It's my tax, my money, my CWG

Anupam Shrivastava

Associate Executive Producer, IBN7

Thank God Babri Masjid land dispute verdict is delayed, lets pray that it is pronounced only CWG games now. Any blast or riot after verdict before games can distort our image forever and India will shudder to even think of hosting any international championship for many years.

But we are positive, we are waiting that India should prove her might, we are waiting for opening ceremony anxiously we are even praying to rain god. But we are angry at the same time, angry for letting us down.

Why are we angry? Because, it's my tax, my money, my CWG, my footover bridge, my collapse!

Its my collapse Mr. Kalmadi. Mrs. Dikshit, Mr.Gill.
We are super power in cricket only. Why only criket ? because other than criket the way we treat our ‘other games and other players‘ is clear from the attitude of concerned machinery. Thanks to players like Sania, Saina, Abhinav, Sushil, Marykom, despite all odds, they reached to the top pedestal due to their individual capacity and brilliance. However, the bed of akhil kumar collapsed yesterday but our players are used to such treatment, and it is not a big issue.

If a British or Australian citizen had fallen down the bed and the outcry would have been magnified internationally.Nothing to worry, the standard of Indians and foreigners are different as Mr. Lalit Bhanot would have us belive.

Second thought is could Lalit Modi have handled CWG better. He must made it a extravaganza by outsourcing to the best on commission basis and not like our senior politicians, senior IAS, senior IPS have been doing, having your cake and eating it too. Modi might have faced the charges but IPL was a successful, nevertheless.

The difference between Lalit Modi and politicians is the same as has been succintly explained by M J Akbar in one his articles - he says, CIA  pumps blood into the heart of ruling class.C- CORRUPT, I-INCOMPETENT, A- ARROGANT, but china is way ahead of India because it is run by CPC: CORRUPT, PERVERSE BUT COMPETENT.

Sam Pitroda and Nandan Nilekani are some of the individuals who should have been considered to lead an event of such proportions. And why not Rahul Gandhi, after all his father Rajiv ensured that 82 Asiad went without a hitch and embarrassment to his mother. Considered to be young, sensible, level-headed and pragmatic, Rahul Gandhi should have been the first choice to head the CWG Organising Committee.

Senior politicians and ministers are sitting over all sports federations, its high time they were shunted out. It's time to change the things for better and if we fail this time we will never ever be able to be counted as a sporting nation both literally and figuratively.

CWG authorities have pinned all the blame on untimely incessant rains this time. Their excuse is that the concrete could not solidify because of the downpour. But, the truth is, our attitude to prepare at the last minute works in favour of all who see it as an opportunity to benefit illegally. From Rs. 450 crores to 70,000 crores now. News of Mismanagement of highest order are pouring in like the rains this year. South African High Commissioner H M Majeke said, he is not sure whether his country's team will stay in the Games Village or not. That was after he heard the news of a snake that sneaked into a player's room.

Players wait for buses though 1000 buses have been put on duty to transport them. The effort the ‘thekedar’ puts in cleaning a public property like urinals reeks of the same attitude with which sophisticated Games Village has been contructed.

I am angry because all of the world is mocking us. But I am positive because I am helpless. I am helpless because I have wasted my vote.

Mandal Kamandal have gone now and people are more concern about water logging in front and in society now. We are now becoming a neducated society and people's attitude is changing. We want Babus who plan cities keeping in mind the maximum amount of rainfall it might receive.

Firing on tourists outside Jama Masjid firing days before CWG speaks volumes about the security measures in place. The terrorist fired and were gone in 60 seconds like chain snatchers in Indian bazaars. The best police force of our country didn’t know where was CCTV installed and where the PCR van was. Blame game in this catch -22 situation resulted in nothing but a ghost coming out from pandoras box every time.

So where does the buck stops?

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