A Friday with thirteenth as the date, is considered most inauspicious by some people. In January 2012, the Thirteenth day has fallen on a Friday. Yet for each and every Indian, this day has turned to be the most auspicious day of all. Many people in India, dreamed for last fifteen or twenty years, of this day and the dream has actually come true. From 13th January 2011 to 13 January 2012 or for full one year not a single case has been reported from anywhere in India of a dreaded disease called Polio. There are clear signs now, that this disease, which spoils the future of young kids and makes them disable for their life would disappear from India. Just 2 years ago (in 2009), 741 Polio cases were reported from India. Following year, this number came down to 42. In 2010, only one Polio case was reported from West Bengal state.
Very few countries in the world are now considered as endemic countries for Polio.These countries included, besides India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. (Last year, after a gap of 8 or 10 years China had reported 14 or 15 cases all of sudden.) There are indications that India may be out of this league.