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New year is a time for celebration.. Fun & frolic. Party,
feast & dances.. a time to welcome the New year with pomp & splendor..For
some it’s a time for Memories & dreams.. Memories of all the times gone by
both good & bad, happy & sad.. Dreams of all the times yet to come,
plans yet to be implemented, hopes to be materialized..  a time to celebrate together..

For a few it’s a time of memories of different kind..
Memories of togetherness, of the good times spent with friends & family..
Memories that a soldier reminisces of while on duty in battlefield, memories
that a driver thinks of while carrying people & goods to their  destination, memories that haunt a doctor while
on duty on the 31^st night, or the policeman on watch on the new year’s
eve.. for these,  the new year’s eve
brings the realization of the priceless joy of having families & friends
together  and the hope that sooner they
too will also be together with their loved ones..  

For some other few it’s a different time.. it’s a time to
fight for survival against bitter cold, poverty & hunger.. it’s a time to
hold on to the shivering children in the bitter cold, a time to promise them
for better food, a time to hope for a better tomorrow that will bring
employment, education & equality..  a
time  when poverty wouldn’t force anyone
to become a burglar or beggar, when hunger wouldn’t force anyone to kill
another..

Sarve’ bhavantu sukhinah, sarve’
santu niraamayaah

Sarve’ bhadrani pashyantu, maa
kashchit dukh-bhaq bhavait

May everyone be happy, may
everyone be disease free,

May goodness abounds everywhere, may
suffering affect none..

Wish you all a very happy new year..