First of all /u/Pollguard has asked me to take over this thread. And last years was made by /u/root_su and since he is not here. I am making this post.
Happy Diwali Guys!
In this thread, we write down our prediction of one thing to come until Diwali 2019.
You can make prediction about absolutely anything and you do not necessarily have to justify them. Obviously you have to keep them India-centric.
Some examples at the top of mind: escalation in war, a particular party coming to power in your state, some criminal getting acquitted/found guilty, a bollywood movie breaking records, Sensex levels, exchange rate
Take your pick and some redditor in the Diwali of 2019 will dig out this thread and see how well /r/India did.
Last years thread - https://redd.it/76wphp
Now let's check last year's predictions -
| Username | Prediction | Result |
|---|---|---|
| u/newinvestor0908 | Arnab is given padma award | fail |
| u/Noobflair | By next Diwali I will have completely turned my life around, start the website I have always been dreaming of, quit smoking, go from ugly and fat to ugly and beefy, higher self esteem and maybe sax. | rooting for u/Noobflair |
| u/lonerwithboner | /r/india will be swarmed with ex-Quora ppl :( | Well... |
| u/have_another_upvote | I will get banned from r/india, Team India will win at least one test series overseas (only Eng, SA, Aus count), Nifty will cross 11000, The Winds of Winter will not be released | Well did he? |
| u/yal_sik | Donald Trump will visit India, India and Pakistan will have a small border skirmish, Nifty will touch 8000 | Trump did not visit india, ceasefire since 29 May, Nope |
| Deleted | Here are my predictions: High conviction BJP will win Gujarat assembly elections, handsomely, GDP growth rate of India will hit 8% at least in one quarter, by next year, NIFTY will touch correct above 10,500 (clarified on 17/10/2017) Moderate conviction Despite all noise, Congress as a political party will struggle to gain ground (based on poll results), Snapdeal will shut shop, Spotify will NOT start a service in India, despite all speculations to the contrary, GST rates will come down, significantly.,Income taxes will come down for all tiers other than the topmost. Wild Speculation China's GDP growth rate will gather momentum. Will hit 7.5%., 1USD > 68 INR, JDU will leave NDA, Final UCC will be tabled in the parliament, Adani coal mine in Australia will go ahead as planned, Contrary to speculation, Theresa May will STAY ON as PM, Regime change in Brazil, Catalonia STAYS in Spain, Australia votes AGAINST same sex marriage (NO camp wins), India becomes the fastest growing large economy in the world, again | I am lazy..., Spotify is not out yet :/ |
| Deleted | We will get to understand Ambani's evil plans behind jio's freebies. | Porn is banned. |
| u/lolsabha | Large scale communal riots in UP. | |
| u/dreamer_iiit | India economy would be on full track. | |
| u/parlor_tricks | Eh.. Next year the drama quotient for elections will be at fever pitch. PM will pull some dramatic move(s)/surprise (s) out of his hat to shake the electoral logic. Since he will learn from his previous moves, I expect it to be more surgical than before. He won't do it in time for diwali, Maybe 3 months before the election. GST logjams will even out, but there will be permanent damage to the unstructured economy, which will reflect in medium/big businesses doing better and rural areas doing worse. People who can manage the transition and do tax compliance will survive. I'm guessing small business starts will be affected in the B2B segment. Out on a limb on this one :P. Polarization in America will continue, and in most of the world. I dont expect non-partisan politics to return anytime soon in that country. The way their system is set up will very likely lead to schisms within both the right and the left, so I expect more polarization within parties themselves. America won't go to war. Communication online will continue to get worse, as it becomes easier and easier to polarize groups and then coalesce them into networks. EDIT!: This may be premature - there is a good chance that next year is the year of "GEO ENGINEERING!" Brought to you by none other than the regular bevvy of idiots who brought you "CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX". P I have always believed that when people cant run the climate change denial media machine, they would be a scramble for a good CYA message. "FIXING THE EVIL CLIMATE WITH MAN AND MUSCLE!!" Would be the most dumb-ass message dumb manipulative cunts could sell to the same masses they sold climate change to. | If this is unreadable i'm trying to figure out how format the table. |
| u/nolanised | Got end will be a let down. Bitcoin will reach $10k. Modi will fuck up the country somehow. | .. |
