oops too late to post it now
its a summary of year 2005 wrote it b4 but forgot to post
so here it is

KALEIDOSCOPE

“A look back at 2005. Views ranging from cricket to our campus”

2005 had quiet a morose beginning. The aftermath of the tsunami is still fresh in our minds. To add to the woes a killer quake and devastating hurricanes rocked terra firma. Indian metros like Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore have received unprecedented rainfall. Chennai is still reeling under the impact of a spate of cyclones. Unlike the U.S where hurricanes were given feminine names like ‘Katrina’ and ‘Rita’, their Indian contemporaries were given non feminine names and surprisingly the only cyclone that was given a female name ‘Mala’ just turned her back and blew away into the sea.

J.K.Rowling came out with her sixth book, ‘Harry Potter and the half blood prince’. The book has increased the frenzy further, leaving much to be completed in the final book. The movie version of the fourth book Goblet of fire has found a breath of fresh air under a U.K production banner. Rupert Grint playing Ron now has become a potential candidate to play Hagrid and Emma Watson playing Hermione is becoming prettier by the sequel.

Terry Schiavo after being kept alive for 15 years has been administered euthanasia which resulted after an intense court battle between her husband and parents. No wonder the Americans have such high life expectancy. Even a terminally ill person can hold out for fifteen years!!

The concept of an ideal man has changed from a metrosexual (e.g Beckham) to an ubersexual (e.g Gere). However my ideal man is A.P.J and I am still wondering to which category he belongs.

The IIM’s have once again flummoxed test takers in 2005 proving that they are numero uno. The paper had mostly bouncers(2 marks) and a few full tosses but no sitters. People taking CAT this year, just be cautious because many of the 2005 test takers are planning to hit back.

India has become globalised in the true sense. Mallika Sherawat starred with Jackie Chan in ‘The Myth’ and Aish has got a dozen English offers under her belt. Most of the runaway hits in tamil have been adaptations of western novels and movies proving that western stories are selling like hot cakes in a locally flavoured version. E.g Anniyan(‘Tell me your dreams’- Sidney Sheldon), Gazini(‘Memento’) and the big B starrer Ek ajanbi(‘Man on fire’).

One year has passed by without reversal of the CAS(Conditional Access System) as promised by politicians. Chennai has been the lone metro where the experiment has clicked(or has it?). Surprisingly this harsh measure has not met any resistance. This may be due to the pathbreaking success of mega serials with very high TRP’s(to be read as Tear Rating Points).

Khushboo has landed herself in the midst of a maelstrom with her comments on virginity. Now I feel may be this is the right time for her to float a political party like our Captain. We all have a special place for all our Amma’s. So who knows where she might end up.

Indian cricket has had a ……umm interesting year. Sachin has conquered another milestone. New find Dhoni has enthralled millions with his charismatic slogging. The secret of his energy is good old natural milk(not boost). Saurav has had a forgettable year. The apparent Pawar shift(or power) in BCCI has cost him his captaincy as well as a place in the team.

Laloo has atlast been ousted from Bihar after a 15 year long stint. But don’t worry, you won’t miss his witticisms as he is still our railway minister. Eleven innocent MP’s have been caught for doing their job or what they presume it to be. They have been exposed by cobraspot.com accepting money to ask questions in parliament. They have been left high and dry by their respective parties because none of the names figured are big shots.

Our new V.C has stood up to instill some decency and morality in us by certain measures. The speed limit in our campus has been risen to 20Kmph after much deliberations.

Hutch has changed its color from orange to pink though retaining the pug. I’m still wondering why…………

I think this quite sums up 2005 for you. Hope we will have 2006 as exciting as 2005.