Manipur, Feb. 12 -- During the pandemic, social life had changed drastically at the individual level as well as at the family and community level, either for a better or bleaker future. The favourite past-times and work had been thrown out of gear. But, it is the youth who is suffering most whose life has been interrupted with unprecedented restrictions. The boredom associated with the monotony of the lockdown and inactivity had dulled the innovative nature of the youth, and life for them had been reduced to a window of the mobile phone and internet with its games and movies.

Life in Covid-19 times was a frustrating experience for the youth and the students, also due to lack of peer interaction and inaction. Faced with new realities and ...