The year it has been !!

the year 2010 will cum to an end in a few hrs time and wit it cums d end of a decade !!! lukin back at the year, it has been very interesting witnessing both the sparkling moments and also some shameful !! well wonderful and worst moments are like two sides of a coin, de cant b seperated !!

the year began with the world still in recession but some countries lukd to hv come out of it..India meanwhile was progressing on all fronts economically...alongwith China it was the only country to end with positive results...Google faced problems in China and had to pull out of the country den...also who can forget d Wikileaks...one advantage is politicians n odr high officials r now very cautious on watever de r doin, givin speech or ny discussion,etc...entire world is on alert !!! The Barack Obama govt also failed to produce d results in d mid term polls raising questions on his efficiency in administration...The UK witnessed only for d 2nd time a hung parliament in the general elections and finally David Cameron became the Prime Minister...Ireland went into financial crisis and so wer some odr european countries...but the world cud witstand it to an extent...the conditions are improving in US but is still not back to its best...

The year witnessed Barack Obama visit India for d first time in his tenure as President of US...during the visit deals worth millions were finalised benefiting both the countries...It also saw the French president Sarkozy, UK Prime Minister David Cameron visit the country and crack some major deals !!

2010 cud well be titled as the year of 'scams'...it started with CWG and ended wit the 2G scam and the Radia tapes....although CWG was a success lateron, it left a black mark on d nation !! questions arised wedr India can host such games...Aiyar commented that d games r 'irrelevant to the common man' n criticised the govt for sanctioning billions of dollars for the games n said he wud b UNHAPPY if the games wer to finish successful'...Weeks b4 the start of d games, Indian media highlighted the poor consrtuction standards at several of the game venues...many more problems wer faced and now an investigation is being carried out and Suresh Kalmadi is being questioned regarding it...watever happened India finished in a strong 2nd position in the final standings behind Australia and England finished 3rd...who will d forget the Adarsh Society scam which forced then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan to step down...Atleast 21 former bureaucrats are being asked by Maharashtra govt GAD about their involvement in handling the Adarsh file. The Adarsh society flats were originally meant for war widows n der dependents but former defence officers n kin powerful politicians n bureaucrats ended up getting membership...den came d father of all scams- 2G Scam..From the time allegations of misappropriation during the bidding for allocation of 2G spectrum surfaced, till Telecom Minister A Raja's ouster, high drama charged both politics in Delhi and Tamil Nadu.Spectrum scam has cost the government Rs 1.76 lakh crores..raja ignored the advice of the finance ministry, the law ministry and the telecom commission while allocating the spectrum, says the CAG report. Soon came the Radia tapes. Radia was a professional lobbyist n d tapes led to d govt and public accusation that these calls documented planning of the 2G scam along with odr criminal and unconstitutional malpractices. The discussion on dis topic can go on and on....


With dis scams, Congress's position has becum weak and for d demand of the JPC, entire winter session of the parliament was non-functional...BJP and odr parties boycotted the session...so was d position of Dr.Manmohan Singh,prime minister of India, questioned and his influence on d party...even opposition party asked for his resignation....


this was part one of my column 'the year it has been'...
part two tmw....