Festival of lights: People shopping for lanterns ahead of Deepavali in Mumbai. — AFP
DIFFICULT times teach or remind us about deeper dimensions of life. The past seven months have been strange times, during a world war against the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the lessons experienced are:
Resilience and ability to adapt seems ingrained in human DNA. We “adjust” to any situation – as wars, famines, calamities, pandemics have proved across 5,000 years of recorded human history. So we adjusted to lockdowns, quarantines and struggle to continue normal life amid abnormal days.
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