Redrawing the global map: Prashant Jha on how the pandemic reshaped geopolitics

It served as a stark reminder that the world is fundamentally anarchic; every state must fend for itself. Five years on, the ripple effects are clearly visible.

The pandemic was a universal, but also uniquely personal, experience.

It changed us as individuals. We all suffered loss and seclusion. As it changed individuals, it inevitably changed how they thought of their society, the world around them, and their place in it.

The prolonged economic contraction, the accelerated shift towards digital technologies, and the new culture of working remotely reshaped how we made a living.

The sense of utter incomprehension at the deep and sudden blow to our shared