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When the going gets tough The journey of Hashmi Dawakhana to Ministry of Ayush, of Ramkrishan Yadav to Baba Ramdev, and of Ajay Singh Bisht to Yogi Adityanath. There is a strange commonality in all three of them. Covid-19 tested the trio to their mettle. Ministry of Ayush successfully became relevant throughout with its various recipes of Kadhas and Churans. Baba Ramdev too distributed free Coronil kits after people refused to buy the over-priced quackery. Yogi Adityanath successfully averted any tragedy by arresting journalists in daylight and solving mortality data issues at night. For a government department, a business tycoon, and a chief minister, this must not have been an easy feat, but when the going gets tough, the tough can always cry on television. Cancel culture The explosion of the Internet and social media has strengthened public memory. People control the narrative today through a strange culture of digging informational graves and calling people out. So it i...