Koel Purie Rinchet

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

Paris Diary: Is this the After?

Getting out of the house is a contra-pandemic paraphernalia pandemonium.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

The delight (and dread) of deconfinement

How will unpausing play out? Will we be kinder to others, or treat them like culpable carriers of contagion and cross the road?

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

Bois Locker Room: Ruining the joy of being desired

We all need to do a better job with our boys, or else stop calling them our boys and ensure that they are cast aside to rot alone.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VOICES

| PARIS DIARY | 4-minute read

Remembering Irrfan: Looking death in the eye

Find your own metaphors but let death be part of life so that you can live to the fullest, fearlessly.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

Lockdown Diary: Walking away from the laundry pile

This new normal needs new rules.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

The curious case of role reversals

For years women have been told to behave like men when they lead. Yet, the countries that are coping well with the Covid crisis, are all led by women. Is it time for a role reversal?

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 4-minute read

The Great Escape @Home

I’m still waiting for my eureka moment of perspective, where not going out makes me go within and I no longer feel the need to bang books on my head.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

POLITICS

| PARIS DIARY | 4-minute read

Lead Me (Like You Should)

The Covid-19 crisis has laid bare leadership in each country, sealing the fate of its people as an invisible enemy wreaks havoc.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

There is no place like home in times of Covid-19

This is your time. Detox from the forwards, the news and your phone for half a day and make an effort to connect to whoever is in front of you, even if the only person with you is the one in the mirror.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

VARIETY

| PARIS DIARY | 5-minute read

Coronavirus pandemic: To Mask, or not to Mask

Contrary to popular thought, toilet paper is not the new gold. Regardless of the panic hoarding, the world is unlikely to run out of it anytime soon. Facemasks, on the other hand, have been rendered real gold.

Koel Purie Rinchet

@koelscouch

Open to Opinion

Getting out of the house is a contra-pandemic paraphernalia pandemonium.

How will unpausing play out? Will we be kinder to others, or treat them like culpable carriers of contagion and cross the road?

We all need to do a better job with our boys, or else stop calling them our boys and ensure that they are cast aside to rot alone.

Find your own metaphors but let death be part of life so that you can live to the fullest, fearlessly.

This new normal needs new rules.

For years women have been told to behave like men when they lead. Yet, the countries that are coping well with the Covid crisis, are all led by women. Is it time for a role reversal?

I’m still waiting for my eureka moment of perspective, where not going out makes me go within and I no longer feel the need to bang books on my head.

The Covid-19 crisis has laid bare leadership in each country, sealing the fate of its people as an invisible enemy wreaks havoc.

This is your time. Detox from the forwards, the news and your phone for half a day and make an effort to connect to whoever is in front of you, even if the only person with you is the one in the mirror.

Contrary to popular thought, toilet paper is not the new gold. Regardless of the panic hoarding, the world is unlikely to run out of it anytime soon. Facemasks, on the other hand, have been rendered real gold.