1310 Ira Pande What a rotten calendar of events we’ve had so far: a raging pandemic, the high death toll, a collapsing healthcare system, vaccine shortages, unprecedented natural disasters… the list is endless. Yet, look around you and the scene in our country is no better than in any other part of the world. Europe, the Americas and the Middle East, to say nothing of our own Asian subcontinent and now Australia and the two polar regions as well, are all battling crises that have left them devastated. Even China is reeling under floods and burst dams brought on by messing up nature.