IN VISIONS OF POST-PANDEMIC LIFE, ROARING ’20S BECKON AGAIN

History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?

As hopes rise that the pandemic is ebbing in the United States and Europe, visions of a second “Roaring Twenties” to match last century’s post-pandemic decade have proliferated. Months of lockdown and restrictions on social life have given way to dreams of a new era of frivolity and decadence. For some, it feels like party time.

As hopes rise that the pandemic is ebbing in the United States and Europe, visions of a second “Roaring Twenties” to match last century’s post-pandemic decade have proliferated. For some, it’s party time.

In many parts of the world, such thoughts are unthinkable. India is engulfed in crisis. The virus is