The year 2005 breathed its last on Saturday, and the Sunday sun illuminated a nascent 2006. Although the year changed overnight, for the events and trends of 2005, it was just an extension of time...addition of one more year to their lifespan. It’s an ongoing process. Nonetheless, we decided to look beyond the confines of time and mere occurrences of the events, so as to discover whether there had also been any annual pattern in the way things have taken shape.



Moving beyond customary remarks, Pramit pinpoints certain distinctive trends coming up in the field of global online business. He also makes 20 predictions for 2006. Interesting reading.



Similarly, talking about the terror worldwide, Anilm first looks back at the various terrorist attacks taking place in the year that was, and then makes some firm observations on the likely course of events in 2006. As it is, these observations just cannot sound pleasant to one’s ears, but can one afford to shy away from the hard realities staring into the face of present and future generations?