| u/Ranjhanaa | Bhai will not get married. No war between NK and USA. Indo Pak relation remains the same. Sanju Baba's biopic flops. A biopic on Chunky Pande featuring Tushar Kapoor. | bhai is Virgin AF as expected, No war yet, indo pak relations are same. sanju baba bio was a hit. IIRC |
| u/Main_Hu_Doga | Jio will surpass Vodafone in userbase., Germany will win the football world cup., Ram Mandir matter will resolve., A prominent politician will be in big trouble., Government will bring a semi-demo like reform., BJP will lose Rajasthan., SRK's movie will flop., Flood in Mumbai., SC will face backlash for overrech., A Bollywood scandal., Temperatures in summer will reach new heights. | jio did, france own the worldcup, Rammandir issue is no solve, a prominent politician is indeed in trouble, no gov would not, election is due, SRK movie is not out yet, Flood in mumbai is everyday thing, A lot of bollywood scandals. left right and centre. |
| u/Doctor46Strange | I will get married next year. | please update are you married? |
| u/Sarcasticfan | Related to India - We will have a new state formed., Bangalore will die in 4years 3 years from now., Harvey weinstein type controversy in Bollywood. Vijay Mallya to be new BJP president., One of Infosys, TCS, Wipro will dissolve., Telangana to be next IT capital., North Indians will admit not all southies are "Madrasis". South Indians declare this day a National holiday., Rajanikanth joins BJP. Kamal Hassan joins Congress., 3000 of 15000 potholes in Bangalore to be covered., 2019 elections to be canceled. Modi declares Emergency and is our new supreme leader., 1 USD will be less than 50 INR., Reliance will contribute to 30% of India's GDP., People who booked Freedom phones to get it by 2018 December., Tinder officially declared a matrimonial app., China donates Tibet to India and wants Bihar in return. Modi denies and declares war against China. Lalu yadav claims conspiracy and joins Communist party of China., Kim Jong Un promises to launch 500 nuclear missiles and shift base to Mars. Starts GoFund me campaign - gets USD 750 billion dollars., Doordarshan no longer the national news channel. Republic TV declared National TV. Even Arnab does not know how., Team India Jersey to be made saffron colour. Kashmiri pandit opposes this., Mandir wahi banaenge., Taj mahal demolished on petition filed by Subramanian Swamy. Finds birth certificates of all our Gods. Supreme court dismisses it as it is not linked to Aadhar card. | 3000 potholes were covered but new 40000 came up. tinder broke my heart <3. |
| u/mango_indian | dark matter theory will be doubted more and more with more hypothesis against it., youth unemployment will become major problem/will continue to rise in india., nokia is back, blackberry stock will rise not the company's phones., bitcoin will be proved as bubble, but blockchain will go on., Layoffs continue in IT at mid-management levels, deepmind would have taught itself motion detection so that it can be used in driving., Telugu movies will continue to be dubbed in hindi but none of them will do well, rajamouli will start a movie but movie wont release in by diwali., some Hollywood movies will actually do well in india better than bolly biggies, court will throw the ball of ram mandir issue back at the madir-masjid comittees(no decision), lab grown meat trials begin on humans, more pro-euthanasia measures in developed countries, chennai flooded., There will be financial crime charges on trump., adani coal mine wont go ahead due to financial reasons | unemployment is still a problem., nokia is back, black berry tried to make phone. lab grown meat are being eaten by hooman, there is allegations on trump. |
| u/rottenTampon | Amazon prime subscription price will increase. This is known to many. My prediction is that prime video content will get significantly better by next year. | prime subscription price increased IMO prime videos has gotten better and prime music is here, |
| u/udi_baaba | Petrol at 80+ Rs per litre because oil is going back to the higher prices. Inflation keeps growing because of GST fiasco. Loan waivers in more states. First movie in bollywood to cross 1000 crore domestic earning. | petrol prices are up. |
| u/led-my-zeppelin | Prediction till Diwali 2018:Politics,There will be a new 1000 rupees note, GST will be reviewed prior to election campaigns for 2019, Donald Trump will be impeached, BJP in splits, Kejriwal will see an increase in popularity, DMK will come to rule in TN, Queen Elizabeth will be no more, Rahul Gandhi will act with sense and gain traction, Kim of NK will get into trouble, Fuel prices again under government control, Kamal Hassan will enter politics.. join hands with DMK,Science:Some new development in battery storage and fast charging technology, A breakthrough discovery regarding Space/Astronomy, A new drug with possibility to cure cancer, ISRO will face another launch failureSportsSindhu will be world no 1Entertainment,End of Big B, New Scandal videos of famous actress will be leaked, Rajini will quit cine industry, Salman will get married,WeatherAnother Mumbai Floods on cards next summer, Earthquake in Delhi, NCR, Gurgoan destruction expected, A major fire accident that will lead to loss of many life in North India, A cyclone in Arabian sea set towards Mumbai. | Well guess what... |
