Through Ganeshotsav, this paper has chronicled uplifting work by various mandals that have had restrictions quite rightly imposed on them because of the COVID outbreak. Yet, the causes that have been espoused, messages given and awareness raised have been enough to even make the die-hard critic acknowledge that these have been a soul-stirring 10 days for Mumbai.

It was heartening to see people use a 10-day window to propagate different causes like blood donation, helping the poorest of the poor with stationery for their children, lauding our sporting heroes of the Tokyo Olympics like a Goregaon mandal had done, raising awareness of floods in the city and environmental awareness, too.