Hope

Despair, uncertainty, anguish - we saw it all, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In trials and tribulations, all that we can do sometimes is to hope for things to get better. And hope is something that never starts, just like it never ends.

This book HOPE -Selected short stories about life during the lockdown is an anthology of short stories, written by nine different college-going students who have an eye for writing and a heart for emotions and is based on the 2020 lockdown during the pandemic. Each story is unique with a distinctive setting. The background of each story is set based on the various impacts that the students have seen, heard or felt in their personal lives. With its disparate stories written by different authors ingeniously, it is sure to give the readers a taste of various kinds of desperation and perseverance during the struggles of lockdown.