Cheers to the New Year!!

We are about to bid a final bye to Year 2011 as the sun sets on yet another year. All Indians will remember this year for the glorious win in the ICC Cricket World Cup championship. It had been the dream of a billion people and finally the dream has been realized.

However, Year 2011 will be remembered in history as the year of protests. Be it the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa or Occupy Wall Street in US, people have demonstrated they will no longer be mute spectators. Even India witnessed demonstrations and protests across the country as the people responded to the call from Anna demanding for stronger legislation and enforcement against endemic political corruption in the form of a strong Lokpal Bill.

In a few hours from now, Year 2012 will take possession of the clock of time. It will usher in the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months. Tomorrow is a new day, another chance for us to get it right. We cannot go back and make a brand new start but we can always start afresh and make a brand new end. Cheers for the new year and another opportunity to make a new beginning!!