Out of nowhere, we had a new topic in our lives in February 2019 - COVID 19. Media was snow-balling the topic daily till it became a part of our everyday conversation. What followed in March 2019 was unforeseen. We had a pandemic in our lives and the first of the lockdown for our generation. What was meant to last for a day, has transcended into 13 months and we are still where we were same time last year with a respite of few months in between. The pandemic altered our lives enormously. Today, WE are COVID ravaged - emotionally, physically and financially! We cannot breathe freely. We had to trade our freedom of breathing in open fresh air to being layered behind the mask. Sanitizers became an essential overnight. Fear occupied a larger compartment in our mind. We became obsessed with sanitizations. Social distancing became the new norm. Warm hugs to loved ones became a distant memory. Immunity which we took for granted all our life became the focal point. To keep...
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