Welcome 2015

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I am a new year person. I believe that new year is not just any arbitrary date but indeed an opportunity to resolve new and change the way one lives. You can tell that by looking at the date for the previous blog. New year 2015 is helping me break my long silence here.

So what was 2014 like? A disaster for the airline industry of course(although I read somewhere that apart from the 4 major crashes the overall safety standard in the airline actually went up in 2014 - what does that nonsense even mean?). Insane from a geopolitical perspective as well - Russia, ISIS, Pakistan.
But for India it was landmark year. With Modi's never-seen-before quality of ascension to the top elected post in India, the politics has changed. For a die-hard AAP supporter like me it wasnt particularly a great news but if you followed some or all of my posts on facebook you could imagine biting the bullet wasnt so hard for me. I was for India first and party later. In AAP i found a vehicle that i thought could replicate what Joko Widada had achieved in Indonesia. Although Jokowi (as he is popularly known) is yet to deliver concrete progress at the country level, he has made a significant impact in Jakarta and is a very good bet for the country.
In any case the 2014 Lok Sabha elections have changed the face of Indian politics for at least the near future.
In sports Germans very deservedly lifted the football cup and the great Indian captain bid adieu to a task that most Indians believed he was the most suited for.
All in all there was limited good news in 2014, more disasters but I hope you personally are better off at the end of it.

What does 2015 hold for us? Hopefully India wins the world cup again. Hopefully Modi will be able to able to deliver on some if not all of his promises. Hopefully the airline industry will have a much better record and hopefully the geopolitics will stabilise. Hopefully ISIS will recede and will be brought to justice.

I plan to travel more and read more. I plan to find a new interest and hopefully listen to all of Bob Dylan songs - Feel free to recommend.

Hopefully you will be successful in achieving whatever targets you have set for yourself.

I wish you a very happy new year.




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