- Best emerging application : Google Wave ( We use for everything now)
- Flop application/framework : Mule ESB ( !@#$)
- Emerging Concept : Multi Paradigm Programming (Hitting the balance rite)
- Best Blog Post : State design pattern ( He he !)
- Best I learned/ing : Scala (Change of gears ! )
- Regret : Failure to convince docbook to our engineering
Politics (Going back to SL in 2010 -- He he )
- Political Incident of the year: Do I need to say ?
- Best Politician : Not awarded
- Worst Politician : Obama ( Where is Mr Clinton ? )
Sports
- Sporting Incident : Wimbledon Final Again (Roger, u didn't deserve the title)
- Best Sportsman : Gautam Gambhir -Cricket ( Got everything in his kit )
- Best Sportswoman : Not awarded
- Worst sporting incident : Henry's Handball :)
Entertainment (Tamil)
- Best Tamil Song : Kana Kangiren (Anantha Thandavam)
- Best Male Singer : Roop Kumar (Oru Thevathai Paarkum)
- Best Female Singer : Bele Shinde (Kooda Varuviya) (Shereya Ghosal Version 2 !)
- Best Movie : Anantha Thandavam ( Sujatha can be proud ! )
- Best Male Actor : Aathee (Eeram)
- Best Actress : Rukmini (Anantha Thandavam)
Entertainment (English)
- Best Song : The Script Break Even ( What a pathos melody)
- Best Female Singer : Kelly Clarkson (Song "Already Gone" from "All I ever wanted" )
- Best Male Singer : Danny O'Donoghue (The script break even)
- Best Movie : Hangover (Avatar Narrowly misses out )
- Biggest Flop : Wanted (Even Anjelina cannot cure ! )
- Best Actor : Will Smith ( Seven Pounds )
- Best Actress : Zoë Saldaña (Avatar)
Novels/Contemporaries/Biographies Read this year
- The Namesake (Jhumba Lahiry) -- By far the best contemporary I ever read
- Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumba Lahiri)
- True Colors (Adam Gilchrist)
- One Night At The Call Center (Chetan Bagat)
- Anal Kaatru (Jeyamohan-Tamil)
- Q & A (Vikas Swarp)
Special Mentions
- Best movie I watched this year - Music and Lyrics (Superb movie, don't miss)
- The song I listen most # times - Way Back Into Love
- To see my 2008 picks Check Here
