For me this year is marked by one person, whose belief in what should be right, led to his death.

Satyendra Dubey. Ironical, because Satyendra – in Sanskrit means the Lord of Truth. Rarely do you see someone living up to the weight bestowed by their name. But Satyandra Dubey did.

He spoke out – not to the press or the media or anything else that may make him rich or famous. He spoke to the highest powers in the nation, about how it was being systematically looted by powers that be.

His request. Keep my name secret. They will kill me.

His reward, a bullet to his body. Killed on a lonely road in Bihar.

The Government of India and the Government of Bihar are playing “not me, them” game. And while they fiddle this particular number, the system continues to implode with no one taking action.

It brings hope, in a seemingly valueless world, that people like Satyendra Dubey still have ideals and choose to act by them.

The symbol of India are three lions atop a pillar that bears the legend “satyameva jayate” – truth will always triumph.

I hope that in this case India stands up to what it proclaims.