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2020 has been a difficult year for the entire human race, with the coronavirus hampering the everyday life of the common man. While fear of the virus drove our celebrities into their homes, several commoners, who only intended to keep their lives together in the pandemic, went viral on the internet. While some of these stories touched our heartstrings, others tickled our bones with fun, and some even made us marvel at the fact that there is so much more for each and every person. They became sensations overnight, thanks to their great talent, some luck, and the unimaginable power of the Internet.

As we say goodbye to 2020 and welcome to 2021, here’s a look at all the people who went viral this year:

Kanta Prasad, the owner of a street stall called Baba Ka Dhaba, went viral on the internet after a food blogger shared a video of his story. In the video, Prasad, along with his wife, is seen decomposing as the confinement halted even what little the couple earned serving home-cooked meals at the stall. The video was widely shared on social media with Delhi residents queuing outside the stall to help the couple, as well as to enjoy a fresh home cooked meal of steamed rice and paneer slaughter. Celebrities like Swara Bhasker, Sonam Kapoor, Randeep Hooda and others also urged people to visit their stall, while Aparshakti Khurrana himself paid them a visit while in the national capital.

Shortly after the Baba Ka Dhaba incident in Delhi went viral, people in Mumbai pointed out that 87-year-old Uncle Joshi in Dombivali also has a similar story. A Twitter user shared the photo of the uncle and said that he makes a living selling handmade bags. The bags cost between Rs 40-80, and she sews them from discarded clothing items purchased from sofa and curtain manufacturers. Rakul Preet Singh, Kanika Dhillon, Kabir Duhan Singh, among others, asked people to buy at least one bag from the knight to help him get on with his life.

A heartbreaking photo of Ashok Singh, a Kurla resident and father of two, taken by Mirror photographer Sachin Haralkar broke people’s hearts. In it, Singh was seen collapsing into a divider at Kings Circle, exhausted with endless problems as the rain wreaked havoc on his already hard life. Singh had opened his vegetable shop for the first time in four months after being driven into poverty during the confinement, but the rain and cyclonic winds wreaked havoc, forcing him to close it once again and walk home. from Bhendi Bazaar to Kurla.

2020 proved that nothing can stop people from achieving what they want if they are determined enough. A 17-year-old girl named Asma Sheikh, who studied for her SSC exams under difficult circumstances, scored 40 percent and was admitted to the prestigious KC College in Mumbai, after her story became the talk of the town. Asma lived on the sidewalk outside Azad Maidan with her family and helped her father sell lemon juice. However, he never allowed his homelessness to get in the way of determination, and he studied under the streetlights to complete his class 10 education. Various political leaders had come forward and extended their help to Asma after his story. went viral, and now she is happily pursuing her studies while staying at the Savitribai Phule girls’ hostel.

When heavy rains hit Mumbai, Kanta Maruti Kalan was forced to open a sewer on Tulsi Pipe Road in Matunga when the water level rose around it, flooding the area. But instead of driving away from the scene, he decided to stay behind and stayed there for seven hours, warning motorists about the open drain so they could avoid it. But the act of self-denial came at a heavy price. Kanta was a flower seller who stayed on the trail outside Matunga station for decades in a makeshift tent with her daughters. When she returned to the trail, everything she owned had been washed away, including the 10,000 rupees she collected to help her daughters attend classes online. Her presence of mind was praised by politicians, locals and police, and people even contributed to the 50-year-old woman as a token of gratitude.

An 85-year-old Pune woman rose to fame with her impeccable martial arts skills in July and even earned the nickname ‘Warrior Aaji’ from her Twitter users. A video went viral in which she was seen lifting two sticks and performing stunts like a pro in the middle of a road, just to earn money for her family members. Locals, who often saw the woman perform in the same venue, commented that her son had been out of work due to the closure and that the elderly were the sole breadwinner for his family now. His lathi-kathi routine gained on the internet and the attention it attracted also came with hands that helped the aaji and their family.

As India observed a one-of-a-kind ‘Janta curfew’ on March 22 to show solidarity with healthcare workers, a 36-year-old woman hitting a plate with a spoon while singing ‘Go Corona Go’ was voted as the ‘Most Enthusiastic Person of 2020’ on the internet. Her video was filmed by her mother-in-law and shared in one of her family groups, but it soon went viral and was shared by hundreds of people on social media platforms.

Due to the pandemic, teachers have been taking classes online while schools and universities remain closed across the country. A video posted on social media by a chemistry teacher from Pune won the hearts of netizens with her DIY tripod. Moumita B shared a video of her taking an online class from her home and wrote: “Since I didn’t have a tripod, I made an Indian Jugaad to take online classes from my home.” What caught people’s attention was the fact that she used a clothes hanger and tied her phone to it. He used a long piece of cloth to secure the hanger upside down with a chair to create a makeshift tripod.

A video of a domestic helper arguing with two guys in Marathi went viral during the confinement. The maid complained that her employers did not pay her Rs 1,800, but the employers claimed that they paid her in full. Then the woman said that she received Rs 1500 plus Rs 300, but could not understand that the total was indeed Rs 1800. Her employers explained that they gave her three Rs 500 bills, one Rs 200 and one Rs 100 bill and the total is Rs 1800. Unable to understand the calculation, he continued to argue further, claiming that he had not been paid Rs 1800. Soon after, #JusticeforKaku caught on with netizens taking the video on a lighter note. An internet section even highlighted the fact that it is important that the country’s underprivileged have at least a basic education to carry out their daily tasks smoothly.

A video of a boy extremely upset and agitated about getting a haircut recently went viral, and people couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the boy’s dilemma. Richa Chadha, Divya Dutta, and several other celebrities raved about the boy’s cuteness and the way he kept scolding the barber. Not to lie, but we all related when the teary-eyed boy asked his hairdresser: “Arey baapre kya kar rahi ho tum?”

Lastly, Binod. No one knows who or what Binod was, but he took the internet by storm with ‘Binod’ as the answer to all questions. However, it only proved one thing: everything that goes viral on the World Wide Web is nonsense.