2015 @ 360°

The year that witnessed triumphs and jubilations,

That saw the ascent of the emerging nations.

2015 was the year on the geological timeline,

Having many a big headline.

Back in India, there was a commotion,

With Niti Aayog coming into motion.

Delhi’s throne witnessed a historic shift,

As AAP came to give a political uplift.

Modi kept RaGa a captor,

As Patanjali struck gold with FMCG sector.

International Yoga Day became a sensation,

India’s world league bronze harbingered celebrations.

Outside, Vistara made its first flight,

Mirza-Hingis set the court alight.

India’s missile man left for the heavenly abode,

As China’s growth experienced a tough road.

The dastardly Chennai floods in December,

Attacks in Paris to remember.

Charlie Hebdo massacre,

The disturbance in the Shinai acre.

Volkswagen dented by emission scandal,

Nigeria obliterated by Boko vandals.

European volatility wasn’t really fend,

As Iran’s nuclear deal was finally penned.

Scientists discovered liquid flow on the red planet,

Startups became a seeker’s magnet.

Maggi made a comeback,

As the Oil prices continued the slack.

Djokovic reined as the undisputed king,

As the World gears for the Rio Olympic swing.

2016 promises to usher a new economic chapter,

Which promises to be full of rapture.

Personally, it was a year of rich learning,

To make the student in me yearning.

Attempting to acquire more and hoping all the while,

Successor will be even better than the erstwhile.

To read the previous poem of this annual series- 2014 @ 360°


Udit Bhatia

MBA Student, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade 

Spirit of togetherness

As an Indian and coming from a humble background, family was something that was an indispensable entity for me. No matter, what the trouble is, it is extremely comforting to know that you have your family to bail you out of it. In our culture, we lay a strong emphasis on bonding. It is this need to stay connected, that separates us from the rest. Your parents are the people who pay heed to all your whims and fancies and make sure you're happy and comforted.

I live 1500 kms from my hometown. The city is still relatively new and adjusting sometimes is a challenge. To add to that, there is a perennial longing for my family- the people who have seen me grow and made me what I am today. So, there's an urge to just leave everything, hop onto a flight and rush to them. Well, science comes to rescue sometimes through Skype, Facebook and of course cellphones but the personal aspect is still missing. It is so ironic and apparently hypocrisy to say that we have come closer through these advancements.



I don't say that I don't advocate science or technology. Being an engineering graduate with electronics as my major, I am in coherence with what it intends to do. It is the way forward. But, if you see the hindsight, things are a bit different. The idea of just dropping an sms on a birthday has made many of us simply chucking the idea of actually going to a friend's place and giving him a surprise. The comfort of Skype had prevented us going to our far-off hometown for a holiday. Reading about a person or place on the internet has made us judgemental and complacent that we evade seeing that place in person. Or perceptions have become generalized and their is a lack of individuality and personal touch in things we do. We're sheep in a big barn, led by a giant shepherd called technology.

In these fast times of cut throat competition and rocketing costs, we have become so engrossed in earning our daily bread that we tend to forget the people who mean the most to us. It has brought us into a state of illusion which is so compelling that we are just not ready to come to terms with the realty.


No matter how advance science becomes, the human touch will always be a cardinal cog in the vehicle of homo sapiens. Technology is essential and inevitable but we must now where to draw a line. We need to review our priorities and realize that it is not just the money we earn that makes us but for whom we earn.

One of India's FMCG frontrunners- Kissan reiterates the significance of personal touch and chucking digital media for sometime. Know more about this at http://www.kissanpur.com/ .

Blood relations are actually written in blood. Don't take them for granted. As George Santayana says, "Family is one of the nature's masterpieces".