2011 : A Flashback !

2011 : A Flashback !

Hello Guys,

Long time ha! Busy times ! :D Anyways here I am back with the best and worsts of 2011, a year quite forgettable for the loss of eminent personalities across the globe. Let's do a recap !

BEST Moment:
India's ISRO launching the PSLV, PSLV - XL and PSLV - CA satellites also carrying foreign satellites


WORST Moments:

• Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan) Disaster
• Thailand Floods
• Fatehpur Train Disaster
• Kolkata's AMRI Hospital Fire

DEFINING Moments:

• Osama Bin Laden killed in a special encounter
• End of NASA's Space Shuttle's era
• Steve Jobs, M.F. Hussain, Shammi Kapoor, Jagjit Singh, Muammar Gaddafi, Dev Anand's deaths
• India's $35 Tablet "Aakash"

BEST Film (Bollywood):
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara


BEST Film (Hollywood):
X-Men : First Class


BEST Movie Sequel:
Kung Fu Panda 2


BEST Actor:
Alan Rickman (Character : Severus Snape, Movie: Harry Potter 7.2)



BEST Director:
Luv Ranjan (Pyaar Ka Punchnama)


BEST Song:

• Hum Main Hai Hero (A.R. Rahman) -- (Hindi)

BEST Sportspersons:

• Novak Djokovic (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open and 5 Masters Titles with a 70-6 win-loss record)
• Lionel Messi
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Sebastian Vettel (F1)

EMERGING Sportspersons:

• Phil Jones (Manchester United)
• Deepika Kumari (Archery World Runner Up)
• Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa (Badminton)

BEST Sporting Moments:

• India lifting the ODI Cricket World Cup after 28 years (and hence Sachin's dream)
• Japan Women's Soccer Team (Winning World Cup)
• Virender Sehwag's demolishing 219 runs
• Indian Football Team lifting the SAFF Cup for 4th time
• Indian F1 Grand Prix's inaugural success

WORST Sporting Moment:
Deaths of Marco Simoncelli and Dan Wheldon (Motorsports)


BEST TEAMS:

• Manchester United (Record 19th Premier League Title)
• Barcelona (Soccer)
• Indian Cricket Team
• Red Bull Racing (F1)

BEST Indian ENTREPRENEUR:
Rahul Bhatia ( For establishing and operating Indigo, India’s only profitable low cost airline, in a turbulent industry environment )


BEST Indian POLITICIAN:
Mamata Banerjee (Crushing victory at the Legislative Elections)


BEST in ENTERTAINMENT (Indian):
Team KBC and Amitabh Bachchan


CAR of the Year:
Audi RS5


PERSON of the Year:

Vinod Rai (Comptroller & Auditor General Of India)

(For being a rare bureaucrat who stuck to an audit report which highlighted unprecedented government corruption.)

Cellphone of the Year:
Samsung Galaxy S II


WORD of the Year:
Pragmatic


DISCOVERY of the Year:
World's First Organ Transplant achieved

Social Network of the Year:

Google Plus