Maintaining positivity in COVID times A lot is being written about the destabilizing impact of the Corona pandemic DC Pathak (The writer is a former Director Intelligence Bureau) A lot is being written about the destabilizing impact of the Corona pandemic and the restrictions mandated by it, on society and in particular on the working people who were required to operate from home in an environment of the uncertainty of employment. The 'fear of the unknown' created by this health crisis is the overriding emotion that had the potential of damaging everybody's sense of rationality and the compulsion of shifting the workplace away from colleagues and friends to a lone corner of one's residence, added to the stress and anxieties of the concerned individual. Presuming that the employer had not taken to an exploitative approach by reducing the perks and extending the 'work hours, the employee still carried the burden of having to take care of the family and children against the new vulnerabilities amidst curbs on normal movements.