The new normal

Published January 31, 2021

WITH emerging new sets of inequalities, there is a high chance of the world never returning to the ‘normal’ again. The life ahead is going to be different the parameters of which should be difficult to grasp, but that is how the new normal is going to be.

Having said that, it might be a blessing in disguise because eventually this has given us the opportunity to rethink — towards a more sustainable world, at all levels; individually and collectively.

Let us all start by initiating the long lost communication among us no matter how difficult it is to reach out — materially or even emotionally.

Moosa Lakhani
Italy

Published in Dawn, January 31st, 2021

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