…….getting noted into the scripts of the historians, the year 2007 will certainly find its place in the top where the events of this young millennium will be written. To begin with….in fact to end with the year, the world lost another prominent and radiant of its leaders Mrs. Benazir Bhutto in her ruthless assassination by the terrorizing and communal forces of the world, giving democracy and peace a setback.
Mrs. Bhutto was a light, a hope for the struggling Pakistan, a hope for the whole world. To save Pakistan’s smothering society, to retain its peace, to make the dream come true of those millions of citizens of Pakistan who are looked down upon, considered terrorists by the world when there nationality is revealed, Benazir returned after her 8yrs of exile when she had nothing to lose or nothing to gain. But once again, the extremists were successful in muffling the voice of that ‘iron women’ whom they considered no more than a vulnerable female who should have been restricted to the dark confinements of ‘purdah’ and not to enter the male dominated politics of male dominated muslim society.
Another flame of hope to furbish the polluted politics of Pakistan has been quenched. The new year will certainly bring changes unexpected or unthought for Pakistan and the world whose eyeing upon it.
Then to talk about the country, we had cherished the year with lot of progress seen by our economy- the 9% growth, the 20k landmark crossed in sensex and a lot more;even when a part of our country was facing stringent struggle for its rights to live, to speak, and to retain its land as of the events that took place in Nandigram and Singur.
To talk about the goodies first, we had a boom in our economy with a stiff growth of about 9% which, even with some ripples in the world economy, continued to flourish, no matter whether it be american economic crisis, rise in crude oil prices, or equal competence with China. Rupee saw an all time high appreciation of 39.2/- a dollar, inflation saw an all time low for few years of around 3.06.
We brought with us a lot more, our companies domestic or overseas, marched with excellence, fluttering their success pennants in the world by mergers and acquisitions, some very huge as that of Mittal-Arcelor or Tata-Corus and so on.
Then there was,this mantra of CHAK DE INDIA that seemed to work not just in the field of hockey, with a men and women title, but also the 20-20 world cup tournament win, the asia-cup football league and a lot more to come yet.
This year, our borders with Pakistan, the Kashmir people saw less bloodshed than it could have. But,this was compromised by the violence within our country. The Maoists, naxals continued to mark their presence as the 'terrorists within the country'. Rules were altered, governments went to rampage with hundreds of people massacred at Nandigram, more or less like a hitler regime where women and children were slaughtered, raped, abused, thrown out of their hoses and lands by the CPM cadres. Is this what the communism is all about? Or the Marxism? They were the people or the system to be considered to work for the lower classes,the farmers and the peasants. But they exemplified something else.
Then their was this inhuman, callous act that surfaced at Nithari where the deadbodies of children were found each crying out the story of the merciless flesh trade, child molestation, human organ trafficking and everything that we can not imagine to do even with voiceless animals.
Also an year it was.....of unfulfilled obligations..like the Nuke deal which,apart from its unignorable gains and positive aspects, remains under the speculations and opposition by the NDA. The timeline, and also the US patience now seems to run out and if it does, we may lose a handful of opportunity of getting into the broader picture among those developed nations which intend to drag us out of the 'developing' league by offering us a hand.
Hopefully, the new year brings end to all those rising controversies too....like the ones faced by great virtuoso Tasleema Nasreen and M.F. Hussain( he prefers to remain under controversies..!!). Hope there is some positive outcome of the Modi effect in Gujarat and it leads Gujarat out of the 'still haunting' communal riots storiy and ghosts of Godhra....
May India continue to shine brighter and brighter in the year and years to come....
Mrs. Bhutto was a light, a hope for the struggling Pakistan, a hope for the whole world. To save Pakistan’s smothering society, to retain its peace, to make the dream come true of those millions of citizens of Pakistan who are looked down upon, considered terrorists by the world when there nationality is revealed, Benazir returned after her 8yrs of exile when she had nothing to lose or nothing to gain. But once again, the extremists were successful in muffling the voice of that ‘iron women’ whom they considered no more than a vulnerable female who should have been restricted to the dark confinements of ‘purdah’ and not to enter the male dominated politics of male dominated muslim society.
Another flame of hope to furbish the polluted politics of Pakistan has been quenched. The new year will certainly bring changes unexpected or unthought for Pakistan and the world whose eyeing upon it.
Then to talk about the country, we had cherished the year with lot of progress seen by our economy- the 9% growth, the 20k landmark crossed in sensex and a lot more;even when a part of our country was facing stringent struggle for its rights to live, to speak, and to retain its land as of the events that took place in Nandigram and Singur.
To talk about the goodies first, we had a boom in our economy with a stiff growth of about 9% which, even with some ripples in the world economy, continued to flourish, no matter whether it be american economic crisis, rise in crude oil prices, or equal competence with China. Rupee saw an all time high appreciation of 39.2/- a dollar, inflation saw an all time low for few years of around 3.06.
We brought with us a lot more, our companies domestic or overseas, marched with excellence, fluttering their success pennants in the world by mergers and acquisitions, some very huge as that of Mittal-Arcelor or Tata-Corus and so on.
Then there was,this mantra of CHAK DE INDIA that seemed to work not just in the field of hockey, with a men and women title, but also the 20-20 world cup tournament win, the asia-cup football league and a lot more to come yet.
This year, our borders with Pakistan, the Kashmir people saw less bloodshed than it could have. But,this was compromised by the violence within our country. The Maoists, naxals continued to mark their presence as the 'terrorists within the country'. Rules were altered, governments went to rampage with hundreds of people massacred at Nandigram, more or less like a hitler regime where women and children were slaughtered, raped, abused, thrown out of their hoses and lands by the CPM cadres. Is this what the communism is all about? Or the Marxism? They were the people or the system to be considered to work for the lower classes,the farmers and the peasants. But they exemplified something else.
Then their was this inhuman, callous act that surfaced at Nithari where the deadbodies of children were found each crying out the story of the merciless flesh trade, child molestation, human organ trafficking and everything that we can not imagine to do even with voiceless animals.
Also an year it was.....of unfulfilled obligations..like the Nuke deal which,apart from its unignorable gains and positive aspects, remains under the speculations and opposition by the NDA. The timeline, and also the US patience now seems to run out and if it does, we may lose a handful of opportunity of getting into the broader picture among those developed nations which intend to drag us out of the 'developing' league by offering us a hand.
Hopefully, the new year brings end to all those rising controversies too....like the ones faced by great virtuoso Tasleema Nasreen and M.F. Hussain( he prefers to remain under controversies..!!). Hope there is some positive outcome of the Modi effect in Gujarat and it leads Gujarat out of the 'still haunting' communal riots storiy and ghosts of Godhra....
May India continue to shine brighter and brighter in the year and years to come....
4 comments:
nice post dude...............
nice 1 buddy...but u missed on few pts.like failure of nuke deal was due 2 d opposition of communists of d UPA n ofcourse NDA was also opposing it.
Also may be u were 2 critical on d 'purdah' system n 'male dominated muslim community'...
but overall ...it's a gud effort. n gr8 vocab. ...u seem 2 have worked up dude[:)]
dat is nice endeavor .... fren. keep writing ....
Hey...I dint know u were such an articulate writer...Now I get y u hv such meaningful taglines in orkut!!!!
@ comments :-Very beautifully written....especially da Bhutto part!!!
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