Stop Predicting - Revisit Life

Stop Predicting: Lessons of Covid19 accommodates multiple dimensions for a simple understanding of facts.It argues on the need of predicting for growth and submits to Stop Predicting.Authors belonging to 4 diverse fields have four different angles to present indicating in only one direction which is Stop Predicting.Vinay Sharma, a professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee teaches Strategy and Innovation through Market Opportunity Development and Researches through Reflexivity in the areas of Spirituality, Himalaya, Jal (Water)-Jungle (Forests), working on the ground implementation of energy and livelihood generation through local resources. Himanshu Shekhar Mishra is a Senior Editor (Political & Current Affairs) of NDTV India. The part of 2003 Prime Minister's official entourage to UNGA Annual Session in New York, publishes on disasters and presented in 2015, 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction at Sendai, Japan. Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Public Administration at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Has been Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Dean of Students' Welfare. He has published about 50 papers, six books including two edited books. Dr. Rabindranath Bhattacharyya, Professor of Political Science, the University of Burdwan, has co-edited three books and published a number of papers and book chapters. He enjoyed Australian Studies (Senior) Visiting Fellowship 2007 and Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Award, 2009.A comprehensive account of how India fought the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, Stop Predicting, Revisit Life offers a 360-degree account of the unprecedented health crisis brought on by the pandemic, from the reverse migration of millions of migrant workers to the debilitating impact of a lockdown that led to the biggest annual contraction of the Indian economy since 1952. It is based on deep analysis of official data and documents released by the government and international institutions, the debates in Indian Parliament, official reports tabled therein and information collected from the ground during the pandemic. While offering new policy and legislative measures to combat a COVID-19-like pandemic in the future, Stop Predicting, Revisit Life explores in detail issues of how we perceive life, what it takes to be resilient and how we can work together as society.Let's not imagine the World as per our convenience. Let's look around and ask about why we emphasize on predicting? Are we leaving behind our future? We have values so why not to derive our valuables from our values?