2009 : A Year of HOPES

As long as we have hope
we have direction
and energy to move
and the map to move by
We have a hundred alternatives
and a thousand paths and infinity of dreams
Hopeful,
we are halfway to where we want to go
Hopeless, we are lost forever.

The year 2008 is ending on a somber note, what with the lingering, chilling memories of 26/11 Mumbai terror carnage and the unprecedented meltdown in the global economy, ever seen in recent memory, since the Great Depression still fresh in people's minds. The images of these two monumental happenings will continue to haunt the whole world for quite a long time to come. While the ever vibrant city of Mumbai was again on its feet within a few hours of mayhem unleashed by the merchants of death from across the border, as has happened in the past, the economic crisis is assuming catastrophic proportions every passing day and experts assert that the worst is still to come and what that will be nobody knows...

The old order changeth, yielding place to new...Barack Obama created history by becoming the 1st african american president elect in the USA ever. Its d Nuclear Age... India and US inked a historic nuclear deal after over three years of tortuous twists and turns, they also widened their horizons, looking far beyond a dramatic transformation of their bilateral relations. Whodunnit??... Aarushi Talwar's murder on 14 May can be termed as India's biggest murder mystery( atleast d media termed it so ) . End of Mush's Raj... Pervez Musharraf on Aug 18 announced his resignation as President of Pakistan under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.Raj's raj continues...The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) continued their agitation under the leadership of their party chief Raj Thackeray against the north Indians who had migrated to Mumbai.

Its not all. If I continue to go on jotting down the highlights of 2008, then I would have to take a special permission from Google inc. to increase the present size limitation of a post in Blogger (You can laugh) . The year 2008 was like a glass of concentrated lemon juice ( lemon emphasizing the lows and the water a few highs) . But nevertheless, the year has ended (finally) and as everyone is hoping for 2009 to be a turn around, so am I... C u