The pandemic year locked them in quarantines but athletes around the world found resilience to call time on people-pleasing and discovered their moral voice to say NO. Gymnast Simone Biles, tennis star Naomi Osaka and Virat Kohli spoke their minds and defied convention. The year also saw athletes discover the full potential of social media – not just the big names but even the hitherto unknowns from small towns became stars in their own right. There were also some breakthrough performances that will stand the test of time. The hockey captain who reawakened a country’s nostalgic pride, a Mumbai-born New Zealand cricketer returned to his roots to create history, a badminton star who finally learnt how to marry art with commerce, and the man who launched his gold-plated javelin to quench a nation’s thirst.
Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra became the most searched-for personality in India in 2021, with Aryan Khan occupying the second spot. Shehnaaz Gill and Raj Kundra were at the third and fourth spot respectively on the most-searched personalities, while Elon Musk rounded up the top-5 list.
Overall, in India, the top 5 searches were: Indian Premier League, CoWin, ICC T20 World Cup, Euro Cup and Tokyo Olympics. Aryan Khan placed 10th in the list of overall top searches in India.
On its official YouTube channel, Google put up a video, and captioned it, “In a year that continued to test many, the world searched “how to heal” more than ever. Whether they're taking care of mental health, honouring a loved one, or reuniting with family, people are finding ways to come back stronger than before.”
The 2-minute video shows the various languages in which people searched for the phrase, “how to heal” — como sanar (Spanish) and cara pemulihan (Indonesian) among others. Some of the other searches included, “will there be another lockdown”, “how to take care of your mental health”, “how to stay strong”, “when can I get the vaccine”, “how to be resilient”, “when can I visit my family”, “stop Asian hate”, among others.
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