Photo by Maria Carrasco on Unsplash By Vaneisa Baksh This story was originally published on Wired868 and is re-published on Global Voices with the kind permission of the author. Of all the festive days in our calendar — and we have so many — the only one that has genuine significance for me is Old Year’s Day. Nothing to do with the expectations and hopes that accompany heralding a new year. I believe that every day is just 24 hours apart from another, and what we make of it is up to us: to either endow it with texture and beauty or bitterly wash it down the drain in the backyard. Life has such…