What we should know about 2012
The more important stuff
+ The number of available girls in the market would increase in absolute terms, but reduce as a percentage (over number of available boys) as increased means of communication with smart phones play a complimentary role to gtalk in establishing relationships in colleges!
+ The blatant use of ‘POKE’ button on Facebook would gradually recede replaced by strategic POKES ;)
+ Facebook will gradually shift from a social networking website to an entertainment / information platform. Kapil Sibal will open an account, and will get 1 billion pokes a day.
+ Manmohan Singh will definitely speak more now that he has a new PR guy (not sure if he will be heard though)
+ CAT will no longer meow as much as it used to
+ Indian Cricket team will make a comeback (Hell yeah!)
The less important stuff
+ By mid 2012, most of Europe will slowly enter into recession. Euro will take a severe hit, while US$ would start picking (slowly though). Germany would become the most powerful European country while the likes of Greece will suffer
+ UK will see a tremendous rise in tourism based revenue on the back of Olympics scheduled to be held later in the year
+ Manmohan Singh’s government will have to finally take a stand on various controversial issues including Lokpal, FDI regulations across sectors (especially Airlines and Retail)
+ USA would slowly withdraw army from Iraq, while American oil companies establish themselves in the region
+ Anna’s team will try their best to pressurize the government, while the Congress will continue to find charges against its members, slowly breaking up their spirit as public interest in politics would quickly wane away again
+ Increased murmur in power corridors across the world about screening of content on the internet, giving rise to overarching global laws on behaviour of an ‘internet citizen’ (five to six years from now)
+ Chances of a default by a European country though minimally low, put various American banks at risk, due to overexposure in the CDS market. Risks of a full blown global financial breakdown are low but not zero!
