Poem and inspiring words from my Good Friend Ramasubramanian

Please read the below and let me know your commnts. Thanks. As in the previous 2 decades, I have tried to put together a few of the significant events of the year 2022 with rhyming words. Request you to read through and send in your comments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking at events of life with Positive Attitude, Facing the trying and tough times with great strength and Fortitude, In midst of misery and anguish, experiencing the brief moments of Beatitude. At times, looking inwards trying to find some Quietude Hope in various spheres of life, we reach some Altitude Another Tough Year has gone by, leaving distinct memories behind Summing up few major highlights, that’s happened around us, Let’s Rewind In Melbourne, Nadal won record 21st Slam, defeating Medvedev, In an epic 5.5 hrs clash, In Tonga Islands, east of Australia, Volcano erupted for 12 hrs, Causing tsunami and blasting hot ash. Billionaire Industrialist Rahul Bajaj died in February, leaving behind the iconic “Hamara Bajaj” Brand. Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, breathed her last, after singing 50000+ songs, a great career, 8 decades it had spanned. After 27 years, and over 11 versions, capturing 95% of the market, Microsoft decided to bring IE to a nought. In July, during a public appearance in Japan, Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally Shot. Ms Droupadi Murmu was elected as President of India, Being from tribal background, set a new Landmark In September, at the age of 96, Queen Elizabeth II died in London, She was the longest serving Monarch. NASA launched the Artemis-1 in November, With Orion capsule on-board, Was a well-planned human mission Owing to improvements in Science, health and nutrition, World reached record 8 billion population For the first time, the world’s Largest Democracy, INDIA, Became the president of G20 in December Argentina beat France to win their third football world cup title, For captain Messi, was a tournament to Remember Cherishing the positives, and learning from the others, into year 2023, let’s move on. Hope and wish the upcoming year, Will ring in a better and brighter dawn. Wish you and your family a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 2023. Few Other major events which happened during the year, · In Feb-22, IT Companies shut Russia Operations in Wake of Ukraine invasion. · In Feb-22, Indian Grandmaster 16 year old, R Praggnanandhaa Wins Against World No 1 Magnus Carlsen · In May-22, In the State of Texas, in the US, Gunman shot 2nd to 4th grade students, teachers, grandmother at a school. · In Jun-22, World Inflation rose 6.7%, 2 times the average from 2010 to 2020. · In Jun-22, Powerful Earthquake, of magnitude 6.1 struck Afghanistan, at the depth of 51 KMs, killing over 1000 people. · In Jul-22, Neeraj Chopra breaks National record again, finishes second in Stockholm, He opened with a stunning throw of 89.94 m just 6 cm shy of 90m mark-the gold standard in the World of Javelin. · In Aug-22, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 91 yrs. He was the great Soviet Union leader who helped end the Cold War. · In Aug-22, Navy’s All-Women Aircrew Creates History by Carrying Out Surveillance Mission, In a rare feat, five women officers of the Indian Navy carried out the first independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea on board a Dornier aircraft. · In Oct-22, Rishi Sunak became the youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain. · In Oct-22, Elon Musk completes $44bn Deal to take over Twitter as its New owner. · In Dec-22, Winter Storm hit the eastern region of North America, causing major flooding and few deaths. This was the worst in in more than 50 years. In the Eastern side, Japan was also hit by snowstorm, as record breaking blizzard strikes Niigata. In few areas snowfall exceeded 1 metre. · During the year of 2022, India successfully tested the powerful missiles – Brahmos, Angi, Prithvi-II, making giant strides in the area of ballistic to anit-tank guided missiles. · Through the year, the BSE Sensex fluctuated by about 12000 points, with the highest value of 63583 in December. ................ Famous Personalities who became part of memories in 2022 1. Mikhail Gorbachev died in Aug-22, at the age of 91 2. Bappi Lahiri, seasoned singer composer died in Feb-22, due to bad health 3. Play back singer Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK) passed away in Jun-22, at age of 53 during life performance. 4. Great Australian Leg spinner Shane Warne, died of heart attack, in Thailand resort Koh Samui, at the age of 52 5. Indian Comedian, Actor, Politician Raju Srivastava, died at 58, due to heart attack, while working out in Gym. 6. In July-22, Cyrus Mistry, who served as chairman of Tata Group for 4 years, died due to road accident 7. In Aug-22, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, an Indian billionaire businessman, chartered Accountant, stock trader, died due to multi Organ failure in Mumbai 8. In Dec22, World Football lost its greatest Pearl – Pele. He was 82 yrs old. He was the only player to win 3 world cups, was named the athlete of the Century by IOC and FIFA Player of the century. He scored a world record of 1281 goals, including 77 international goals. ............................. Thanks & Regards, Ram www-ragavan-creativity.blogspot.com