Dehradun, Nov. 12 -- 'Normal' is boring. Normal is taken for granted. Normal is greatly undervalued. But when normal is disrupted, its worth becomes obvious. Getting up, commuting to school or work, being with friends, family and colleagues, enjoying lunches and dinners prepared at home or in favourite restaurants - losing oneself in cliched TV serials or blockbuster movies. All this is part of everyday life, but it hasn't come easy. Generations have worked hard, endured difficulties and taken on challenges to bring about this ordinary, normal existence.
And then a bomb blast in the midst of this matrix reminds us of the value there is in ordinary existence. There are those who do not appreciate unspectacular progress, who would have revol...