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.