“I know this Post is not relevant here but the best new year message I got from a Friend.”, again do not know the source but was really worth sharing

Leap Year 2008 comes to an end – an eventful, tumultuous year in which all hell broke loose- a year many of us would like to erase from our memories but a year which historians would not allow us to forget.

As I try and recollect the important events of 2008 the following flash in my mind:

It was a year in which BSE Sensex scaled 21000 and also came below 8000.

It was a year in which crude touched US$ 150/barrel & then fell to US $ 30/barrel

It was a year in which financial heroes turned to zeroes. Institutions like Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Bear Sterns, Merrill were forced to bite the dust with many collapsing like pack of cards.

It was a year in which credit/ economic crises gripped the world and USA went on an over-drive of nationalizing the key industries.

It was a year in which Fed Reserve and Bank of Japan cut interest rate to zero.

It was a year in which USA for the first time in their history elected an Afro-American as the President.

It was a year in which China hosted the Olympics and also faced one of the worst earthquakes.

It was a year in which Bindra won the first individual gold medal in Olympics and did India proud. It was also the year in which Dhoni & his team had a dream run in Cricket.

It was an year in which India faced terrorist attacks in cities like Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi culminating in the worst form of terror attack in Mumbai with Tajmahal & Oberoi – two landmark hotels of Mumbai being under seize leading to several innocent lives being lost.

It was a year in which the sight of smoke billowing from the tower of Tajmahal Palace Hotel telecast continuously for 60 hours by the Indian electronic media aroused the educated & elite from their slumber and they cried in unison: “enough is enough”!

It was a year in which another Indian beauty came close to winning the coveted Miss World title.

It was a year in which an Indian spaceship landed on the moon.

It was a year in which Singh became the king – whether it was Manmohan, Jaspal, Yuvraj , Harbhajan or Akshay Kumar.

With 2008 behind us, let us welcome 2009 with open arms with new hope for a better world & better times ahead!

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