The year that went by... 2013

2013, as it is has been a special year because the world was said to be coming to an end in 2012. So, actually we started this year with a new energy, fresh minds and more conviction. Although everything did not go very well. Here is a review of the year through my eyes. 



The worst man-made mishaps that shook us: 
Hyderabad bomb blast
Naxal attack in Darbha Valley
Muzaffarpur Riots
The rapes taking place everyday in some part of the country or other

I started with the rapes, riots and bomb blasts because no other topics are more important that the fact to see and show how inhuman we are becoming day by day.
Then, starting with politics which is and will always be the hottest topic:

Politicians who made maximum news this year: Arvind Kejriwal, Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav

Newsmaking political incidents: 
A huge statue of Sardar Patel being built and named as The statue of unity.
Lalu Prasad yadav is jailed yet again.
Aam Aadmi Party winning and forming Government in Delhi in their very first year
Lokpal Bill being passed
BJP has historic win at the polls in 5 states
Homosexuality being criminalised by Supreme Court and then the Government condemns it.
Set-top box being made compulsory to watch television
Aadhar Card made compulsory to get cooking gas cylinders


Then we come to sports, we can see some newsmakers in this field:

Sportsmen who made maximum news: Sachin Tendulkar, Vishwanathan Anand, Leander Paes, Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, Ishant Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Sangram Singh 

Newsmaking sports incident:
Sachin Tendulkar retiring from cricket
Vishwanathan Anand loses World Chanpionship
Leander Paes wins the US Open doubles becoming the oldest man to win the title at the age of 40
Sania Mirza broke into the top 10 doubles world ranking.

Then coming to the entertainment section which forms the largest part of the society because it keeps people going:

Best actor in Hindi (female): Rani Mukerji (Bombay Talkies), Sonakshi Sinha (Lootera), Mahie Gill (Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns), Nimrat Kaur (The Lunchbox)
Best actor in Hindi (male): Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag), Irrfan (The Lunchbox), Ranveer Singh (Lootera), Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
Best actor in Bangla (female): Rituparna Sengupta (Alik Sukh), Radhika Apte (Roopkatha Noy)
Best actor in Bangla (male): Soumitra Chatterjee (Roopkatha Noy), Prosenjit Chatterjee (Hanuman.com), Indraneil Sengupta (Mishawr Rahashya), Ritwick Chakraborty (Shabdo)

Films most talked about: Dhoom:3, Chennai Express, Krrish 3, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Bombay Talkies, Ghanchakkar, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Shuddh Desi Romance, Lootera, Raanjhana, Race 2, The Lunchbox, Aashiqui 2, Zanjeer, Bullett Raja, Ek Thi Daayan

Most talked about trailer: Kamasutra 3D

My Top 3 films(Hindi): The Lunchbox, Bombay Talkies, Lootera
My Top 3 films(Bangla): Roopkatha Noy, Shabdo, Chander Pahar

Songs of the year: All the songs of Aashiqui 2, Sawaar Loon (Lootera), Ambarsariya (Fukrey), Lungi Dance (Chennai Express), Nagin (Bajatey Raho)

Now that we have finished the Top 3 fields of discussion, which Indians give most priority: Politics, Sports and Films we can deviate a little to some other things 

Best TVC by any company: Google India, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Prudential, Azva diamonds

Best television shows: Kaun Banega Crorepati, Bigg Boss 7, Mahabharat

Newsmaking game of the year: GTA 5

Newly popular in the social network scenario: Instagram

Most talked about incident regarding cellphones: Microsoft took over Nokia

Most talked about mobile application and games: Whatsapp, Temple Run 2, Subway Surfer

We lost: Rituparno Ghosh, Manna Dey, Farooque Sheikh

Some other Newsmaking incidents: 
Kolkata metro railways increasing fare after more than a decade
Price of onion had record hike.
Value of Indian rupee came down to its lowest ever.
India strikes back at USA for insulting IFS Devyani.
Asharam bapu being arrested



So, however the year 2013 has been. It has been a mixed bag of feelings and personally i had two things coming almost together in my life. I lost someone very very close to me i.e. my grandfather(bhai) and the second incident being i fell in love again and i am patched up with my girlfriend. 

And i became a little more active blogger once again, i had been out of touch during the second part of 2012 till i started blogging again. And i changed my blog URLs too but then again came back to my old URLs.

Hopefully, i will keep getting support from you all.

The year ahead would bring in lots of happiness, love and prosperity in our lives. Be happy and keep everyone happy.



                                 


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