New Year is here......!!!!

Oh now, come on.. smile please.. :P There is no gloom allowed here now, its all gone and in the past. Now is the time for CHANGE. This is just another of the wishes that the people have for the year gone by.

After 1933, its 2008 that is supposedly that has been taken as one of the most disastrous year financially for the world. With nearly all countries having faced the acute shortage of funds and scams surfacing everywhere. And when it ends with an attack, it is just the end of all the hope one had. The dastardly attack on the beloved Taj Mahal Hotel shook the very foundations of humanity. Apart from having scarred the hundreds in person, these attacks hit the country where it hurt the most. Unprecedented attack which led to the resignation of a Union Home Minister to be followed by the CM, Dy CM of the state. Leaving one and all in a state of shock and disbelief that on top of all the gloom there was more. It was like murphy said " When you think this is the worst, it is just yet to come"

Nevertheless, as some optimists may put it, it just brought the nation to stand up and finally act against the perpetrators of such acts, to bring to book all those involved and not leave any stone unturned to set the record straight.
A period has gone, the government is up in arms and all out against our friend - Pakistan, the beloved land of Jinnah, the part brother which led out this wonderful act of terror. Which spews venom at every instance possible.
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The by gones have to be by gones, and one has to push on. With the Taj in action and having 62% occupancy again, its back to business. But not without the scars seen on everyones faces. But now that the govt is full out to bring things back to normal, there is an effort to infuse enthusiasm in the people. "Please celebrate and forget the year 2008", was what one senior diplomat said before the new year. It means.. leave the sadness behind and start things with a smile.

Oh, I forgot, the placements are also progressing with a couple of companies a week and a trickle of people getting through. But then, what to do but smile. Its a situation when the best of the best are left behind and the ones getting through are doing so with all the lady luck can offer them. At this point in time it feels like let it come on, we would face it all with a smile and we can. I dont know why, i dont know how, but am sure we would be able to sail through this and happily too. Yes there are a few give and takes here and there, but on the whole we are going to be there. Its all like an intuition and seems very improbable yet true at this instance. There are times when there is hope, then happiness when someone else gets through, "Oh come on - he deserved it", and then there is dispair and thoughts of how to tackle the situation.

All in all, lets just get out these things from our heads for the moment, and think of all the new things that are going to happen in this year. Apart from the scores of marriages of batch mates, there might just be some surprise hidden in my life as well - you never know.. :)

Anyways.. Happy new year. Njoy life. Be happy.