One more year gone and one to follow...resolutions to be made and broken...bads and goods to be faced anew...but one thing lives on and that is Hope. I am sorry to say that 2008 was a year of major lows, sprinkled here and there with some good times, however.
While Barack Obama's electoral win manifests a triumph over racism, the terror attack in Mumbai is a shame to mankind, politics and religion; while the Sensex dives down to abysmal depths, Abhinav Bindra wins his nation Olympic gold; while Nano rolls out of Singur, West Bengal, depriving the communist territory of a rise in the industrial arena, top cops of Mumbai lay slain for their beloved country and its people.
These incidents have had rippling effects as well. For example, the Sensex meltdown, possibly the worst of all blows, has mercilessly triggered job slashes, salary cuts, an overall downfall of the national as well as international economy and a series of psychological slumps as well. The Mumbai attacks have sacrificed the lives of hundreds of innocents and a number of dedicated professionals (cops and commandos) who laid their lives in defense of their countrymen. Not to mention the floods and famine across the world!
However, despite the loads of bads that people have witnessed in the bygone year, we are ready to hope for a better tomorrow. Natural calamities cannot be averted perhaps but, friends, let us pledge to try and wipe out the evils within us. Let us rise and shine. Welcome 2009.
While Barack Obama's electoral win manifests a triumph over racism, the terror attack in Mumbai is a shame to mankind, politics and religion; while the Sensex dives down to abysmal depths, Abhinav Bindra wins his nation Olympic gold; while Nano rolls out of Singur, West Bengal, depriving the communist territory of a rise in the industrial arena, top cops of Mumbai lay slain for their beloved country and its people.
These incidents have had rippling effects as well. For example, the Sensex meltdown, possibly the worst of all blows, has mercilessly triggered job slashes, salary cuts, an overall downfall of the national as well as international economy and a series of psychological slumps as well. The Mumbai attacks have sacrificed the lives of hundreds of innocents and a number of dedicated professionals (cops and commandos) who laid their lives in defense of their countrymen. Not to mention the floods and famine across the world!
However, despite the loads of bads that people have witnessed in the bygone year, we are ready to hope for a better tomorrow. Natural calamities cannot be averted perhaps but, friends, let us pledge to try and wipe out the evils within us. Let us rise and shine. Welcome 2009.
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