The world's second most populous nation is never short of ideas and controversies it seems. India chose the Delhi 2010 CWG to show case it's might as an up and coming republic. It was supposed to put the country on the world map. It was supposed to make the world sit up and take notice of the fact that Indian's have arrived. It was supposed to say to the world that we are not longer a Third-World developing nation, but an emerging economic superpower.
Well the world did notice, it did put the country in limelight, just not in the way the people of this country wanted to be put on the map. The CWG bribery scandal has broken at a time, when the country was supposed to pushing all it's resources in the successful hosting of the Games.
Corruption Scandals in India are nothing new and I can't remember any 1 case in the history of this country and it's scandals that anybody who was a politico or a business man who got caught in a scandal (be it on even on tape) and get punished for it.
The Tehelka Operation comes to mind, the people accused in it are roaming scott free and the folks who risked their necks and livelihood to break the scam are no longer remembered. Aniruddh Bhallal rings a bell??
Coming back to the point in hand, now when the world has focused it's attension of the CWG, what does it find? Sub standard infrastucture, uncomplete venues, unhygenic environments, in short it finds everything that the world expected out of a Third-World developing nation . The project which are complete are shoddy, the roof leaking, sub standard quality of materials being used. Over the top prices being paid for procuring the amenties for the games, imagine 3000/- bucks for renting a plastic chair.
The IOA president politico is taking pains to lambast the media for putting the games in negative light and also the poor guy is working hard to make sure that he is not caught in all the negative glare. Scape goats for this particular scam have already been identified and are being plastered in the media for everybody to see.
For a country that prides itself on being a democracy we certainly have a very autocratic way of functioning. People in power are not responsible for anything. Our politicos lust for power but not the responsibility that comes from it. Well why should corruption surprise anyone, the text book criteria for corruption is fullfilled handsomely here.
Is it any wonder that the spotlight is not on the Sport but on the SCAM? Once the CWG is done, it's gonna be the same old story again. People are going to forget everything and the cycle will start all over again.
So much for being an Indian. Let the Games BEGIN.....
Well the world did notice, it did put the country in limelight, just not in the way the people of this country wanted to be put on the map. The CWG bribery scandal has broken at a time, when the country was supposed to pushing all it's resources in the successful hosting of the Games.
Corruption Scandals in India are nothing new and I can't remember any 1 case in the history of this country and it's scandals that anybody who was a politico or a business man who got caught in a scandal (be it on even on tape) and get punished for it.
The Tehelka Operation comes to mind, the people accused in it are roaming scott free and the folks who risked their necks and livelihood to break the scam are no longer remembered. Aniruddh Bhallal rings a bell??
Coming back to the point in hand, now when the world has focused it's attension of the CWG, what does it find? Sub standard infrastucture, uncomplete venues, unhygenic environments, in short it finds everything that the world expected out of a Third-World developing nation . The project which are complete are shoddy, the roof leaking, sub standard quality of materials being used. Over the top prices being paid for procuring the amenties for the games, imagine 3000/- bucks for renting a plastic chair.
The IOA president politico is taking pains to lambast the media for putting the games in negative light and also the poor guy is working hard to make sure that he is not caught in all the negative glare. Scape goats for this particular scam have already been identified and are being plastered in the media for everybody to see.
For a country that prides itself on being a democracy we certainly have a very autocratic way of functioning. People in power are not responsible for anything. Our politicos lust for power but not the responsibility that comes from it. Well why should corruption surprise anyone, the text book criteria for corruption is fullfilled handsomely here.
Is it any wonder that the spotlight is not on the Sport but on the SCAM? Once the CWG is done, it's gonna be the same old story again. People are going to forget everything and the cycle will start all over again.
So much for being an Indian. Let the Games BEGIN.....
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