CWG.
Did you just smirk, or laugh?
“God knows what’s gonna happen?”,
“It has become a joke! Games Village. Literally. Ha-ha!”
Facebook status updates have been filled with such sarcastic criticisms.
I was pretty much of the same opinion.
The politicians have made a joke out of the whole event .
6.7 billion dollars, most expensive Commonwealth Games if I’m right.
One wonders where all the money went.
Oh, we all know where it went, don’t we?
The world, again, found a reason to point its finger at our hygiene conditions, poor infrastructure, security fiasco and failure to meet deadlines.
They carried out sting operations, many of the best performers backed out.
Expected, isn’t it?
Now let’s stop all the media hammered negative thinking, and think on your own.
What is the Commonwealth Games about?
Is it about how awesome the stadium is, how good the bridges are and how many million dollars were spent?
Yes, the conditions are supposed to be up to the mark and, our politicians will never get better.
But is that the main motive behind organising CWG?
A sporting competition bringing together the members of the British Empire was first proposed by the Reverend Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote an article in The Times suggesting a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire".
It’s about the Games!
How many of us know the Indians representing the events?
Sushil Kumar (Wrestling) , Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting), Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee(Archery), M.C.Mary Kom(Boxing). these all are Gold medal winners.
Arjun Atwal, Saina Nehwal. . . Need I name more?
And many Indian athletes are at top of their form than ever before.
We have some real good performers to bank upon.
And we, the people of India instead of supporting them, are criticizing the whole event.
These are the people that deserve attention.NOT the dismal performers, namely the committee headed by Mr.Kalmadi who bought a sham to the event.
We just blog and talk about the shoddy work by the politicians.
How about being a bit enthusiastic for the sports people who are representing our country out there?
Let’s rest the whole fracas and cheer for our country.
That’s what we Indians are best at.
Hope and believe even in the direst of conditions, that the things will be just right.
And they will. :)
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4 comments:
I agree with what you say. Partially. We must support the athletes. Most of them will bring glory to the nation. But I feel that deciding to hold tuch a prestigious event while knowing that we are not upto it has been a mistake. Even if the athletes do bring home silverware, these games will be remembered as a fiasco if they don't work out well. Which will still bring disgrace to the nation.
Right there.
The administration is in shambles and hell yeah, they deserve criticism.
But that should not stop us from cheering the athletes, they've worked hard enough to be where they are. So, let's give them a chance too cos they are what the games are about. :)
CWG should have been an opportunity for us to display Indian Talent and Power. Unlike China who in there preparations for Olympics were best. Such a huge English non-speaking nation got so many volunteers to learn English, just the recruitment for the same started in 2006, where as the games were to be commenced in 2008.
Not just that even the Citizens were made part of it via various Outdoor media, banners, hoardings advocating to greet, help etc. So many efforts to host an event.These were just to name few.
Though CWG is a small event as compared to Olympics, but with a pathetic organistion like this we can only dream of hosting Olympics.
This in no way will stop us from cheering the athletes i totally agree. But the politicians have broght us shame and our players will bring us fortune, I am sure.
Well said :)
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