Communication and health in the time of Coronavirus

AVINASH THOMBRE
4 min readApr 8, 2021

by Avinash Thombre

On my way to the campus every day, I come across Betty’s Beauty Bazar and Barber Express on John Barrow Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. This business was unaffected by the last recession of the subprime mortgage crisis due to the housing bubble collapse. The parking lot is always full here, and it is difficult to get an appointment. The mostly female African American clientele found money even in hard times to do their nails, eyebrows, and various hairstyles. Betty’s Beauty Bazar withstood everything thrown at it and…

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AVINASH THOMBRE

Communication professor, former journalist., ecocentric writer, transcendentalist, active saunterer, gardner, aspiring yogi, amateur astronomer, and much more.