What is special about the new year 2016?

                  Happy New Year 2016!  We have entered another new year, another chance for a new beginning, another chance to make new choices, another chance to tread the chosen path(s) with commitment and dedication, another chance to lead a better and a more meaningful life! It is the time to make new year resolutions and to follow the resolutions earnestly and sincerely. A good new year resolution would be, to be committed towards making the world, a better place with peace, harmony and human values, so that we leave a better world for the future generations! May the Almighty bless us with the ability to create smiles , to create happiness all around us!              

                It is time to now focus on the topic of this post. What is special about the year 2016? The year commenced on a Friday! Do you know that the year 2016 is a leap year? This means that there are 366 days in this year! An extra day! Where did this come from? I am sure you know this! However, let me tell you that the month February this year comes with 29 days! So for all those of you, who have your birthdays on February 29, you actually get to celebrate your birthday this year! Wonderful, is it not?

               As per the Wikipedia, this year 2016 has been designated as the International Year of Pulses by the sixty eighth session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Like many leguminous crops, pulses play a key role in crop rotation due to their ability to fix nitrogen. To support the awareness on this matter, the UN declared 2016 the UN International year of Pulses.

              The number 2016 is a triangular number, obtained by the continuous summation of numbers from 1 to 63.  As per Wikipedia, the number 2016 is also a hexagonal number, which satisfies the condition 

                           where n is an integer for hexagonal numbers.

                 
                  Now that we know that the year 2016 is indeed special, let us make a special beginning in our lives this year and let the world be a special, beautiful and divine place filled with peace, joy and harmony. God Bless Us All!

                   Have a happy, prosperous and peaceful new year 2016!   

    
References:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_number
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_(legume)
4. https://www.quora.com/Is-there-something-special-about-2016
5.http://www.business2community.com/marketing/top-5-things-focus-2016-01404604#rB6cQIfIHODMgBBg.97










                    
                      
              


        

Good Bye 2015! Welcome 2016!

           Hello and Namashkar! With just some time left to bid the year 2015 good bye, it is that time of the year, when we are standing on the threshold of the year that is soon to be past, eager to welcome the new year with renewed hope, enthusiasm, joy and aspirations. It is also the time to reflect back on the year that has been! What are our joys and victories in the year that will soon be gone? What are our mistakes and blunders and what is the learning that we get from them?  It is important to get wiser after every failure and keep trying until one succeeds!

         At this juncture, one should feel blessed and grateful for having completed a year in the journey of life, acknowledging the Grace and Blessings of the Maker and be ready to take up the challenges of the upcoming year equipped with the maturity and wisdom gained from the experiences of the years gone by! One may also pray for the well-being of the near and dear ones and the world as a whole.

          One may observe a minute of silence to honor, revere and acknowledge the contributions of all the great personalities who left us, for their heavenly abode, this year.

          It is a time to be together with family and feel grateful and blessed. Quoting the words of Brad Paisley now

            "Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one." 

       As per the English proverb, "a good beginning makes a good end". So let us make an earnest and good beginning this new year 2016!  Before the party begins, before the wishes and messages start pouring in, before the old calendar ends and the new one begins, before the social media gets inundated with messages and pictures, before the mobiles start ringing non-stop, here is wishing everyone a peaceful, joyous, happy, prosperous, healthy and enthusiastic new year 2016!

                        HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!  

   References:

   1.http://happyholidays2016.com/new-year-2016-png/   
    2.http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/happy-new-year-2016-24-inspirational-quotes-and-greetings-to-start-the-year-on-a-happy-note/ 






         




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