Tuesday 28 September 2010

Once Upon a Time in New Delhi

One of the biggest ever International sporting event is about to be commence in our very own state i.e. New Delhi and on the verge of getting doomed as claimed by statistics and bureaucrats. News channels, news papers, magazines, social networking sites all are flooded with CWG ( Common Wealth Games) content as they conceives personal responsible is Mr. Kalmadi, frankly speaking I never heard this name before, seriously!!.

I’m not trying to adjudicate on right or wrong, my exertions in this write up are more on sarcastic side. Yesterday incidentally saw an interview of Mr. Kalmadi on IBN-LIVE and instantly en-grained by his speech production which are:

Mr Kalmadi: I am ready to take all the blame.
Me: You’ve already swooped so much money, blame is a miniscule matter.


Mr Kalmadi: I have been confident.
Me: 1600 crore Rs can make any person confident sir, I would have been over confident.


Mr Kalmadi: I have not taken any decisions.
Me: It seems you’re correct but are you a chairperson of CWG organizing committee?


Mr Kalmadi: Athletes said they have not seen such a village anywhere.
Me: Of course, it’s extraordinary!! Snakes in the room and stray dogs on the bed, where else they can see other than India.


Mr Kalmadi: Because of conflict among builders and contractor we got venue late, no work for 3 months
Me: What about 81 months?


Mr Kalmadi: Why they are showing only 2 toilets?? Why not other toilets?
Me: Because these 2 were the only best in shape. Please appreciate.


Corruption is always at its peak in India though it’s everywhere and CWG was an opportunity to take to next level. If they would have given more deep thought Olympics would have given more. Nevertheless these peculiar occasions always have critics though this time we had International ones too.

2003 India won the bid through bribing but 7 years were not sufficient to complete the CWG work. I guess more than half of the years were economized on how to dispense the allotted money for CWG efficiently and in concealed mode. Once the event is over the next big thing that everyone will be talking about is “The Commission on CWG” which will last for some 19 odd years just like “Ayodhya mayhem”. Is this the reason behind Kalmadi’s smile in the interview??

Bureaucracy is a ubiquitous curse!! Nation’s prestige put on stake. Entirely jeopardized!!

One of my friend made a good point i.e. “This is the first time ever a developing country organizing CWG, raising eye brows of some countries”. I can’t abnegate the fact but even though most of the nations were bribed?? I think either India didn’t bribed enough or they missed!!

As per me, CWG in India has excogitated a new meaning “Game of commonly distributing the Wealth among the government officials i.e. Common Wealth Games”.

Bye!!

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