A pandemic is considered to be over when a cure is available. People are talking about vaccines, low 'R' value, etc. However, like a war has to be won inside the mind before the battlefield, the pandemic can end in the minds before a cure is available in medical terms. Simply, as soon as we learn to live up to the situation, it is a cure - not as easy as being said, of course! As the pandemic days are passing by, the halted and forgotten life is trying to get back into tracks again; a new normal is emerging slowly. Another season of Sharadiya festival has arrived, though not in the usual form - as expected. Nevertheless, people are trying to act as normal as possible! Not to mention that the experience of the pandemic will undoubtedly vary from person to person, depending on his/her position in the society in terms of profession, economical stability, and also, most interestingly, control over emotions! We have seen that the pandemic has not caused only health effects, but also has caused a broader variety of effects if the lives of all kinds of people are observed closely. The collateral damage – in several forms, caused by the pandemic, by no means could be considered insignificant.

     Always the wonderful thing is to let the constructive ideas keep going in every situation in whatever possible way. This thought makes the way for the third edition of the wall magazine Chharpatra-Utsa, to publish on the web, and we have selected the occasion of Sharadotsav for this. It is obvious to thematize a magazine by the current day scenario, where the 'Life during COVID pandemic' comes in. The second theme, 'Buddhirupena-women in science' comes from the concept that Mother Durga, along with her other forms, has also incarnated herself as buddhi, implying knowledge, and thus, linked with woman empowerment in science. Finally, invariably enough, Sharodatsav has been kept as a general theme. Thoughtful writings, innovative illustrations and drawings, attractive photographs, around the central themes have been received from our friends for publication. As this version is a digital one, it has been possible to publish meaningful short videos as well. We hope that the magazine will be accepted and loved by our SNB Students' family members.