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The
History Society

Yearbook Report 2008-2009
In the vision of our Glorious Leader, the perspicacious
Akashnikov, the year 2008-09 was expected to herald the dawn of a
new era, an era of peace and financial stability. A year down the
line, the Party is still in search of resources and although peace
seems to have been achieved, it is all too apparent that it will be
an uneasy one. What went wrong? Let’s examine the facts.
The fall of the ‘Amrikan Despot’ coincided with the rise of that man
of ambition, Lord Gops. By the time of the trip to Udaipur it became
all too apparent that His Lordship intended to usher in a new feudal
era with the lower Party functionaries acting as his vassals. In the
opinion of Akashnikov however, a return to a more primitive social
system was quite inconceivable. A conflict ensued, marked by the
infamous negotiations in the History Room and considerable confusion
over the Keynote Address at Kaalcakra. It did not help that the
Party had discovered a new war cry in the fort city of Chittor, a
creation of Pari Gogol who was later to be inducted into the
Politburo. In between the Party succeeded in organizing a talk by
Salil Misra. The struggle with Lord Gops entered a new stage when a
delegation consisting of Taniachev and Suzinsky was dispatched to
JNU to broker peace with Vijaya Ramaswamy.
The youngest members of the Party acquitted themselves to their
credit in a successful Kaalcakra, marred only by an unfortunate
incident involving Suzinsky and the Anabaptists. The exertions of
Yaminskaya and Reejanov dispelled the dark clouds that had gathered
about the Sky. A brief period of phoney war followed after an online
chat between Lord Gops and Akashnikov, the authenticity of which
remains in contention. However hostilities broke out afresh after a
mysterious car breakdown allowed His Lordship to seize control of a
walk initially planned for the Lodhi Gardens. The Seema Alavi talk
seemed to indicate the ascent of Lord Gops.
The recently held I.H. Qureshi Lecture series revealed the designs
of Lord Gops for the next year, to be implemented once the valiant
Akashnikov is out of the picture. A walk through Chandni Chowk was
organized under the able direction of Giddianov while Yashkin and
Suzinsky faced a stronger challenge than ever when a talk on Safavid
paintings was announced just a day before the event.
It appears that peace has finally been declared but the growing
might of Lord Gops forebodes a grim 2009. With the retreat of
Akashnikov, the future of the struggle lies in the hands of younger
Party leaders like Fanthomonov, Roshnitskin, Yashkin and Gemminev.
For further news on the fate of the revolution, consult the Party
publication, Tarikh, to appear in March.
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