2008 Round Up

With another year coming to an end, all the newspapers and magazines have started reviewing the year which has just gone by. These days, it is a common sight to see the top and worst moments, books, music etc of the past year in various publications. Therefore, we thought that we should also wind up and move into the New Year. So, here’s a look at the year which has just gone by:-

TOP MOMENTS OF 2008

1.Mumbai Terror Attacks and other terrorist strikes

The heros :
Barkha Dutt for asking clear stance of parties again and again when they said they are with the government on this issue
Media for giving the citizens of India a live commentary and demonstration of how the NSG ( National Security Guards ) act.
Government for showing it is still capable of threatening the terrorists.
Lawyers for refusing to take up Kasab’s case with court.
Arundhati Roy for saying its not serious enough to be called India’s 9/11
Vilasrao Deshmukh for going sightseeing with his son and son’s employer to show them an event of historical importance

2.Economic Recession

The heros:
Civil Servants as their dowry price has gone up drastically in these troubled times.
Investment Bankers for setting up stalls and distributing their resumes for a job.
Housing Loans – for showing why you should not buy beer with them?
Stock Brokers – for freezing recruitment in their firms while sending out resumes for job.

3.IPL

Heros :
Lalit Modi for showing Sir Stanford how to do business in cricket
Shane Warne for showing what he could hae done with Australian team if his SMS’s did not keep getting delivered to wrong people.
Rahul Dravid: for establishing himself as a test player through this tournament.
Preity Zinta – Hey, no rumours on this blog.

4.Abhinav Bindra and Vishwanathan Anand

Heros :
IOC who celebrated their first individual gold medal in 108 years.
Suresh Kalmadi who told that after this medal, nobody can stop India from hosting 2016 olympic games.
Vladmir Kramnik who like always(as he said earlier)let Anand win this time also.

5.American Elections

Heros:
Hillary Clinton – for not giving Bill Gates the chance to interact again with White House interns
John McCain – for showing that memory loss with age is not an incompetency and for proving how Atal Bihari Vajpayee would have also been successful in America
Sarah Palin – for her winks and showing why Sonia Gandhi would not be successful in America.

OTHER MOMENTS WHICH JUST LOST OUT

Launch of Chandrayan-1
State Assembly elections in six states
Lewis Hamilton winning the F-1 driver trophy

WORST MOMENTS OF 2008

1.Himesh Reshamiya’s Karz

There are rumours that his children told him to stop growing his hair and acting like a jerk. It has also come to notice that they took another man to school as their father.

2.Nichole Scherzinger gets committed

It has come to notice that she has missed the opportunity of hooking up some of the most eligible guys on planet Earth who are currently residing in a small town in the deserts of India. These guys are just 2 years yonger than Lewis Hamilton.

3.Tatas pull out of Singur

It has been decided that the first Nano car coming out of the factory will be gifted to Mamata Banerjee. Apart from that, Narendra Modi has requested her help in moving two more projects to Gujarat.

4.Rahul Mahajan kicked out of Big Boss

He deserved the crown for all the humiliation he subjected himself to win this crown. He had been readying himself for shedding his clothes to win female votes in the last stage.

5.Raj Thackrey separating himself from his uncle

His uncle had driven out the southies. He was driving out the northies. Together, they could have driven the entire India out of Mumbai. But, alas it was not to be.

6. Sreesanth crying after being slapped

A new range of diapers is being launched in his name. He has also been chosen as the brand ambassdor of Baby Johnson products ( for showing that in every man, there is a child )