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EDITORIAL

BAD TIMES ARE THE
BEST TEACHER

A lmost a year ago, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced
a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to contain the spread of
coronavirus across the country. The challenges posed by the year

2020 were beyond anticipation or imagination. In hindsight, though, it proved

to be a transformative period for all of us.

It taught us to be resilient in the face of adversities and that each challenge
offers an opportunity to persevere, learn, adapt, and evolve into more stronger
and compassionate beings.

SOUMI MITRA It made us reflect on things that we took for granted all along and showed us
Editor-in-Chief their real value. Be it our freedom to move about, our family and friends who
Modern Manufacturing India were always around but hardly had our presence, and above all, their well-
soumi.mitra@magicwandmedia.in being, something that never occurred to us with such urgency.

Thankfully, advanced communication technologies kept us connected,
irrespective of geographical distance and circumstances.

In the beginning months post the lockdown, we spoke about returning to our

normal lives only to soon realize that there was no going back to the normal.

And as humans normally do,

we adapted to the changed

“Articulating what ways and called it the ‘new
we are thankful for is a normal’. Organizations across
radical act in the midst of the globe acknowledged that
their workforce could work

a hard time. Turning our from home and accepted that

attention to the things we managing by objectives is more
do have rather than what productive than managing by
we do not is a tough task, the clock.

but a crucial one.” We are almost three months
– Melissa Kirsch old in 2021 and realize the
worst isn’t behind us with the

Covid-19 mutant strains

making rounds now. At this

juncture, where things are far from being predictable, what is sure is our grit

and spirit to surmount the unfavorable.

The industry too has proven its strength by remaining unfazed during the
worst and waiting calmly to cross over to the other side. Its tenacity has been
exemplary to say the least. We, in the last few issues of MMI, have been trying
to capture the same by talking to the industry leaders and sharing their
experiences with you.

We await your feedback as always on this issue too!

10 | March-April 2021 Modern Manufacturing India