Just as the whole world was reeling up to a recession, the Indian IT industry received a severe jolt when fraud by the owners Ramalinga Raju of Satyam computers was unearthed. A massive loss to the entire software industry was curtailed by brisk actions of many including the regulatory authority. However the company was then taken over by Tech Mahindra and promises were made to keep a great company just afloat.
A huge corruption racket by Madhu Koda , the former CM of Jharkhand was unearthed. Rs 2500 crore rupees are said to be laundered by the ex CM, and now has an alias in the form of his wife elected by the janta in to the assembly. So should we say the Laloo-Rabri saga continues.
Even though there were no major terrorist attacks by external elements, our in house internal elements like ULFA and Naxalites kept the security men on their toes. Lalgrah in WB was in flames as the Maoists who had cordoned of areas had to be flushed out by military operation. The ULFA suffered a setback as their top commanders Arabinda and Raju Baruah were arrested.
Even though if the Indian Moon mission Chandrayan developed technical snags and had to be aborted, the mission was in itself a success as it had accomplished a major task of finding presence of water on moon. It surely was a proud moment for Indian scientists. The findings were also confirmed by NASA.
The year for Indian Railways could have been a mixed bag of emotions running for them as we saw some major mishaps in terms of accidents occur. In October, 22 people were killed and as many injured near Mathura station when Goa Express hit the stationary Mewar Express from behind. In less than a fortnight following the mishap, another accident near Jaipur claimed seven lives when Jodhpur-Delhi superfast derailed. Not forgetting the Rajdhani which was ceased for several hours in a hostage like situation by the Naxals.
However the railways would be proud of the completion of the Kashmir rail project between Qazigund and Baramulla which was an important achievement during 2009. Railways earnings registered a steady growth with about nine per cent rise till November.
A clear majority to congress led alliance apparently meant that people rejected the communal agenda and voted for development. Man Mohan Singh calmly weathered the opposition to take oath as Prime Minister for the second successive term. Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from BJP following publication of his controversial book on Jinnah stirred and showed us the underbelly of the BJP. It showed the immaturity of the opposition party when it came to its own house further putting doubts in peoples minds if they could ever bring a great nation like India on the global forefront.
Indian sports fraternity always have given the Indians something to cheer about. The cricket team was on a roll in 2009, the year began on the backdrop of Indian team’s successes against mighty Australia and England last year. Earlier in the year, India recorded its first series win in New Zealand in 41 years. This year’s ICC awards were dominated by Indians. Gautam Gambhir was honoured as best Test Player, Indian captain MS Dhoni was rated as the best ODI player as well as best Captain in both the categories. The year was memorable for Sachin Tendulkar. He completed 20 years of international Cricket. This year he achieved the distinction of becoming the only player to score 13000 runs in Test Cricket and 17000 runs in ODIs.
Early in 2009, Somdev Devburman showed promise as he sparkled on the courts of Chennai open. His gusty performance in US open was praised by one and all.
Saina Nehwal, another Hyderabadi girl is the Great Indian Hope. Continuing her fabulous run last year, she began by winning World Junior crown and gold medal in Commonwealth Youth championship. She also became the first Indian to win Super Series title in Indonesia Despite consistent performance in World Series matches, she is still unable to break into top five and all Indians hope she does it in the coming year.
The , impressive show of Indian boxers continued with Olympics bronze winner Vijendar Singh becoming first Indian to win a medal in world championships. Suranjay Singh won gold medal in recently held President Cup to underline India’s potential. India had won Gold (by Suranjay), two Silver and four bronze medals in Asian Boxing championships a truly remarkable achievement considering the pathetic state of the Indian Boxing Federation.
Some notable achievements of Indian sportsmen include Pankaj Advani winning World Billiards crown, and the Indian Hockey team winning the Azlan shah Cup after 13 years, but slipped badly in Asia Cup wherein it could not make it to Semi finals. The team could not qualify for next years champions Trophy
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