Q1. Write a diary entry depicting your inner thoughts which may be full of anxiety over the past and confusion related to the present scenario. Also, exhibit your views on the significance of one’s optimistic approach which can transform any adversity into a normalcy. Take hints from “Hope” is the Thing With Feathers to make your stance even more appealing.
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Till last month, the elite club of India’s chief executives had a long list of woes — slowing sales, weak consumer demand, credit crisis, GST rates, digital disruption, policy flip-flops and rising global trade barriers.
Overnight, the onslaught of Covid-19 has decluttered their vision and given them a devastatingly focused business perspective — one that is centred on survival. Take, for instance Ajay Bijli, chairman of PVR Ltd, which saw 800 of its multiplexes shutting overnight. “What business worry can I have when everything is in a lockdown and there’s nothing you can do about it?” he asks, stoically.As Covid-19 scare shuts the world down for business, corporate honchos are worried about the well-being of their employees and their business. Lemon Tree chairman Patu Keswani says about the enormity of the challenge: “In a high-contact business like hotels, how do you ensure your employees and guests are not exposed to this highly infectious virus with up to two weeks of dormancy?” Today, most of these globetrotters are confined to their homes, helplessly watching the Covid-19 horror story unfold. “My biggest business worry is that I don’t know how long this will continue,” says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who is working from home, like countess others.
For some, like Amul’s RS Sodhi and Tata Power’s Praveer Sinha, conference calls are not an option. Steering firms that offer critical goods and services, they are like generals in their war rooms, battling multiple enemies simultaneously. “My biggest concern is making sure my workers reach plants. If we don’t collect milk from our farmers for a day, there will be chaos,” says Sodhi