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This is just for the sake of blogging- just to keep my page alive. It is almost two months since I last blogged and due to a reasonably busy schedule at office with lot of outstation tours and an element of laziness that seems to have crept into me, blogging took a backseat. And since around new year I was away, I could not wish my Iland friends a happy new year through this medium. It just occured to me that I should blog something to keep my page alive.

First of all A belated but still relevant

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to all of you. May this year be the one in which all your dreams come true.

Last year like any other year had its highs and lows. Personally I lost my father last year March. I realised his influence in me much more after his death. Healthwise also it was not a good year for me. But otherwise it was fine.

For the citizen of the Universe, it was a nice year- we ventured into Moon- establishing our technical capability. Probes landed in Mars and found real evidence of subsurface water. May be future missions will reveal whether there ever was life on that planet.

For India, it was not typically good year. We had the Kosi river tragedy, a series of bomb blasts in various indian cities, culminating in Mumbai siege. Even with clearcut evidence , we seems incapable of doing anything. Ofcourse we are not Israel and I don’t feel it right to follow Israel example. For the Jewish state it is the question of survival , not for us and no sane man can support the inhuman attitude of Israel towards Palestine. But we always fail to impress upon the international community to take strict action against the neighbouring terrorist heaven called Pakistan. Initially it always  appears that the international community is with us only to discover later that they are bothered only about themselves and make contradicting statements according to convenience while on either side of the border( if they visit one, they invariably visit the other also). It seems we may have to live with this menace.

As always, global warming remained one of the serious problems - and still remained just that- a serious problem. This year the leaders gathered at Poland and discussed causing more greenhouse gas emission ( through travel and power consumption at venues) without any clear policy and way forward. This is one menace we all acknowledge but are reluctant to counter. And probably it will remain  this way  in 2009 as well unless Barack obama takes a 180 degree opposite stand to Bush- but will the Industry lobby allow him that liberty?

Last year also saw the emergence of Hindu terrorism which even further cemented by belief that religion is essentially bad. (If you believe that Malegaon is fabricated vote bank politics,- I also do have my doubts-  still what happened at Khandamal is nothing short of terrorism). Religion  never teaches you true love. The love it preaches is conditional and conditional love is hate disguised as love. It thrives on fear. Many may be disturbed and critical of my statement, but this is my firm feeling. Let me hold on to it. Detailed explanation may need many more pages of blogging.

And today astronomers at Max Plank Institute announced that Our Milkyway galaxy is almost 50% more massive than initially thought - at about 280 billion times the mass of our Sun. Also it is moving at a much higher speed of almost a million Kmph and the headon collission with andromeda galaxy will happen earlier than expected which will eventually vanquish both. Don’t worry it will still not happen in another seven billion years. In astronomy, the figures are always truly astronomical in nature.

Finally let me once again wish you all  a Bright -and more relevant at this moment - a Peaceful New Year.

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