As seasons changed, we all hoped that the pandemic situation would change, too. We had hoped that it would disappear as quickly as it appeared. That COVID-19 would be a thing of the past. But now, that hope budding in some corner of every heart seems like a distant ‘false alarm’. With the new wave, a new mutant thriving currently in India, no person of Indian origin seems to have remained truly untouched by the virus – whether it’s our friends, the parents of friends, our relatives or someone once known to us as an acquaintance… News of being afflicted and surrounded by sadness has unfortunately taken a toll on almost everyone in some way or the other.