The year 2020 has come to an end. The past ten months–from February until now–have been difficult. Globally, over 1,809,000 people have died due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. Many of us, who are fortunate to be alive, have been under “lock down.” Economies have crashed. Many businesses have been forced to shut down. Millions of people have lost their jobs.
We have tried to find ways to cope with the pandemic. Some of us have been cautious, others a tad reckless. But we did, indeed, find ways to cope. We adopted many new models. Innovative ideas kept us afloat.
Some ideas, which would have taken decades to catch on during “normal times,” have witnessed extraordinary acceleration. Work-from-home is one of them. Most of us have “gone digital.” A “Zoom Call” is now seemingly ubiquitous and as popular as “googled.” As cinema halls remained shut, digital streaming services, such as Netflix, have picked up. The ways in which we “access content” have changed dramatically. Many of us have managed to keep ourselves entertained. But at the same time, thanks to digital platforms, conspiracy theories have made it to the mainstream.
Even as the wealthy managed to keep themselves entertained, digitally, many who came into crowded cities with a belly full of dreams, lured by the charms of the big city, were forced to go back to their villages. Their dreams stillborn, their pockets empty, millions of people have had to gulp the humiliation of losing their jobs. Many of them had no choice but to walk hundreds of miles.
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