2009
Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi and his son Stalin, who became the deputy CM and is within striking distance of becoming CM, will definitely raise a toast to 2009 whereas former CM Jayalalitha will rue the year that will soon draw to a close as that in which she wrested defeat from the jaws of victory and is now unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As for the other son, M K Azhagiri, when 2009 began it was filled with promise for him but as the year draws to an end, he is beginning to believe that being a union minister is not all that it is cracked up to be. Better to be King of Madurai than be rendered completely irrelevant in Delhi.