Bøger af Arup Chakraborty

Based in India, this is a story of human emotions against the backdrop of socio-economic and political changes. Set during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, this is a novel in verse and is a story within a story.W ild winds of change across the country, I ndia, as it inches towards the 21st century; T rauma of a poet's soul through blood and pus, H aunted by a knife, an innocent school bus. O f a siesta, a couple in deep conversation, U shering lost love, a bit of hallucination; T ensed moments between a mother and daughter, A s a photograph questions them forever; R unning and flying high at seventy three, H orrors and humiliation, life of a refugee; Y ellow, old building with its very own pain, M ulling over an ox, a banyan tree, a rickety drain; E venings that dissolve into a dark nightmare, O ver and over, forever at you, they stare; R ummaging through silence, husband and wife, R esurrecting hope and faith, an unborn life. E tched at the backdrop of communal tension, A midst love, hope and sinful aspiration, S tory of pain, hatred, revenge and treason, O ver two decades and half a season N urtured painstakingly in without a rhyme or reason...

How viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work.Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is replete with references to plagues, pestilence, and contagion, but the devastation wrought by pandemics had been largely forgotten by the twenty-first century. Now, the enormous human and economic toll of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 disease offers a vivid reminder that infectious disease pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats to humanity. This book provides an accessible explanation of how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work-- concepts that are a foundation for our public health policies.