Ludhiana: The city residents are on cloud nine as the direct flight between Ludhiana and Delhi is all set to resume from Wednesday after remaining sus.
Ludhiana, June 27
Although the European Union (EU) has opened its doors to foreigners who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) is not on the ‘Green Pass’ list. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Covishield has been approved by the WHO, but not the EMA. Strangely, the Vaxzevria vaccine, a version of the AstraZeneca produced in the UK and Europe, has been approved by the EMA but Covishield, which is also AstraZeneca’s version, has been not. Subsequently, Indians who wish to travel to the EU for work are having a tough time. France has asked its citizens returning to the country after the Covishield shots to isolate themselves for 10 days upon arrival. Isabelle Jain, a French citizen married in Ludhiana, is among those affected by the EMA decision. Her mother-in-law Mridula Jain asked: “Why has the Centre not worked towards getting
Renu Sud Sinha
Rajni Bector was a BA second-year student at Miranda House in New Delhi when she got married in 1957 into a prominent Ludhiana business family. She was yet to turn 18. Born in Karachi in a family of bureaucrats, her role in her new family was well defined she had no role. Like her mother-in-law, what she was expected to do was to join the ranks of a well-rounded support system. To keep herself busy, she started taking cookery classes, an activity she excelled in and enjoyed. Her mother-in-law could not wrap her head around why a ‘rich Ludhiana wife’ would want to work, so the young daughter-in-law did not touch a rupee of what she earned; all went to charity. Appreciation of her culinary and management skills inspired confidence, and her husband in particular saw business potential in her ‘part-time indulgence’. She had found her role. Today, she is a role model.