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have been tragically and prematurely lost
to the inveterate microbe. Many went for
covid treatment, but several never returned.
Cremations were done without consoling
shoulders. General wellbeing of people
plunged, so did the GDP.
However, the biggest silver lining or rather
the gold lining has been families have been
forced to be together, spend time with each
A microbe invisible to the eye turned up and transformed other, tend to each other and become more
everything accepting of each other. Nothing to beat
halt with the labour force missing. Work happy families during unhappy times.
from home became the norm for every Given the choice between the devil and
working person, delightful initially but the deep sea, in spite of no clear cure and
distraught finally to see a 9 to 5 job becoming control, economies have been reopened with
a near 24 hours digital work any time. Zoom the expectation that herd immunity would
conferences deluged all social platforms have developed and that you and me will be
and after the initial enthusiasm of ‘feel good’ careful and cautious on the back of constant
and ‘feeling important’, most were zombied messaging. Essentially, we all have been left
out. The social animals in humans became to hope for the best while bracing for the
digital robots given the compulsions of social worst.
distancing, masks and sanitisers. Hugs As we near the end of 2020, have we all
became bugs, kiss went amiss, real meetings learnt 20-20?
became virtual greetings and laughs went
smirks. Learning from the pandemic
Urban runs and walks went indoors, but I don’t know if I have come out better than
roads saw millions of old and the young what I was in the beginning of 2020, but
walking 100s of kms back to their villages, most definitely am thankful and happy to
eating outdoors went indoor orders, see the sunrise today and share some of my
weddings and functions went virtual simple but significant learnings with the
with all the fun of eats and greets and readers.
treats absent. Festivals and celebrations Every day counts for we know not if we will
were homely affairs, seas and lakes and
ponds were spared the immersion of the
gods, garba dances stilled, crackers went
silent. Traffic went off roads and pollution
went underground. Tellingly, nature
acknowledged the reduction of pollution and
painted the sky and the horizon with myriad
hues bright and cheerful.
The healthcare system was overstrained
but was so well handled by the selfless The healthcare system has been overstrained, and the
doctors and healthcare workers. Many lives search for a Covid vaccine is top of mind
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