India launched the economic reforms and its free market policies in 1991.
PV Narasimha Rao. Who would have thought he would be the man who made the difference!
Today, as I type this on my computer, I wonder how different the 'Indian' world was before that year.
My generation - specifically those born between 1975 and 1983, were probably bang at the center of this. We went through a world where there was only 1 television channel, we have seen a world where there are no mobile phones, where the first cell phones were huge boxes that people paid a fortune to maintain with call rates as high as Rs32 per minute, where we didnt have 24X7 news channels and where we didnt have Pepsi and Coke!
Those are memories that will always stay with me!
Sometimes I wonder what the kids of this century will view the world like. They will probably go to school with a cell phone, have a laptop in high school and the internet would be their lifeline. I wouldn't be surprised if they never found out that apple is also a fruit!
The generation before mine lived a life that was a totally contrast. They worked in offices where there were desks but no computers, there were huge chunks of paper, a person saved enough to buy 1 (okay, a couple for a select few) house through his lifetime. Values were appreciated and money more so.
It would be interesting to see where the twain shall meet, but meet they will someday and someplace!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A new year...a new hope
Happy new year 2009!
Another year gone by..I remember in the 1990's I used to wonder how the years would pass after 2000. It was a momentous year popularly known as Y2K with its share of pitfalls and hypes. Now almost a decade has passed since, I have grown older...(and wiser??!!) and time continues to fly.
Undoubtedly 2009 in the US is the year of Obama. How will he be? How will the african-american's react? A 1000 questions for which we will know the answers pretty soon!
The terror attacks in Mumbai will be the lasting memory that I have of 2008..Unfortunately, it is always that sad events seem to linger longer in the mind than more pleasant ones. I wonder what the reason could be! This was the year of the olympics - the 'Bolt' and the 'Phelps'. It was a great year in cricket for India with MSD showing his prowess. It was a year which just happened in the career of Sachin Tendulkar. Hmm..I wonder what he thinks of time.
With the recession continuing, I wonder what the future has in store for us. Our jobs seem secure at the moment but who knows whats in our destiny - which reminds me of 'Slumdog millionaire'. Finally a film on India that I could proudly classify as world class material. There was a standing ovation in the theatre in NY where we saw it.
Well..enough rambling for today! If you happen to read this and were patient enough to reach here, then I wish you a great 2009! May luck shine where your talent doesn't!
Another year gone by..I remember in the 1990's I used to wonder how the years would pass after 2000. It was a momentous year popularly known as Y2K with its share of pitfalls and hypes. Now almost a decade has passed since, I have grown older...(and wiser??!!) and time continues to fly.
Undoubtedly 2009 in the US is the year of Obama. How will he be? How will the african-american's react? A 1000 questions for which we will know the answers pretty soon!
The terror attacks in Mumbai will be the lasting memory that I have of 2008..Unfortunately, it is always that sad events seem to linger longer in the mind than more pleasant ones. I wonder what the reason could be! This was the year of the olympics - the 'Bolt' and the 'Phelps'. It was a great year in cricket for India with MSD showing his prowess. It was a year which just happened in the career of Sachin Tendulkar. Hmm..I wonder what he thinks of time.
With the recession continuing, I wonder what the future has in store for us. Our jobs seem secure at the moment but who knows whats in our destiny - which reminds me of 'Slumdog millionaire'. Finally a film on India that I could proudly classify as world class material. There was a standing ovation in the theatre in NY where we saw it.
Well..enough rambling for today! If you happen to read this and were patient enough to reach here, then I wish you a great 2009! May luck shine where your talent doesn't!
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