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The good, bad and ugly of 2021

Updated on: 31 December,2021 08:03 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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The year will go down as among the worst the world has experienced, with the pandemic’s second wave leaving vast devastation in its wake. Nevertheless, along the periphery, life’s motor sputtered and chugged with some semblance of normalcy. Here’s a pictorial representation of those moments by mid-day’s talented bunch of photographers

The good, bad and ugly of 2021

While some are rushing to catch the train, others are busy with some Diwali shopping at Dadar West in October, as the second wave abated. Pic/Rane Ashish


A devotees folds her hands in worship to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Angarki Chaturthi as the bus she is in passes by Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi, in July. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar



A BEST conductor, whose family runs a hair salon, gives a colleague a free hair cut, while others await their turn at the Kandivli bus depot, in February. Pic/Satej Shinde

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the inauguration of the first statue of the late Bal Thackeray installed at Regal Junction on his birth anniversary, in January. Pic/Bipin Kokate

An ugly clash breaks out among Shiv Sena workers and BJP workers in August while the former were marching towards Union Minister Narayan Rane’s residence in Juhu. Pic/Sameer Markande

Doctors and other medical staff of Nair hospital take a break with a stress-busting game of cricket during the second wave, in August. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Trial run of a Metro train between Akurli Metro station and Malad Metro car shed after its inauguration at Western Express Highway, Kandivli, in May. Pic/Nimesh Dave

AbRam Khan, the younger son of Shah Rukh Khan, waves to photographers from his home, Mannat in Bandra, after older brother Aryan gets bail in the drugs-on-cruise case, in November. Pic/Atul Kamble

A Balmohan Vidya Mandir (English medium) student touches the steps of the school in reverence in October after returning 18 months since the pandemic started. Pic/Ashish Raje

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan bow in respect at the graveside of the late Dilip Kumar in  Santacruz, in July. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

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