Back with a bang!!

Guys have been missing you, its been a year since have blogged - excuses are a lot - blogger blocked at work (doesnt prove that I don't have work at office) and have been working real hard (I am serious, I really am). Was pondering on the things I have done and could have done, suddenly the weight of former looks far less than later.
I could have done so much more this year - could have finished writing my maiden book (I am not kidding, I might create the magic that Mrs Rowling has done) or could have proposed marriage to my girlfriend (in dreams!!) or maybe, could have attended wedding of the year (Abhishek - Aishwarya, had my brothers wedding date not clashed with his), could have met Amitabh Bachchan and asked him how it feels BigB?
But I guess that is the case with time. Once you travel pass some event in your life, try as hard you may, but you just can not get back to it. Yes, at times, you think you have got closer to a previous object - but if you look at it very intricately, it is all surreal.
This year had loads to offer too - both to me (personally and professionally) and otherwise. Personally.. ahem..there is no point. Those who are interested already know, others, knowing my life is not fun always. Unless you are a big "Bigg Boss" fanatic!!
Yes, television became bigger and more "real" this year!! Bigg Boss entered my bedroom - revealing what happens in others bedrooms, shows how girls bitch. Some lil' kids became Champs. Diwakar, Sanchita and Sameer became established singers; and Ravi Kissen suddenly became a national star (tearing beyond the regional hero tag).
Films sequeled too, hits were remade and how :o!! And then, there were some brilliant originals like Bheja Fry (I agree was a copied french movie, but then how many movies in India are "inspired" by foreign movies), Metro, Guru and Chak de. Of these, methinks, Chak de takes the cake. Not to forget "Sivaji" became a national issue.
The economy boomed this year. India's economy is on the hinge of an ever escalating growth curve. With positive indicators such as a stable 8+ per cent annual growth, rising foreign exchange reserves of close to US$ 166 billion, a booming capital market with the popular "Sensex" index topping the majestic 13,000 and 14,000 mark and eventually dropping back, the Government estimating FDI flow of US$ 12 billion in this fiscal, and a more than 22 per cent surge in exports, it is easy to understand why India is a being tagged as the "economy to watch out for". 44% of Top 100 Fortune 500 companies are present in India. Hutch sold out; Tata buys out Corus, is bidding for Jag and Mittal does the same on Arcelor - suddenly there is too much of India in the global scene. Who said that too much of something is an overdose?
Not to talk about Politics, think I have started detesting Congress and never used to like BJP, so from now onwards will support Laloo. :D. India got its first lady prez, US might get lucky as well. Dr. Kalam back to his roots, a man who will always get utmost respect from me.
A couple of blasts in hyderabad. Shocking scenes, hoax calls everyother day in Hitec city - worse we are checked in our office as if we are criminals - its for our safety. Hope peace prevails!!. Suddenly, drugs became a national issue courtesy Mr.Mahajan Jr. Suddenly, farmers committed suicide in Maharshtra, girls continued getting gang-raped in Delhi, innocent people got killed in Kashmir and women in Bombay kept getting stabbed while the politicians kept gaping helplessly. As they say, some things just don't change.
The biggest draw this year was probably the legal and the administrative system in the country. Systems which have been drawing flaks since inception, finally delivered - delivered justice. The list of convicts every year is endless but this year was an exceptional year. The society stood up and applauded the system which, for so long, has been touted as the "Protector of the high and mighty". Manu Sharma was convicted; so were Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan; Abu Salem; Monica Bedi (only to get released later); Santosh Singh, Navjyot Singh Sidhu; Shuibu Soren and so on. At no time in the history of the India legal system, there have been so many high-profile people (read: Celebs) who have been convicted in one go. Kudos to all members of this re-invented system - except, probably one near-senile lawyer, who continues to embarrass the whole system and the nation.
Indian sports also went through a lot of turmoil. Tennis stars won the sets and the matches and the female cricketers shone brilliantly.
A captain dropped from the squad; a couple of wins; a series of losses and the captain is reinstated his place in the team, coach made the scapegoat. Others not ready to coach Team India, management find an aged yet astute ex-cricketer as manager - wins its first ever test series in the last 26+ years. That is more or less the story of an inglorious year of Indian cricket. Indian hockey - national sport, did we hear the name except for in Chak de and football became a national disgrace. Badminton, chess and table tennis - what are they, anyway? As they say, some things just don't change.
Worldwide, sports had its share of ups and downs. Shane Warne, Ian Thorpe, Andre Aggasi and Micheal Schumacher bow out; Aussies won the WC again; ManU lifted EPL, Kumble's century :D and some new finds like Hamilton (tho I still like Kimi), Robert Kubica, Piyush Chawla, etc.
But debatably, the biggest phenomenon this year in the world scenario was the "Orkutisation" of the world. Would you not agree??
A long blog has come to an end, think I will be a frequent visitor in it and would appreciate comments from people to make it better. Thoughts are still lingering in my mind, better keep them for sometime later, its already 0130 in India. Better I push off to sleep, before I start another day of my life tomorrow. Cheers!