As a result, we ignore the people who matter to us and whom we

should care about. Be it the elderly in our family, close friends and even those with

whom you have spent precious times. We are so busy chasing a future that we have

forgotten how to live and enjoy the present. We are so filled with greed and

unfulfilled desires that we forget to count our blessings. Most of us have big egos

and a false sense of pride and self-importance that we forget how to respect human

beings and empathise with their suffering. To do your deed or service without

expecting anything in return.

During the lockdown, I was pleasantly surprised to see how little we need to go on

reasonably & comfortably with our daily lives. Be it cars, household stuff, gadgets,

food supplies and toiletries. Not to mention the array of expensive garments, shoes

and other accessories we are constantly acquiring. And yet, we never stop collecting

more and more and more. We do this because we want to show off to the world how

up-to-date, fashionable and wealthy we are.

From regular schooling we were shifted to online learning . We all missed our school

and teachers. Our studies suffered alot. Now I and other children too are happy to

get back to school.