There ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Well not really, I ain't recuperating from any break up. Its the whole world that is recovering from perhaps the greatest break up ever. Never before have we witnessed a meltdown of this proportion. Just the other day, I had gone to watch Delhi 6. The movie was well, definitely had greater expectations from the makers of RDB, but the point is it was around 11am in the morning, Sunday morning. For some strange reason as we entered the mall, I had this eerie feeling of it being closed down, since there was hardly anyone around. Sunday morning, and a mall is empty, can there be anything more startling? More than 30% of the shops out there had been closed and the ones operating were on their way out,with little or no enthusiasm amongst the people. It has been said that the depression of 1929 lasted for 729 days, this one is yet to complete a year. The consequences have been nothing short of catastrophic. Millions across the globe have been left shell shocked. It comes as no suprise that the bubble burst has finally taken place, however the last time it happened, during the early part of this century, things had just been hit.  Since then the market boomed and today it has boomeranged back to sanity. I was living in a hostel down in Pune, every second day, I was encountered with a fellow hostelite with the sulleness, yea the dude had just lost his job. There were some who took it on their stride, sadly some are still trying to come in terms with the same. All the great placement records at the premier institutions across the globe have gone for a toss. Some of my friends under the cloud, have suggested this is perhaps the best time to go for further education. Their take, the situation in 2 years would be back to normalcy, and jobs will be back. Its the greatest challenge that Obama is faced with, we sure need to give him time. Till then, as  Charles Boudlair said, "Let us go somewhere, anywhere, far from this wretched place we are living in......."