Simple question. But then when we posed this to Dr Bhaskar Das, one can be sure of getting a unique spin on it. Guess we asked for it. Without further ado: the January 7, 2021 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

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Q. If you were to have a Das ka Dum award for the media person or media entity that did some outstanding and exemplary work in 2020, who or what would it be?

A. Almighty radiated through all atomised version of all of us. The predilection of all media formats to identify a numero uno in any and every field is an indication of positioning  excellence as an effort to stratify and introduce casteism in social ladder. Why the winner  can’t be a collective effort? The pandemic has shown that we are all connected and interdependent. So the winner is ‘YOU’, collectively, which helped all of us to survive. And the war hasn’t ended. So I salute all.