Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India
Should the Commonwealth Games be allowed to go on in India?
Firstly, I am sure that the material used is substandard. This would put the participant sports persons and the viewing public and dignitaries at risk.
Secondly, it has caused enough havoc, death and generally looting of tax-payers money to get this shameful blot on beautiful city like New Delhi. The ministers and the organizing committee who are part of this mess should be first removed from their positions. An enquiry should be done on these corrupt people and the entire money that they have eaten up unearthed and ploughed back into other development activities.
When sports is no big deal in India, when work and studies are the only criteria for importance, why should this country host an event of this magnitude? When there are millions of poor people, illiterate people, a population that is beyond control, dirt and grime on the streets, lack of sanitation, lack of proper drinking water why should this country be spending so much money on a sports event? I can understand cricket getting the money they want and showcasing their events. These are not made of tax-payers money, it is on capital they have raised on their own. If such an even needs to be hosted in India, it should not be on tax-payers money. Let the event be a corporatised and the money raised from the stock market or from the wealthy few. If it is a viable business option, then let it be so. Otherwise such an event SHOULD NOT come to India.
As long as sports or any money-related activity lies in the hands of politicians in India, the common populace is always going to cry and bleed. Nothing ever seems to happen to these politicians and corrupt officials.
I have a lot to comment on the politics of nations and diplomacy. I shall do that in another blog. Let me know what you think on this one...
Firstly, I am sure that the material used is substandard. This would put the participant sports persons and the viewing public and dignitaries at risk.
Secondly, it has caused enough havoc, death and generally looting of tax-payers money to get this shameful blot on beautiful city like New Delhi. The ministers and the organizing committee who are part of this mess should be first removed from their positions. An enquiry should be done on these corrupt people and the entire money that they have eaten up unearthed and ploughed back into other development activities.
When sports is no big deal in India, when work and studies are the only criteria for importance, why should this country host an event of this magnitude? When there are millions of poor people, illiterate people, a population that is beyond control, dirt and grime on the streets, lack of sanitation, lack of proper drinking water why should this country be spending so much money on a sports event? I can understand cricket getting the money they want and showcasing their events. These are not made of tax-payers money, it is on capital they have raised on their own. If such an even needs to be hosted in India, it should not be on tax-payers money. Let the event be a corporatised and the money raised from the stock market or from the wealthy few. If it is a viable business option, then let it be so. Otherwise such an event SHOULD NOT come to India.
As long as sports or any money-related activity lies in the hands of politicians in India, the common populace is always going to cry and bleed. Nothing ever seems to happen to these politicians and corrupt officials.
I have a lot to comment on the politics of nations and diplomacy. I shall do that in another blog. Let me know what you think on this one...
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