For me 2016 has been a heart-wrenching year. Death has visited me and others I knew or didn’t. Here’s a look into a year I’m glad is behind me
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I lost my wife to illness this year. It was the single biggest event in my life since I was born. But this column marks the end of 2016 and it isn’t, for me, a place of regret or sorrow. It’s a year that marks my ability to hold back the tears, keep my chin up and move forward with purpose and determination. My Arti would be proud.
But as I look back on my columns this year, I find Death very much a big player. Here are the columns that you all read most of all this year.
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 "2016: A dramatic year")
 "Charlie Kirk, shot dead in Utah, once said gun deaths are 'worth it' to save Second Amendment")
 "From governance to tourism, how Gen-Z protests have damaged Nepal")
 "Did Russia deliberately send drones into Poland’s airspace?")
 "Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages: Qatar PM after Doha strike")
 "Charlie Kirk, shot dead in Utah, once said gun deaths are 'worth it' to save Second Amendment")
 "From governance to tourism, how Gen-Z protests have damaged Nepal")
 "Did Russia deliberately send drones into Poland’s airspace?")
 "Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages: Qatar PM after Doha strike")
