Socially distanced people from around the world, working from home amid the coronavirus scare, took to Twitter on Friday and marked the spirit of glee on International World Happiness Day.
The 20th of March became the day of global happiness back in 2006 thanks to Jayme Illien, a former CEO of the “New World Order” project by the UN. Illien conceptualised the idea of the International Day of Happiness in an attempt to infuse the idea of “joy” as a fundamental right and goal of all human beings.
Isolated and quarantined people are sharing the occasion on social networking platforms and making the hashtags #InternationalDayOfHappiness, #WorldHappinessDay, and #HappinessForAllTogether trend over the #CoronaScare that has been ruling Twitter and Instagram for months now.
The coronavirus has infected over 245,000 people worldwide and has caused the deaths of over 10,000 patients, as of Friday morning.
Leaving aside the tension, while some people are sharing their ideas of happiness, others are revealing little things that make them feel better in tough times.
Some people are also sharing videos of their adorable pets and pictures of their favourite food because that’s what keeps them going in critical times.
#InternationalDayofHappiness
— 🅿️radhnesh🎶✳️ (@Pradnyey) March 20, 2020
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”.
These words were said more than 2000 years ago, and they still ring true today because #coronavirus proves that the pursuit of happiness matters! pic.twitter.com/i1UU7iCp00
Think happy, be happy. A great motto to live by at the moment.#happinessforalltogether❤ #InternationalDayofHappiness pic.twitter.com/urqp6XsUHz
— Kajal Aggarwal (@MsKajalAggarwal) March 20, 2020
When u exactly know how to keep yourself happy. #InternationalDayofHappiness q pic.twitter.com/gwsfHL7TiH
— Kshitij Purohit (@kshitijpurohit5) March 20, 2020
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions....#InternationalDayofHappiness #HappinessForAllTogether pic.twitter.com/yHf5fRnfVq
— Vikas Kumar (@VikasMKumarr) March 20, 2020
Happiness served on a plate!#InternationalDayofHappiness #FridayFeeling pic.twitter.com/OOA14CBlM2
— Shyam G Iyer (@shyamiyer99) March 20, 2020
In India, the Twitter celebrations for the International Day of Happiness have doubled because after seven long years of legal battles, four convicts in the infamous 2012 Nirbhaya Gang Rape case were finally hanged at the Tihar Jail in Delhi in the early hours on Friday.
What a Coincidence! Today is #InternationalDayofHappiness and #NirbhayaVerdict r on the same day❤WE all Indians r HAPPY bcs finally the culprits of #nirbhaya r hanged 👍 & they met their fate.I wish it has been done much earlier.
— Shashi{❤Luv u Shona😍❤} (@Shashi86641187) March 20, 2020
Justice delayed but not denied!#NirbhayaCase pic.twitter.com/wtG4NBttr7
Morning started with Good news of #NirbhayaVerdict 🙏 Finally #JusticeDelivered 🙏
— 🦐ଲିମନ/लिमन/LIMAN🐟 (@ChandrakarLiman) March 20, 2020
Celebrating #PakhalaDibasa with #InternationalDayofHappiness ❤️
Lekin aaj sirf itana hin milega due to #coronavirusindia pic.twitter.com/iOKHIDBor6
On behalf of #InternationalDayofHappiness finally #Nirbhaya soul's gets Rest IN Peace by Hanged to be kill death to her Culprits !
— Tabrez Khan (@TabrezK34973035) March 20, 2020
Justice Should be Served at last.!!
#nirbhayabetrayed #NirbhayaVerdict
A 23-year old girl was brutally raped in a moving bus in the national capital of India on 16 December 2012 by six men. The victim succumbed to her grave injuries and died battling for her life. One of the six convicts, one allegedly committed suicide in prison in 2013 and another was a juvenile at the time of the crime and was later released after three years at a correction home.
