| It's been a good year, arguably the best since we became
an independent nation. We have never been as well off as we are today.
There is more in our kitty. We are earning more and spending more.
Our rate of development is faster than before — over 9 per cent.
Our Sensex has broken all previous records. We had less internal turbulence
than the previous years. Our relations with our immediate neighbours,
Pakistan, China and Bangladesh have never been as tension-free as
they are today; nor have our relations with the world’s greatest
superpower, the United States been friendlier: they have opened up
new vistas for India as a nuclear power.
What is also worth keeping in mind is that our faith in our judiciary
was restored as the courts convicted many rich and powerful criminals
who had evaded justice for many years. We await the verdict on men
and women who abetted the destruction of Babri Masjid.
Not to be overlooked is our film industry: Bollywood retains its
first place as the world’s leading film producer and every
Indian, including people like myself who never see movies, look
forward to the burgeoning romance between Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh
and Jaya Bachchan’s son, Abhishek come to a happy conclusion.
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