As it kept felling countless citizens, the Coronavirus also turned the world upside down for Mankhurd’s Usmani family last year after they lost Dr Zabird Hussain Usmani, 51, their sole breadwinner and a father of three, to the pandemic. 

The family’s struggle is a bit more heart-wrenching considering that Dr Usmani was working with an emergency ambulance service for COVID patients. His death has snuffed out his 17-year-old son Aadil’s dream at least for now.