I have been reading quite a bit over the weekend. Newspapers, magazines, news channels are full of people predicting the future. Astrologers crystal gazing what the new year beholds, experts propounding if and how the global economy is going to turnaround. Frankly, I am quite exhausted at the end of year. Exhausted by the avalanche of events that took place and tired of listening to zillions of bright men and women who thought they knew how stock markets, economies and politics around the world are going to unfold in 2009. Not one, got it right. Not one was even close to getting it right. Let me offer you five events that happened in 2009, that you had no clue about in 2008:
- Did you know Barack Obama would become President? Ok fine, you knew he was in the running by late 2008.
- Did you know Satyam was one big lie? Did anyone even remotely hint at the possibility that Ramalinga Raju could be a scamster?
- Did you know that the Indian automobile sector posted its best ever year in a year of global "slowdown"?
- Did you know that the Indian cricket team was going to become the best test team in the world?
- Did you know Tiger Woods would stop playing golf because he would be caught in a another ball game with his pants down?
So I am unable to trust the fellows who offer me an opinion about the future.
I dont know about you, but I am signing off 2009 by borrowing a powerful thought from that wonderful movie, 3 idiots. Aaal Izz Well, my friend, Aaal Izz Well! 2010 here I come!
