英語で読むデザイン【10】『コロナによって変わるインドの若者と環境』
世界中で猛威を振るうコロナウイルス。日本でも外出自粛が継続する中で、インドの若者たち、またその周りの環境はどう変わっているのでしょうか？
デートは？食事は？勉強は？DXがうまくいっていなかった部分まで進んでいる？日本も学ぶところがあるのかもしれません。では、英語どうぞ
Bring young in the times of Corona has a very different meaning. Change is an everyday phenomenon and what is also changing is the culture. The youth are looking at everything with a different lens or one can safely assume a digital lens. Daily habits have changed and a quarantine life has a new favourite – technology. Here are 5 things that have taken a digital turn in an Indian youngsters’ life.
1) Dating
The concept of dating has taken a shift with social distancing becoming the new norm. Instead of meeting in a restaurant, people are now meeting virtually and cooking a dish together. Multiple dating apps are being downloaded onto mobile phones and more virtual meetings are happening. With apps like Tinder adding new features like passport youngsters are finding the new dating norm exciting and fun, but they miss face to face, offline meetings. What has increased definitely is the appreciation for each other and the time spent together and one does not take things for granted.
2) Cooking
With no home-cooks and limited food delivery, youngsters have turned master-chefs. Most youngsters are working and studying from home or no longer have access to hostel cooked meals and are relying on online chef classes to learn cooking. Taking help from their mums, grandparents, friends and relatives over video calls they are brushing up their culinary skills. A lot of chefs are providing daily culinary lessons online.
3) Learning
Although online learning has already crept in Indian households it wasn’t hugely successful. Now, with COVID – 19 learning has hugely gone online. Youngsters are lapping up courses offered by online universities – local and international. Schools are also offering their daily curriculum online. Teachers are being trained to teach online so that there is no time lapse in the learning process.
4) Exercise
With gyms and sports facilities being shut under lockdown, a lot of exercise classes are moving online. Sivananda.org has started a daily class free of cost to all those who want to learn Yoga and is very effective. Zumba sessions, aerobic classes, circuit training are conveniently available online. FIITR an online fitness company is now offering classes online. A lot of fitness instructors and yoga teachers are making use of ZOOM app to conduct classes.
5) Entertainment
Family meets ups, hanging out with friends is now happening over the internet. Popular r apps lime House party, Zoom, Hike Sticker Cha, Facebook messenger, Google hangouts, WhatsApp are apps that have become increasingly popular. M=playing games with family members, friends and celebrating birthdays is a now virtual. Discord a new app is finding its feet with the youth, where multiple users can download the app and listen to music together.
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