SWAG Se Kar Lo Naye Saal Ka Swagat…..
We
are in the last week of the year 2017 and yet again curtains will be drawn on
this year. Looking back its been a tumultuous year with severe ups and downs.
The Year started off with a surprise electoral win for Donald Trump ..the Maverick , Billionaire Businessman and
presidential candidate of the Grand old Party (GOP) of USA The Republican’s . A
surprise win even for the old hands and political analysts in the USA. An
election which was dominated with caustic Tweets of “Fake News” and mail leaks
for the Hillary Camp which proved to be her nemesis and blew her chances of
being the First Women President of the worlds largest democracy. That too for
the second time since she had to withdraw from the race due to Barrack Obama’s
charisma 4 years back. But 1 year down the line the mood is somber in USA what
with economy not doing to well and doubts in the minds of Heads of Businesses
who supported him during the run up to the election. The US President appears
to be all sound and fury much like our own benevolent leader of India “All
sound and No Action”. Anyways lets hope thing will change for the better in the
New Year 2018. On the other side of the world saw the rise of autocratic
dictator Kim Jong Un in North Korea who nearly took the world on the brink of a
Nuclear escalation with his latest Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM )
with nuclear war head and a boast that he can now hit USA anytime. But on a
brighter side the world political map is changing with most of the Heads of
States in the average age range of 45 , with
Leo Varadkar 38 (Person of Indian Origin – PIO) becoming Prime Minister of
Ireland , Emmanuel Macaron 39 President
of France , Justin Treudue 41 President of Canada , Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, 36 the Emir of
Qatar , Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 37 the fifth king of Bhutan ,
Jacinda Arden 37 President of New Zealand and the youngest being Sebastian Kurz
31 the newly elected President of Austria.
Hope these young leaders take the world economy to new frontiers in the
New Year giving rise to an era of peace and prosperity.
It
was also a year of catastrophic events some man made some due to Climate
change. A series of major storms, including Harvey, Maria, and Irma,
caused unprecedented amounts of damage. Two major hurricanes—Harvey and Irma—blasted the
U.S. coast with winds exceeding 130 miles per hour (mph), and savage Hurricane Maria
rocked Puerto Rico with
winds exceeding 155 mph. Totals are still being calculated, but early
tabulations indicate that the U.S. suffered more than $200 billion worth of
damage from 17 named storms during the season, which began June 1 and ends Thursday,
November 30
Closer
home floods fueled by climate change and unplanned
urbanization have wreaked havoc in India, but authorities are failing to take
notice. This year has
seen the highest recorded rainfall in quite some time. Rainfall records have broken
in different regions of the country, and all over the world. The year has seen
a spate of extreme climate events, and their toll on life and property has been
devastating. India, particularly, has witnessed floods in nine states. Monsoons
this year have been heavy, and the damage caused by flooding unprecedented.
India has seen massive flooding in Bihar, West
Bengal, Gujarat, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Odisha, and
Jharkhand. The city of Mumbai is still under the grip of torrential rain till the end of November, and
the city floods here has claimed 14 lives.
The man made tragedies alos made headlines , one
being the massacre at Las Vegas due to a
shootout by a Lunatics spraying bullets from the hotel premises on the
common people and visitors at a music show nearby. And in Mumbai there was the stampede
at Elphinston Railway Station bridge , a chaos and confusion created by rain ,
mis-understanding and over crowding . a tragedy in which 23 lives were lost.
On the brighter side some news came in with a
little surprise and brought a smile on ones lips , take the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav the alleged RAW agent
and branded a spy imprisoned in Pakistan being allowed by the Pakistan
government for a family meeting with his wife and mother in the jail. A long
overdue gesture after India’s leading Legal representative firmly arguing his
case in the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) against the forcing the Pakistan Government to put off his
death sentence. And the silver lining being Justice Dalbeer Singh being elected in a closely fought election
in UNGA and becoming the Chief Judge of
ICJ.
On the sports front Indian Athletes shone on the
International scene . India showed its
best performance ever in the Asian Athletic Championships clinching a total of 29
medals including 12 Golds. India finished on top of the medals tally ahead of
China and Khazakstan. The championship was dominated G Lakshmanan winning mens 5000mts and 10000mts run and protégé’s of
PT Usha namely P U Chitra winning Gold
in women’s 1500mts and Dutee Chand
winning bronze in 100 mts. A big come back by India’s best known Womens
pugilist MC Mary Kom winning a Gold
at the Asian Womens Boxing. A feat unmatched by any , Having been away from the boxing ring for a long period, the 34-year-old
mother of three has returned to her favored 48kg category after five years. The
gutsy lady from Manipur won her 5th Asian Championships gold.
And finally 2 events that made the
headlines and which were a surprise , 1 was the much talked about and trended wedding of the year of Virat and Anushka
being branded as #VIRUSHKA in a
fairy tale type ceremony in Tuscany , Italy. The other being icing on the cake
of Manushi Chhilllar winning the Miss World crown after 17 years last being won
by the Bollywood icon Priyanka Chopra.
Manushi Chhillar a medical student, was crowned
Miss World at a glitzy event in a Chinese resort on Saturday, making
India country the joint-most successful in the beauty pageant’s history. Chhillar
is the 6th Indian winner of
the long-running contest, following in the footsteps of Bollywood actresses
Priyanka Chopra and Aishwarya Rai. Aishwarya had bagged the title in 1994,
followed by Diana Haydon in 1997, Yukta Mookhey in 1999 and Priyanka in 2000,
the last for India. Chillar’s win brings India level with Venezuela as the
countries with most victories in the history of the pageant, now in its 67th
edition.
So
going into the new year 2018 lets hope and pray the coming year is as eventful
and surprises but more positive than negative. As they say Hope and Love is
what makes the World go Round. So here’s
wishing more hope and more love be filled in all our hearts and let the New
Year bring Happiness and Joy to all the families of my readers….
A
spin on the latest Salman Khan Bollywood trending song from Tiger Zinda Hai - “ SWAG se Karenge Sabka
Swagat” , I would say SWAG se Karenge
New Year ka Swagat……
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