I was astound by the question asked by my coworker " so really they destroy the eyes of poor kids in India" and my 2009 started with questions like these, thanks to slumdog millionaire. The movie won the Oscars, and i was bombarded with some more questions like why rich Indian people doesn't help these poor kids and again i had no answer.
The year 2009 was indeed the most happening year of the decade so many things happened that almost everybody says this year was really short. News which i think was most amazing was when Barack Obama took oath as president of United States of America, he became president not because he is black but because he is an intelligent and strong leader.When i watched people crying with joy was definitely the moment of the year.
Elections happened in India as well, once again we got stuck with the same coalition government with lots of old leaders and their relatives. we are worlds largest democracy, but is quantity better than the quality? By year end, we have more issues than ever, climate change, rising food prices, lawlessness and not to forget the nation which wants to divide like never before. I personally think that when we have a bigger population it is always better to have a good number of multiple systems or provinces. But unfortunately in India the divisions are to achieve the political gain not for people's welfare.
But not all the things were bad, decriminalization of same sex relations and easier adoption laws made the supreme and high courts again a winner just like last year when RTI was worth to talk about.I became a fan of 'pink chaddi campaign', showing that please do not decide everything for women we do possess our brains. Nandan Nilekani, who wrote 'world is flat' will be doing the biggest task of the century by issuing the unique identity cards to all Indians that is 1.2 billion people.And certainly not to forget AR Rahman, when he won two academy awards same night.
The year was so full of events, MJ is gone forever, so is the clean image of Tiger Woods, media became more sensational news pro by showing stories like balloon boy , back home i am sure prime time stories on celebrities and Rakhi sawant.White house had party crashers, Canadian prime minister appeared on indian dance show!!!
I want to wish everyone a very happy new year, and lets try to make this world better in 2010. By the way my funniest story of this year is surely of Mr N D Tiwari, i think viagra finally got the right brand ambassador.
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2009 just flew away esp the second half.but it did leave a great impact.a well compiled ptece with amazing variety of info and i loved the pink chaddi campaign.had no idea it existed... all the best...waiting for next
ReplyDeletethanks aditi, pink chaddi was started after Bajrang dal harassed girls in manglore bar, I hate to say this but India can not acheive the developed country's status till the time all women will not be able to enjoy the kind of freedom their counterparts enjoy in the west.
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