12th month of the year, last day of 2012 to end. yeaa yea..i know i got all my resolution done in the first month itself..!;) But seriously we get so busy in work, completing tasks, festivals that we forget that we have a backlog of some resolution pending which was to be completed.
Lets take a moment to stop and assess, then sip some tea, toast a few of these other special days this month, and then get back to work! Many of us are surely didn't realized how the year passed by and feels as if we are still in the new years hangover of last year. Time is running with the speed of air. Just gone by in a blink of eye. We have fallen from our horse of resolution because that's human nature to fall. To accept something new in our life it really takes effort. But still lets review the year, mainly what we all have seen in the blink of eye in the year 2012.
2 January: India-Pakistan exchange a list of their nuclear installations
19 January: Delhi High Court grants bail for Suresh Kalmadi in Commonwealth Games scam
8 February: Three Bharatiya Janata Party Ministers caught watching objectionable video clip in Karnataka Assembly, Resigns
14 February: Blast at an Israeli embassy car in Delhi
16 March: Union Budget for 2012-13 is presented by Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee
21 March: Soumitra Chatterjee selected for Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2011
8 April: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits India on a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif
18 April: Major fire in the signalling system at Kurla brings Central line and Harbour line of Mumbai Suburban Railway to a standstill and two commuters lose their lives after falling off an overcrowded local train.The loss was expected to be 17 crore (US$3.09 million) to the Central Railway
26 April: Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and Anu Aga nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President of India
8 May: Over 100 Air India pilots go on strike.
13 May: Indian parliament celebrates 60th anniversary
31 May: Bikram Singh takes over as Indian Army Chief.
26 June: 26/11 handler Abu Jundal is arrested by Delhi Police.
8 August: Incident of violence against North-Eastern people in Pune as repercussion of Assam Violence following which exodus of thousands of North-Eastern people from Bangalore due to a rumour circulated among them through SMS & MMS that they would be attacked after Eid
11 August:Violence in Azad Maidan in Mumbai
12 August: London Olympics, India ended it with 6 medals, 2 silver and 4 bronze.
14 August: Union Minister for Science And Technology and Ex Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh Passes Away.
17 August: Bulk SMS & MMS banned in India for 15 days to prevent a rumour of ensuing violence against NE people by Muslim fundamentalists
19 September: CBI makes first arrests in Assam Violence cases. Mohammed Hashem Ali, Mohammed Adom Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Hashim Ali Rehman, Mohammed Qurban Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Imran Hussain were arrested after detailed questioning by agency sleuths.
21 October: Indian Filmmaker Yash Chopra died.
25 October: Indian actor and comedian Jaspal Singh Bhatti died.
12 December: Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, passes away in California
16 December: A female physiotherapy student was beaten and gang raped in Delhi, when the victim and a male companion boarded a bus in South Delhi in the evening, after watching a movie. The incident was condemned by many foreign and women related organisations, asking the Government of India to react and work on safety for womens in India. Public protests took place in Delhi, where thousands of protesters clashed with police, and other force units. Similar protests also took place through out the country in major cities.
28 December: Sachin's retirement from ODIs marks the end of an era
29 December: Delhi gang rape victim, who was moved to Singapore for further treatment on 26 December, died due to multiple organ failure. Peaceful protests was again held in Delhi where people came in to mourn the death and demanded stringent punishment for the culprits.
So that was all for 2012. Year of many ups and downs. The unsaid was Mayans prediction for 2012, a prediction which said the world will end. But we are alive, ready to party harder and see many twists and turns on the way with hope, smile, tears, love, humanity, strengths, failures, and many more.
Lets live 2013..! Cheers... A Very Happy New Year..!
