2021 : the year that was .....
And just like that, another year comes to end..... the year that saw the beginning of the shape of our future years, the look and feel of the "new normal".... the year that the world tried so hard to look past Covid-19 and "get on with it" ... As I look back, I see there are some years that have left a huge impact behind in our lives - in a good or maybe not so good way - but they have been watershed years, have changed our life paths, have indeed changed us. And there are some that have been a lot quieter, giving one time to breathe and to adjust our sails to the new winds. 2019 was that watershed year - that changed most of what we had got used to, as normal. 2020 was the aftermath - emotions ranged from hope to despair to hope again as the world of science battled a pandemic in an unequal world. 2021 , I feel, is a "sampler" - a preview of how it is going to be for the next couple of years atleast - in your homes, at your workplaces, in your communiti...