Monday, January 12, 2009

2008 - Not such a bad year

No doubt, it was a bad year... first oil price hike, inflation, sub prime, top financial companies going bankcrupt, layoffs and then Terror attack... 

but there were atleast 3 things that has made this year truely special. 
1. Chandrayan
2. Olympic Gold medal
3. Golden glode award to and Indian. 

Some might argue that Olympic gold medal is not really an thing to be proud of, as it was purely the result of an individual's effort, capability and of course talent. But in a country of over 1 billion emotional people, it matters a lot. The brilliance of Abhinav Bindra might not change the attitude of the people who can really make a difference, but the moment of trimpuh would remain alive throughout our life time. We will talk abt it while urinating the walls. We will call him our Idol and write essays on him in our school examination. The moment will inspire us, may be not to big things, but just to be happy. 
And who knows, 10 years from now, another Slumdog might just become a millionaire when he would be asked this question " Name the person who one the First individual olympic gold medal for India". 

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