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<a href="http://viral-money-machine.com/article/ANGRY-INDIANS/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like "ANGRY INDIANS"</a><br /><br /><br /> 2008 became the year when terrorists changed the meaning of war as they bombed all the strategic cities of India in an almost alphabetical order: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, and finally Mumbai. Hundreds of lives were lost in this 'terror' war that only led to more wanton violence.<br /> <br /> This was a year which saw the Manmohan Singh Government face some of the toughest questions in its 4-year rule. The J&K Govt led by PDP's Mehbooba Mufti faced fire and also people's ire during the Amarnath land row that lasted for nearly three months.<br /> <br /> <br /> But all the violence at the beginning of the year, seemed only a dress rehearsal for what turned out to be the most audacious terror strike in the history of independent India. Armed assailants held Mumbai hostage for nearly three days. Nearly 179 people were killed in the hostage crisis as Mumbai’s pride: the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Taj Mahal Hotel and the Oberoi-Trident came under fire. The lone surviving attacker has admitted through Narco tests that he came from Pakistan. New Delhi has now put Islamabad on notice. Pakistan has constantly been denying any links in all the blasts that rocked the nation and its President Asif Ali Zardari has also still not cooperated with India in the terror probes. One can only hope that Pakistan will wake up from its slumber soon enough to stave off more terror attacks in the Asian sub-continent. A worried world is now watching and urging restraint as reports emerge of heightened military activity along the border separating the two nuclear-armed neighbours.<br /> <br /> This year, civilian activism was also at its zenith during the Amarnath land row, Aarushi murder case and the blasts that rocked the nation. Common man demanded more accountability sans hollow assurances from the political leadership on the internal security of the nation. The Congress top brass at the Centre was under pressure to take action against Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and the political leadership in Maharashtra - Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh and Deputy CM RR Patil - who were asked to leave their posts.<br /> <br /> While on the one hand, public exercised its powers to fight injustice against the victims of terror attacks, the firing in Jammu, and protests by nuns for the Kandhamal violence in Orissa, it used the ballot as a tool to vote out the erring parties in the state elections. In some states, a section of people even refused to vote as there was no 'suitable' candidate.<br /> <br /> Five Indian states went to the polls and the results showed an outpouring of electorates' silent anger. They made it clear that if their aspirations are not taken into consideration, then they can bring the high and mighty to the ground with perfect ease. It was a lesson that the main opposition party BJP learnt the hard away.<br /> <br /> Its 'Congress is soft on terror' campaign did not work well with the public as it went on a mud-slinging spree on the UPA coalition ahead of the 2009 general elections. Hope that the BJP learns its lessons in 2009 after it lost the polls in three states - Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh and New Delhi in 2008.<br>