DECADE THAT WAS

It is last day of the first decade of the second millennium that started with the Y2K bug scare?

Here is a random list of events during the decade that we lived through.

2000 - world's longest serving elected communist leader Jyoti Basu retires as the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
Former KGB Chief Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia.

2001 - Calcutta officially becomes KOLKATA and Gujarat quake kills over 30,000.
Osama announces the arrival of lunatic terrorists by attacking Twin Towers in New York - the world changes forever!!
US led forces invade Afghanistan.

2002 - A P J Abdul Kalam becomes President of India (one of the best), and New Delhi becomes second Indian city to have a Metro ( Kolkata was the first in 1984).
Sourav Ganguly, arguably the most aggressive captain this country's ever had - announced the arrival of a more confident India when he took off his shirt and whirled it in the air at the Lord's to celebrate a famous win!!

2003 - India loses ICC World Cup finals to Australia.
US led forces begin invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam.

2004 - Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister after the ruling NDA is stunned as Congress led UPA emerges a surprise winner.
The year ended with one of the worst natural disasters when TSUNAMI struck South Asia.

2005 - George W Bush starts second term as US President; Lalu raj ends in Bihar.

2006 - Terror strikes Mumbai commuter trains during busy evening hours.

2007 - India beats Pakistan to win first ever ICC World Cup Twenty20 in South Africa.

2008 - Ratan Tata unveils world's cheapest car NANO at New Delhi Auto Expo and Tata Motors buys two iconic auto companies JAGUAR & LAND ROVER.
Iconic Mumbai sites attacked by terrorists.

2009 - Barack Obama takes oath as 44th US President.
Congress led UPA retains power with clear majority in General Elections.

Foot note - though set up by two Stanford students in 1998, 'GOOGLE' is the phenomenon of the decade.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HAPPIER DECADE AHEAD TO ALL.
LOVE YOU.