Take 7 from the Gritty 2020
As the year wound down to a battered end with muted celebrations, a prayer for a kinder 2021 is on everybody’s lips. Looking back at the horrendously sounding annus horribilis , it’s been a cruel, grim and yet a figthing gritty 2020 indeed. Once again undying human resilience and hope shone forth amidst the all encompassing darkness. Here is a quick round up of seven images that stood out during the year: 7. Chaos and Covidiots : Close on the heels of the pandemic, the other malaise of infodemic reared its ugly head. Tweets and WhatsApp forwards blitzed the cyber space and created chaos and havoc. Conspiracy theories and quack cures ruled the roost. Bizarre therapies like cow dung and cow urine were touted as ‘indigenous’ cure for covid and covidiots had a field day. As 2021 dawns on us, with a glimmer of hope in the form of vaccines, there seems to be no cure or let up from this spread of misinformation, half-truths and blatant lies. 6 . Social Distancing – what the hell is that?: F...