Anxiety and cabin fever are on the rise as professionals miss socializing at the workplace, and spend long hours in front of mobile and television screens consuming a constant news feed on coronavirus I’m trying but it’s getting harder to stay positive," confessed Kartikey Negi during our fifth call in 30 minutes.
Call drops were preventing a smooth conversation, irritating the software engineer.“I can’t stay at home any longer," the 32-year-old said. “My mind is working overtime.
I can’t stop thinking about the future. And these (phone) networks are getting on my nerves." On 28 February, Negi, a resident of Noida, was asked to leave her job of six years because the startup was in the red.