2008, a requiem

2008 is going to replace yet another year, 2009. Speaking generally it's not a major event as years go by leaving only certain memories, some for individuals and many for nations, communities and even the world. 2008 has been eventful as will be discussed by people who interest in keeping a record of events at personal as well as community and national level. Since I'm not interested in keeping such records I leave the exercise to those who have sharper memory than me. As for me the year has been more distressing than smooth going. It got along some events that would have lasting effects than the rest. As for our country the administration proved too slack to control the avoidable events. The common man suffered enormously for the lack of effective security infrastructure that resulted into terror attacks on unsuspected innocent citizens. As usual corruption, the multifaceted dragon ate into the vitals of this society and damaged the democratic infrastructure at the hands of the criminal politicians and govt officials. Let us welcome the coming year with good fanfare and hope some improvement over and above the going year that is 2008.