The Year That Was

Watergate scandal rocked the world,

Talks were on to end the Vietnam war,

Sears tower became the tallest building,

Abortion was legalised,

Oil crisis made a dent on the economies of the developed world,

Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' was released.

Neil Patrick Harris - loved now as Barney Stinson was born, 

Bruce Lee lost his last fight- so early in life. 

The Bosphorus bridge was declared open.

Closer home

There were born two babies who would become legends-

Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, 

A tennis player was born whose dad once played hockey with my dad- Leander Paes,

Who knew Sakshi Tanwar would become a star of the soap opera,

John Abraham and Aishwarya Rai were biding their time and they were not far behind!

Bobby, Yaadon Ki Baraat, Anamika were creating waves in the movies and music industry!

Marvin Gaye was romancing the world with 'Let's Get It On' 

Let's Get it on

leading to Charlie Puth crooning 'Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on' much later on.

Let's Marvin Gaye

And amidst all the chaos and loving, 
in a small town in Tamil Nadu, 
where everyone knew everyone else, 
aptly called the 'Pearl City',  
the world being her oyster,
a new pearl is introduced...