The Fifth to the Eighth month of 2008.

This article is the continuation of the last article regarding the first four months of 2008. A simple and minor attempt to commemorate the year, through blogs. (Who knows, when the earth gets devastated by a future cataclysmic collision with a comet, these bytes would stay to give the aliens about the insights of 2008, the year that was....)

MAY 2008:

Not an eventful month in any aspect. Only that the rigorous student life was over, and I would soon be a post graduate from University of Calcutta.

JUNE 2008:

"It feels quite like the Hitler's Nazi out there to sink the Spanish Armada. " This was one of the most important tags especially in Europe through out June 2008. The Euro was back, and it was a final between the hugely talented Germany and the Spanish team. But like all the surprises in store, Spain won their one of the most sought after title the comprehensive manner.

June was also the month which saw Halloween take its advanced appearance, with a Friday falling with the date 13th. The speculations of something bad to occur in Friday the Thirteenth played in every TV chat shows and even in the news channels. India TV went a step ahead with some of the most versatile speaking with the air.... no WIND of Mystery... Quoting them, like my very close does: यह क्या हो रहा हैं.... यह शुक्रवार तेरा का असर हैं... क्या होगा आज क दिन.... Blah Blah Blah...

JULY 2008:

Number Seven was not lucky. as India was grappled with the WORDS BACK. This was a secret code and the Bombings of some of the small and big metros through out India brought the height of speculations of an emergency. Infact the era of terror was jut about to hitback and it will cost the national sentiments and economy a lot.

AUGUST 2008:

The NANO Project of Singur was in its final humdrums. With the National Highway being blocked by the local party, it was truly an unruly sight and sounds of Bengal that lead TATA to leave the state and seek for land else where within the national for the success of the project. The land remains a barren untilizable strecth, without use...

And then on 11th August, the whole India was on its toes, when Abhinav Bindra won the first ever GOLD medal for India in Shooting, followed by a brace of sucess in Boxing and Judo taking India to a commendable position the Olympics 2008. This was India's first gold at the Games, which itself was over a century old.

So much for the POST #217. Signing off... Somnath Paul.