Alas ! the 1st decade of the 21st century has passed by...
With the passing of a significant era ,we should reminicise the fruitful milestone attached to this decade and generation
1. E-commerce is the culmination of the technological advancements made by product companies.These tech innovations helped consumers significantly to enhance their lifestyles and aspirations manifold.
2. Reality shows made their appearances on TV in large and in vastly different formats to suit urban middle classes appetite for celebrity chutpah !!
TV and filmstars all became a caricature of "aam aadmi" to make an identity for themselves.
3. Social networking aka. orkut,facebook,twitter and linkedin became the signature identification tune for the vastly educated youth and marketing/branding of youths and citizens across nations.
4. This was a decade of high diabolic terrorist attacks starting with the demolition of twin towers at NY and then numerous bombings at Britain,Israel, Pakistan and India.
5. Sports became the culprit of various nefarious activities starting with betting charges , horse trading ,high profile break ups and commonwealth fiasco.
Some sporting icons raised from their ashes to create history as well..it was mixed bag event on the whole. Notable personalities from the sporting fraternity who will be etched in our minds are..Steffi Graf,Andre Agassi,Pete Sampras,Roger Federer,Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi,Michael Schumacher,Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza, Sachin Tendulkar, Tiger woods ,MS Dhoni and many more...
6. The world economy grew unprecidently from 2003 -2008 across developing nations (BRIC) with significant contribution from IT and service industries. A new paradigm shift has undertaken the emerging markets by storm with countries like India, China and Brazil having seen changes in governance and productivity
7. The decade saw a couple of worst recessions as well ,due to mankinds enchanting greed for power and reckless consumption
8. The automobiles on the road became mean, dashing, stylish and breathtaking.The city roads were unleashed with a plethora of 2 and 4 legged monsters , starting with size zero "Nano" to size ten "Harley Davidson".The advent of solar and electric vehicles raises hope for the green future.
9. Fashion on the streets had a swashbuckling innovation. Men and women attires became atrociously sexy with a "me" attitude. Tattoos and bandgalas are uber cool ! so is tees and jeans for partyware.Style quotient = 10/10 zindabad ( ha ha ha)
10. "Scams" were the order of this decade bygone with every high profile citizen sporting this on their resume...To name a few --- fodder scam, infidelity scam, commonwealth games scam, 2G licence scam, betting scam, kissing scam,reality show scam, stock market scam,badminton association scam,hockey federation scam, T20 scam,mayawati scam, jayalalitha scam, telecom scam, Mamta banerjee scam, Arjun singh-higher education scam, Nityananda scam ! phew the list is neverending...
11. Media unleashed a baritone of explicit coverage of behind the door hawala transactions on our poilitical scenarios and big babus of beurocracy . The cameras rolled into boardrooms and bedrooms in equal measure with aplomb...News became a "commodity" for unbridled comprehension.
12. Improvement in Telecommunication and education (literacy) was a highlight of the bygone decade.The whole country was and is "Connected" and at last count 45% of Indias population had one or the other communication media to interact.
13. The last decade saw the advent and emergence of languages like "Hinglish","kanglish",Tamilish", etc i-e mix-n-match language.Pure English has got its new avatar,the new lingo,the master interpretor...ASAP,FYI,LBYP,ILU,FYA,ASAK,TIOLI etc .Communication in code words has its own prefices and prejudices you see
14. The onset of foreign cuisines into India has given a new paradigm to brunching. MaC and Kentuckys have rolled over chickens on a platter for keeping up with the jonesses ...chinese,thai, italian,mexican, turkish, mughlai, hyderabadi, south and north Indian etc
15. New plethora of jobs/profiles have got created at the onset of globalisation . Careers have taken a mindset shift b/w the younger and older generation. Boss and employee relationship has undergone complete revamp with friendship and commarderie ruling the roost.knowledge workers zindabad !!
Welcome the new decade :-)
sd/-
Roohul Haq
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