Our Games...Our Pride

AWESOMEEEE!!!!! well that is what Barney Stinson would have reacted if he would have witnessed the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games well my reaction was no different..It was no Arsenal vs. Chelsea encounter nor an India vs Australia T20 match but still I was glued to the television with my friends watching the opening ceremony just to see how inspite all sorts of controversies and allegations of corruptions we manage to put up a decent show in front of the entire world and I must say I was pleasantly surprised ..What a great opening ceremony almost good enough to make you feel patriotic…

The preparations for the games received criticism in news media due to issues including infrastructural problems, preparation delays , the withdrawal of prominent athletes and allegations of widespread corruption. Today I am not going to criticize the games here, our news channels have done that to a great extend .Infact I am going to talk about how the games could have a good impact on the infrastructure in Delhi. Think about it the games are for 2 weeks but the infrastructure provided are going to stay with the people, we now have a world class stadium, good roads , good transportation facilities who wouldn’t like that but sorry to say our media isn’t highlighting this stuff all they are doing is showing us the bad stuff which is good we do need to know about them but blowing it out of proportion and turning it into a bigger story is not done!

What really annoys me is the fact that people with no knowledge about the event keep on commenting (read criticizing) on it. Some INTELLECTUALS even go to the extent of comparing Commonwealth Games to IPL.well firstly unlike IPL which has only 8 teams with 20-25 members including the support staff & players There are 71 countries participating in the games need I say more. Some people argue what was the need to organize the games? Why all the showoff?? C’mon guys! we are the second largest growing economy in the world we need to show to the world our capabilities just imagine the foreign investment our country could get if we manage to showcase a decent show. It is estimated that the Commonwealth Games will have an economic outcome of close to $5 billion over the next few years and succeed in adding 2.5 million new jobs well it’s not me speaking I read dat in a newspaper.. Well I am not a commerce guy but even I think that’s GREAT! for us..and for a change people are talking about other sports apart from cricket..the last time that happened there was peace in Middle East.