Ending on a "high" note
It has been a roller coaster year by all standards.The indian sensex roared to 20,000 last Jan and ended the year tamely -50%. the big economies are facing recessionary times. huge corporate houses and financial institutions - once success stories and the envy of many - bit the dust. strife continued to rip apart the fabric of life in iraq, afghanistan, kenya, and sudan to name a few... mumbai was the target of a spectacular planned terrorist strike on 26/11.
but are we optimists or pessimists?
within the month the taj and trident were up and running. the mess we find ourselves in may force us to introspect. a wonderful piece i came across in the 'Economist" put across the truth pithily - wall street privatising the profits and now wanted the debts to be public. we need to be governed by equitable principles and while capitalism has weathered the test of time compared to other models of economy and the 'filter-down'/'trickle-down' seems to have worked wonders for millions around the globe the fear still remains that the yawning gap between the have and have-nots seems to worsen rather than bridging the divide. history shall revisit us time and again if we fail to learn its lessons.
on a personal note-I went running on New Year's Eve. Aprrox: 8.6Kms and then came home to cook a killer Pasta with red wine and fondue. throw in watchin 'The Darjeeling Express' with close friends and then really wanting to sleep! can it possibly get better? It did... played an excellent game of tennis the next day and had some really interesting cases lined up at work. all's well that ends well.
but are we optimists or pessimists?
within the month the taj and trident were up and running. the mess we find ourselves in may force us to introspect. a wonderful piece i came across in the 'Economist" put across the truth pithily - wall street privatising the profits and now wanted the debts to be public. we need to be governed by equitable principles and while capitalism has weathered the test of time compared to other models of economy and the 'filter-down'/'trickle-down' seems to have worked wonders for millions around the globe the fear still remains that the yawning gap between the have and have-nots seems to worsen rather than bridging the divide. history shall revisit us time and again if we fail to learn its lessons.
on a personal note-I went running on New Year's Eve. Aprrox: 8.6Kms and then came home to cook a killer Pasta with red wine and fondue. throw in watchin 'The Darjeeling Express' with close friends and then really wanting to sleep! can it possibly get better? It did... played an excellent game of tennis the next day and had some really interesting cases lined up at work. all's well that ends well.
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