Mesmerising! I did some crystal ball gazing myself for the Indian News Television and couldn’t find any other better word to describe the future of the great Indian News Soap Opera. It’s so much of fun to watch news on any of our news channels. It has all the twists and turns, which gets delivered on your TV screen in form of ‘Breaking News’, which even creative directors at Balaji can’t dream of! Right from Dada dropping a catch to Dada being dropped – everything is a breaking news!

My crystal ball has revealed to me that, the day is not far away when you will have a privilege to see a live and exclusive ‘breaking news’ of Ash sneezing in her kitchen while preparing herbal tea, and the great Pa-in-law running and handing over a white soft hankie with ‘R’ printed on it. With a circle being bestowed upon ‘R’ and the presenter shouting from top of his voice about whether the ‘R’ denotes Pa-in-law’s past love interest or something else; He will also be able to poke his nose out of the TV screen and ask you to guess the correct answer to win a gold coin for every 2553^rd text message being sent by you on their money making SMS machine (conditions apply*).

‘The Big Fight’ and some ‘Hard Talk’ will have few ‘Frankly Speaking’ experts making you ‘Khabardaar’ with their Google Gyaan and finally saying ‘Gustakhi Maauf’!!!! (And I threw the crystal ball on my TV set shouting “Nahee!” {Repeat it three times, please!})

Btw, what that ‘R’ could be? Any guesses? A person coming close to the correct answer will get a special gift from me.

Okay, its time to move on in life. Last week I shared the PRedictions for PR industry and last six zodiac signs. Now it’s time for us to peep into the future of those friends who belong to the remaining six zodiac signs. My disclaimer does not have an expiry date and it is still valid.

Virgo: You are going to make the most of this year, as you are blessed with creativity and knows how to express yourself. This year will make you happier and wealthy but be careful about health. You need to develop a fine balance between client’s deadlines and your family’s birthday celebrations. You will go places. I mean, may be change a cubical or change a job.

Leo: Laurels coming in from all quarters. Bosses would be happy. Clients would remain happy and bonuses are in the offing. Especially owners of the agencies who belong to this zodiac will laugh all the way to bank. Please share some with your employees as well. You will become powerful and gain respect in the industry. For professionals it’s a time for promotions and special recognitions.

Cancer: This year is going to be a milestone for you. You will achieve what you set out for. One after another, your success will make you popular with colleagues and clients. However, be careful and do not get carried away. It is important that you respect others and their feelings. Overall a fantastic year for growth! Make most of it.

Gemini: It is a sign which believes in personal self esteem. You will make good stride in the professional world and grow. Hard work will be suitably rewarded and you will not feel left out by anybody. Your charming personality and confidence will help you win new businesses and new friends. A good year for people who are in mid 30s.

Taurus: You may get an international project and travel abroad. Friendship with powerful people will get you much needed benefits and your clients will be very happy with you. If you are public affairs professional, this year is going to be the golden year of your career. Do not get emotionally involved with any client.

Aries: Overall a good year with couple of incidents of loses of hope or faith. Be careful about entering into any agreement with client or supplier involving more than 30 lakhs. Read all terms and conditions carefully before signing on dotted line. Your international partner will bring you good fortune. For professionals, a wolf of an offer in the clothes of sheep is waiting.

This brings us to the end of PRedictions for all signs for the year 2008. We will meet again in 2009 with PRedictions. Till then good luck and live well. I will be back again on the coming Thursday with some insightful and meaningful content. Meanwhile, I am expecting a call from Ekta. I saw ‘breaking news’ on my TV screen that she was going to hire me as her next Creative Director! It’s high time that Nivedita Basu moved on.