1st Anniversary of Mumbai Blast - Damp Squib. More of a media managed event than anthing else. One year on, Government has not indicted a single person, other than Kasab, and not a single official has been held accountable for the mammoth security lapse.(By the way, when did Indians start emulating the western culture of lighting candles to mark an anniversary? Don't we have any Indian traditional way of doing this. So disgusting).
India's Test Win against Srilanka - Typical Indian victory. Win toss, score huge and then bowl out the opposition twice. Couldn't help wondering what if Srilanka had won the toss instead? Murali, Mendis and Herath would have run riot on day 3 and 4. And, Welcome back Sreesanth and nice to see a genuine left arm spinner in the squad after a long time. Ojha acquitted beautifully in the Test.
Manmohan Singhs visit to US - Long on wine and dine, short on substance. No major gains, but then nothing was expected.
Barcelona vs Inter Milan (Champions League Football match on 24th Nov) - The first half of the match was one of the best I have seen for a long time. The Barca mid field was magical and it was wonderful to see Inter's defense (reputed to be one of the two best organized in Europe) kicking at thin air time and again. Barca kept possession and passed with such assurance that Inter's defence comprising of Luciao and Maicon were running ragged for 45 minutes.
Dubai Government's debt problems - We had all forecasted the bursting of the Dubai economic bubble for a long time now. The Dubai economy was built on weak fundamentals - fancy accounting, too much hype, too little substance, not backed by assets, drug and crime money and totally dependant on services. The only issue is why it took such a long time for the bubble to burst.
