New Delhi, April 13 -- By: Sujatha Rao

Across the world, the year 2021 is the most looked forward to the year. In 2021, along with the shot(s) of vaccine, can we also inoculate ourselves with a bout of optimism? If there ever was any year in need of that, it definitely is this one.

At the same time, this job perhaps is made easier since when we look at the future, against the backdrop of 2020, even the most skeptics of us are perhaps more hopeful. But, how can we make this feeling of optimism to last for long?

In order to find an answer to this question, let's understand what this phenomenon called 'optimism' is all about. The most often quoted parable in this regard happens to be the one involving a half full glass.

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