India, Sept. 28 -- The global pandemic has sired some new phrases and expressions. One of them is "the new normal is the ever-changing normal" and another is "progressive digitisation." Between "the changing normal" and "progressive digitisation" is endemic anxiety over a situation totally out of our control. One doesn't know where it began and frankly one doesn't know where it could end. In the meanwhile, the act of governance of 130 billion people continues to spawn a large number of contradictions. It began with the slogan "jaan hai, toh jahan hai (health is wealth)." All shutters were closed in a matter of hours and events were allowed to run their course. Many in the power circles claimed to be surprised at the mass exodus on foot the ...