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"World is flat" is the title of Thomas Friedman's book, which describes the booming world of BPO industry in India and China.World is flat as your power of vision gets minimized when we try to look as far as possible.Year 2006 was a hotch potch of "kabhi khusi kabhi gam".In India the sensex didn't touch 15000 mark.Iraq burned into civil war and the death toll rose upto 650000 since the invasion .Hajj took place in the ending of year, Saudi Arabia spent more than one billion for reconstruction to avoid the deadly stampedes that have been taking place from past few years.From songs to cartoons, Zidane's headbutt was highlighted more, than "Viva Italia". Tsunami is being forgotten slowly. Jessica Finally got justice after tons of midnight candles were burnt on the streets.Thousands of Indians are socializing on Buyukkokten's 'Orkut'--"i want to be friends"

So what kept the Bangaloreans busy in the dying moments of this year.well protectors of culture renamed the city's name as "Bengalooru", then why to shy away in changing the names of local places in the city, like Residency road was renamed as Field Marshal Cariappa road, Double road as Kengal Hannumanthaiah road. One more please! Infantry road as Bhagwan Mahaveer road .Rest check it out yourself.
Police harassment became a hot topic after fashion Guru Prasad Bidapa's Son Adam Did some " Batameezee" with the police .While Gowdagiri continued when CM's son Nikhil Gowda rammed his Hummer or porsche( Acc. to Newspapers) after a brawl with the hotel employees.

It was a year of Film Censorship imposed on me by some divinely power as i missed the big shots like "Don, Casino Royale, Da Vinci Code, The Departed,Ice-Age: the melt down,Dhoom2,KANK and loads and loads of movies, "Oh Boy what a blunder"Even couldn't watch the evening Doordarshan News, because Black and white Televisons have become extinct and new High Definition televisions have hit the market. Like in a video game my stages of sleep also changed as sometimes i slept on the new Sofa Set, sometimes on the new carpet and finally on the new mattresses. All thanks to J.C .

But a question also arose "J.C ko neend kui nahi aati? He did lot of night escapes to the terrace as if he were in NY inside Empire state Building. Maybe looking at the planes which will take him to his destination or in a vain pursuit to count the stars or just trying to communicate with god.This year my grandpa also passed away."Hope you are doing well in heavenGrandpa". Sorry! could shed only few drops of tears, maybe i have grown up.Gone are the golden days when we used to go for long evening walks , while we used to discuss politics, history and philosophy of life. Your last words to me will always inspire me. I also Joined a newspaper organization(Tabloid) and did lot of Chimpanzee stuff, which you call as Journalism.

India kept debating on Capital Punishment issue.It became the same old issue, which came first, the hen or the egg?Helmet rule suddenly popped up in Bangalore and finally it was imposed.Police got another excuseto earn "heavenly money' while newspapers got another reason to write"Xyz died, because he was not wearing the helmet".

Mallika Sherawat came to Bangalore, did some "Matka Jhatka's" or item number in front of the Vidhan Soudha and earned 40 lakhs for one song .Highest amount paid to an item number till date.Followed by front page coverage. While in Vidharba, a Cotton region , number of Farmers are committing suicide every day due to heavy debts.

FM stations popped up in a bulk.They helped in controlling the neverending traffic of Bangalore. Besides that, Launch of one Local Language FM gave entry to number of Local language FM stations. Some talk in local langauge but play english numbers, some play only hit songs, both Southy and Northy songs and others only southy.."Hum ko Hindi nai Aata"

Bangalore is suffering power crises these days.It is in a fix, whether BESCOM should buy power for 200 crore per month from other states or just resort to load shedding

Millions of un employed graduates moving here and there in search of jobs.SRk hosting the KBC.Night owls working in the BPO's.Many will break the 11.30 deadline on new years eve in Bangalore.Thousands of people cheering at Times square on New year's eve. Abc killed in a blast in Kashmir.The gavel of the judge hits the desk, Saddam is hanged and buried in his native village.Back in Kashmir people didn't opt for "HARTAl" or any protest on Sadddam's hanging as they were busy with EID-shopping!

Hope peace and prosperity is hidden in the pipeline for the year 2007, SALAAM