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picture this2010was an eventful year, withmanymemorablemoments —while somewere controversial, somemade us proud.Webring you a potpourri of someevents thatmadenews andmore from the year thatwas...MUNNI BECAMEFAMOUSSuper hot Malaika AroraKhan got heartspumping with hersizzling performance inMunni Badnaam fromSalman Khan’sDabangg

PAMELA CAME TO TOWNHollywood babe, Pamela Anderson made athree-day stop-over at the Bigg Boss house— for R2.5 crores for three days.

CARLA CAME CALLINGFormer supermodel and French first lady, CarlaBruni wowed people when she accompaniedPresident Sarkozy for a flying visit to town.

NOW THAT IS ARTAmong the most sought after international artists,Anish Kapoor finally held his first exhibition inIndia —the janta is still wowed by his works!

AHOY OBAMAS!They may well have been rockstars, for that was the kind of frenzy that AmericanPresident Barack Obama and his super-stylish wife Michelle caused when they came toIndia. Their visit to Delhi’s Humayun’s Tomb is a new landmark in the Capital’s history.

WE ARE PROUDThe Queer Pride Parade got bigger and better this year in November. The LGBT community and theirfriends and family came out on the streets of Delhi, in support of their rights.

GOING INTERNATIONALIn February, music composer AR Rahman won yetanother international accolade in the form of theGrammy for his music in the Oscar-winning filmSlumdog Millionaire.

CROSSED OVEROur tennis pride Sania Mirza got married toPakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, after his messydivorce from his first wife, days before thewedding in Hyderabad in April.

LILO GOES TO JAILWhen Hollywood starLindsay Lohan got drunk,while on probation, she washauled into court. At thehearing, LiLo wore nailtattoos with a four letterword on it. Needless to say,she was sentenced to jail!

ROYAL AVATARRajasthan Royals cricketteam captain Shane Warnestayed in news, first due tothe IPL controversy in Apriland then, more recently inDecember, for his affair withElizabeth Hurley, Hollywoodactor and Indian industrialistArun Nayar’s wife.

MOVE OVER $$$......the new rupee symbol hasarrived. Unveiled in July, itwas designed by IITianD Udaya Kumar, who waspicked after a nationwidehunt. The new symbol ‘R’ is acombination of the Hindi scriptand the Roman alphabet.

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FASHION, FRACASAND FINALESDesigner Rohit Bal endeda fashion week, earlier inthe year, with a dramaticfashion show in aswimming pool. Rohitsuffered a heart attack inFebruary, shocking theentire industry.

LOVE IN THE TIMEOF CONTROVERSYShashi Tharoor andSunanda Pushkar’s lovestory made headlinesalongside IPL-gate. Afterrefusing to talk abouttheir relationship, the twowent public just beforetheir August wedding andeven posted pictures onTwitter.

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SPORTY HIGHDelhi hosted the XIXCommonwealth Games inOctober. After the toughpreparation period and manycontroversies, the gameswent on smoothly. In theworld of sports, India shonein 2010. Badminton playerSaina Nehwal won thewomen’s singles final, overSayaka Sato of Japan at theIndonesia Open BadmintonSuper Series in June.

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