| u/Vickythiside | She would have asked me out by Diwali 2018. Everything goes happy happy & peaceful. | did she asked you out? |
| u/AasaramBapu | Bitcoin will surpass $10k | |
| u/unrealestate5 | Rahul Gandhi will..do nothing. | ... |
| u/digi23 | CSK will win IPL 2018, India 0 - 4 England in England Test series. | CSK won the IPL. and i don't watch much cricket so someone should tell me about the latter one, |
| u/ravindra_jadeja | Fractured verdict in Gujarat, A major filmstar will commit suicide, There will be an assassination attempt on a major Politician. (an astrologer has predicted this, in fact a murder, but I am scared to put down the name.) | NO comments. |
| u/vaibhav1011 | Danerys dies | I don't watch game of thrones. someone tell me. |
| u/amanb20 | Reliance jio will start throttling speeds for some websites while major players like Facebook, will work lightening fast.This is will be the first step in Ambani's plan to kill net neutrality. Edit : Also, I would have finally figured out what I want to do in life. | We dont know ambani's plans yet. Did you figure out what you want to do in life? |
| u/myvision2013 | My dept will be zero. Then i will start my small business | is your debt is zero? did you start your business? I hope so. :) |
| Deleted | This is interesting. Lets see, Modi launching another new shit that'll enrage public at large., BJP suffering unprecedented major fallout., Some major celebrity will die., Kejriwal may do or achieve something big., Non-bhakts will outnumber bhakts online., Adityanath is going to carry out some major fuckups., Some big ruling(s) by SC., India will break new records in global warming., Emigration will reduce. More people will come back., New BJP scams will surface. | Sridevi died. |
| u/indozo | A massive propaganda against Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid or Qutub Minar will start similar to how it was against Babri Masjid with even mainstream media demanding theories destruction or removal for a grand temple. A lot of stupid, anti-minority news will dominate to deflect attention away from Modi's swindling of the economy. | ... |
| u/MarangoniConv | Xiaomi will become number 1 selling brand in India for one quarter, and then quickly fall down to 3rd or 4th position by next year diwali | infact people are buying xiaomi pen. |
| Lives_Under_A_Cage | Modi will be dethroned by May 2018 and Rahul Gandhi will be elected unopposed. Our new PM will eliminate poverty by next Diwali. | did not happen. |
| u/saigrooves | Lakhs will loose jobs to automation/machine learning algorithms, Crypto currencies will make millions cry (not in joy), India will work towards banning, sale of diwali crackers, in more states, Firms selling house hold products, from table salt, to the bindi on your mums forehead, will have shown tremendous revenue growth, thanks to GST, Smog levels in Delhi will touch new highs, India will experience certain catastrophic events, visible on a national level, EICHER MOTORS will see tremendous YoY earnings., Market prices for a variety of scooters/bikes sitting on the BS-III /IV norms will be down by enormous numbers, with Goa seeing a surge in bike rental shops., India will see the entry/sale of European Step style scooters, New players in Luxury segment autos to enter the market, Indians will set a bigger footprint in the world of electronic music, including me! (shameless self marketing, Linkwasherethatihadtoremove), Tamil Nadu will witness a major change in leadership and governance, I will be writing the next set of predictions | cathostrpic event happened, india did move toward banning, new smog record in delhi, and I hope OP is writing this years predictions too, |
| u/brown_terrorist | Ikea will have a grand opening. And it's going to be amazing! Balloons, hot dogs and ice cream. Maybe even a free pillow case with every purchase | ikea had a grand openin no idea about the latter one. |
| u/Froogler | China will see a terrorist attack, Health & fitness will be the new startup unicorn fad, BJP will lose in Gujarat and win in Karnataka | |
| u/sensibledesi | Dhinchak Pooja will sing atleast one song in a mainstream bollywood movie. | Nope. |
| FuriousFrodo | My prediction: BJP loses Karnataka State Elections, Bangalore will have continuous rains till 2018, I will visit Spiti | did OP visit sipti? we may never know |
the predictions are not yet added as I am on mobile
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