The biggest lesson from 2020: compassion and selflessness
COVID-19 is a clarion call to reflect upon our actions and choices and to remember that, in the end, what goes around, comes around. Updated: December 27, 2020 2:25:16 pm
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As the pandemic goes on, it shows no mercy. Death and sickness stalk us. Life as we knew it 10 months ago is eroding. Stripped of the veneers of civility and development, 2020 has shown how little we have progressed since the end of the World War II, even as we speak of the world as a global village.
How two filmmakers see the year 2020 come to an end
Bhaskar Hazarika and Vasan Bala give their fictional takes on how fantasy became the reality this year
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By Bhaskar Hazarika
I stepped out of the lift on the 37th floor and headed towards the penthouse apartment of rising Bollywood star Rishi Sangwan. I rang the bell and waited for the door to open, listening to the babble of voices and ambient party music from inside the apartment. I glanced at my smartphone to check the time. It was 10.43 pm on December 31 the last day of this most wretched year 2020 AD. I was here not just to ring in the new year and bid a relieved farewell to this one, but also for my first and I hoped not the last mask-burning party.