The India For Me In 2018

Thankfully Android is still in fashion and I did not have to get a new phone this year.

Successes are created more in social media.

MeToo stories in every generation.

Whatsapp causes a blur between fake and real.

From birthday/festive greetings on phone to whatsapp messages. The voice of friends and families less heard.

More Indians acknowledge the power of yoga

Cows got the same status as man or maybe more.

Media told me that BJP was only about cows, Hindutva and temples.

Rahul Gandhi/Congress suddenly emerge as the most caring and honest government.

Vijay Mallya tweets that he is desperate to pay his loans but no one wants it. They only want to see his face on Indian shores.

A slight likelihood of a Mallya in Jet next year?

Work productivity dipped to a low with everyone watching youtube videos of the 3 big Indian weddings – Priyanka, Ambani and Deepika.

At least the “Cow” concentration got everyone now veering towards our very own rich Gir Cow milk but still very expensive.

And its organic, organic, organic food all the way.

Still confused why my mutual funds did not earn me more than what I would have earned if put in fixed deposits. 

Stock Market Investments for the common man has to be very, very long term.

People are learning how to segregate wet and dry garbage

Long lived Mumbaikars are all talking of one thing – Building Redevelopment and corpus money.

Even in the worst economic depression, Mumbai property prices will only rise and cause its worst depression in families with more property fights.

I am waiting for the day when a 9 to 5 job becomes a 9 to 5 job

Most friends’ kids going abroad for studies and perhaps they never come back?

The Mumbai Metro construction saw traffic jams and dust and pollution through the year.

Netflix and Hotstar is entertainment now

Heaven got a lot more crowded this year.

A great actor Sridevi passes away in a bath tub and we only hope it was a natural death.

Sunanda Pushkar’s death case did not move much this year and still remains a mystery. 

Finally Arnab Goswami’s voice only became louder from Times to Republic. And still India did not know what the discussions were about.