2008... the year that was!!!

2008 has been happy, tragic, predictable, surprising. There have been events which were pretty much expected, some were shockers completely unexpected. At the start of the year we had lots of expectations good and bad, practical and unreal, some of these unreal expectations turned true while some seemingly accurate expectations proved to be deceptive. For national and international news 2008 was just another year.

Happy news - Bindra, Arvind Adiga, spectacular Olympics hosted by China.
Tragic - terror strikes in Mumbai, North-East, Delhi, Jaipur.
Expected/predicatable - Financial meltdown(subprime crisis) leading to recession in developed world. Many of its consequences - increased unemployment, lower demand. Continued occupation of Iraq, increase in shortage of food, unemployment, farmer suicides - farm loan waiver as expected did not reach the targeted community. The planet got less green and more clouded with carbon. And all this will continue in future too!!

Unexpected- Obama winning the democrat nomination and eventually the presidential elections. Worlds biggest fin corps become past. Actually may be we werent aware the people in finance pretty much expected this!

On a personal front this year has been very significant besides the regular ups and downs, making and breaking of relationships, pats on the back and upfront abuses, more love and less love there have been two major events which happened and changed my world for ever. I can never forget the night of August 3rd when Nanna just dint sleep because of the pain after his first heart attack in the evening, and the first thing I saw on waking up on November 8th, Nanna the very source of my life departed from our lives. My world will not be the same!!! November 20th I reached a new milestone professionally, made it to ISB, I was as happy as I was sad because I couldnt share the news with "the most important person".(I know he will not accept this because he always said I loved Mummy more than him. :) ) 2008 for you must have been just another year but for me it has been life-changing!!