CWG Fiasco

i will pull no punches here, and it will be a long comment column and some would think i have gone insane...but man...do i care!!i too have had enough of CWG - blatant media reporting, blogs, lunch room discussions, corruption cases, misuse of power and resources, general inconvenience blah blah blah। I totally accept things are not happening the way they should be and as a nation we are not putting up a good picture. Too bad. Full Stop.

This was for the agencies involved who are doing things wrongly or not doing anything. what are WE doing, except for criticing. Nothing.

i have debated this with friends, colleagues, relatives. I understand the general apathy. and i am totally with it. BUT what i dont like is remarks like "the games should be a flop..tab maza aayega inko", "we dont deserve these games", "indians are good for nothing" "india has been too ambitious to take on something like this" or what mani shankar aiyar said..insensitive!! i hate these comments and hate every person who is making these comments. and i also have stopped liking these frequent blogs and writeup on "sharamnaak" performance. whats the harm in being ambitious, a country which is just 60years old is trying to match international level, whats the harm???? ya, like all of us, i too have list of things that could be done, ideally. but too bad, i am not in games OC!!should i even start with what indians are capable of doing??? dont we have other things to talk about????why repeat and repeat and repeat our dissent.why?and btw, let me also tell you, that nobody other than delhities are so charged about CWG.the rest of india isnt even bothered.

i have two more problems, one im a patriot (and i have all reason to be, i love my country) and two, im a positive person (sorry, i cant help it). my contention is, so ok, things are bad, much has been said, but now that the games are nearing, lets atleast keep our spirits high, stop making long faces, see the positive effects (ok, we have to take a magnifying glass to do so, but why not). when u have a wedding at home and preparation go awry, do you feel good about the sinking prestige of the hosts or do you rise and help?? i am not comparing the events, i am comparing the emotions. people, guests are coming to my city, and i want to see them go back happy. i can even imagine people chating with tourists on the poor state of india and the works. bcoz they want to earn brownie points with goras and they feel its totally cool to bad-mouth one's country.

i want to appeal to people, somethings are not in our hands like OC, but a lot of other things are. why dont we work on that. lets be smiling hosts so that people dont go back to their countries and say, “you know..delhities ARE very rude people”, or offer help for directions, information, whatever!!

i am not sure how many of us know what went behind munich olympics or beijing olympics, but if you know i bet you'll thank god - for the least we are going through.

this maybe my last discussion, comment, read on anything related to CWG. unless something profusely instigating comes up. from now on, i will groom myself to become a "wonderful and a proud host".