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“The COVID Chronicles” is the second book of poetry by Colonel Dr Ramanan Duraiswami. It is a collection of poems that reflects different aspects of the enormous human tragedy unleashed by the marauding COVID 19 virus, and also raises hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. The book also contains the lyrics of two songs about COVID 19 which the author has set to the tune of popular English songs. The book is dedicated to those who lost their lives fighting the battle against the Coronavirus disease.
Colonel Dr Ramanan Duraiswami
A graduate of the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Ramanan Duraiswami studied in Springdales School, New Delhi, where he first ventured into writing poetry. A Specialist in Pathology, he retired from the Army Medical Corps in 2013, settled in Secunderabad, and after a stint as Director of Laboratory Services at Fernandez Hospital, he joined Mallareddy Institute of Medical Sciences in 2016. He rediscovered his talent for poetry, encouraged by his wife of 39 years, Shyamla, and his batchmates of the 1973 batch of AFMC. In 2019 he published his first book of poetry, “Pensive Ponderings”, which was widely read and appreciated. He started his collection of poems on the COVID 19 pandemic during the lockdown of 2020, moved by the plight of those afflicted by the terrible economic crisis and profoundly affected by the enormity of the human tragedy. He can be reached at daru_r@rediffmail.com.
