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| Sunil Sharma |
The magic in new beginnings
is truly the most powerful of them all.
---Josiyah Martin
It is never too late to be what you might have
been.
---George Eliot
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
---Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the Setu
family.
Bye-bye---2021!
Welcome, 2022!
Exits, an old year.
Welcome, New Year!
A ritual. A strategy---ongoing.
Old memories---or certain ones--- to be cherished for
some time, then they fade in.
New ones to be created and preserved for coming months.
Life moves on, along the predictable patterns and
grooves, end of the year…start of another.
Despair to be overcome and change stoically accepted,
in crises, manufactured or divine.
Let us pray for the best and prepare for the worst in
uncertain times.
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The special section deals with this enduring theme of
the old and the new, cyclical in nature: What is new, what is old? Time to revisit the year that was;
time to find hope in the year to come.
Select writers
interpret it broadly and come up with their responses to this yearly review and
planning of future pathways.
The given theme addresses
the main foundation of human civilization---hope; hope that can never be
extinguished by the worst winds of misfortune. It is an emotion, an ingrained
part of psyche, a tool---common, yet unique--- that keeps us afloat, despite
the setbacks and adversities.
Hope compels us to
stare defeat and death in the eye---and often come back triumphant!
The present edition
documents this sentiment and mood.
Elsewhere, there is also
a fresh call for the January edition.
You are welcome to send
through email your properly-formatted works for consideration.
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With Omicron looming
ahead as the latest stalking killer, the threat of pandemic continues across
the nervous world but humanity marches on dauntlessly, trying to discover fresh
ways to fight the monster that refuses to be tamed. The struggle continues to
find cures.
Nothing can keep humans
down for long.
This will also pass.
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We wish you all the
very best for the coming months---health, wellness, well-being, calmness, an
overall happiness and prosperity.
Let us usher in a
brand-new 2022: Hoping for a better future…and become what we wish or intend to
become by adopting the annual resolutions on the eve of the upcoming year, some
remembered, some forgotten.
Always better to try
than give up easily.
The deep desire to
change for improved version burns bright in each bosom---and propels us forward
on the terrestrial journey.
And bring in eternal flame
of bright hope---the mainsprings of further human progress in every age!
Together, we can make
the difference in the community and nation.
Take care!
Do write in, please!
Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks to the contributors too.
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