India and Commonwealth Games.. will india show its power??

[hecj]

@TATA,brilliant pics bro.

 

[StingRoy]

The Hop-On-Hop-Off service for local sightseeing. Looks nice.

::HOHO::The Best way to see Delhi

 

[SpArK]

Pakistan upset over Games accommodation​

KARACHI: Pakistan on Monday rejected as unsatisfactory residential facilities at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, warning organisers to make improvements or provide alternative accommodation.

"Our delegation, which is visiting Delhi as part of a pre-event assessment, found the residential facilities in the village as unsatisfactory so we have given 24 hours to the organisers to bring an improvement or give us a hotel to put up our athletes," Arif Hasan, president of the Pakistan Olympic Association, said.

Hasan said the accommodation was not up to international standards but ruled out any boycott of the event.

Pakistan's objections are the latest in a series of concerns over shabby accommodation at the athletes' village for the Games, which run from October 3-14.

Several top athletes have also pulled out of the Games over security fears and health threats.

The Games organisers are racing against time to bring facilities up to international standards.

Hasan said the visiting Pakistani delegation did not attend a pre-Games meeting.

"Our delegation did not attend the delegation registration meeting because they did not find the facilities up to the mark," said Hasan, stressing that Pakistan would nevertheless participate in the Games.

"Our delegation will go as planned and we are not going to pull out."

Pakistan will compete in seven disciplines and their 75-member contingent will leave for New Delhi on September 29.

The Games will mark Pakistan's first major participation in a sporting event in India since militant attacks on Mumbai in November 2008. Since then India had halted sporting ties with Pakistan but had competed against Pakistan in multinational events.

Pakistan won one gold, three silvers and a bronze medal in the last Games held in Melbourne, Australia four years ago.


Pakistan upset over Games accommodation - The Times of India

 

[justanobserver]

^^


So much for 'holding hands' and 'South Asian solidarity'

 

[hecj]

^^


So much for 'holding hands' and 'South Asian solidarity'

the race to create a hype is still under going.no body wants to loose any oppurtunity

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

given the ongoing situation in occupied Kashmir, it is disdainful and of bad taste for us to have even sent athletes to these games....


CGames: Pakistan Upset over Games Accomodations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is the latest team to complain about the f.ilthy state of the accommodation at the Commonwealth Games village and has given organizers a 24-hour deadline to improve conditions or its athletes will instead stay at a hotel.

The rooms at the village were shown to Pakistan's three-member delegation on Monday, and Pakistan Olympic Association chief Arif Hasan says they're ''not fit enough to live in.''

Hasan told The Associated Press that the delegation refused to accept keys to the rooms, adding that organizers have been asked to arrange a hotel for Pakistan as a contingency plan if improvements aren't made.

Australia, New Zealand, England and Scotland among others have also complained. The games run from Sunday to Oct. 14.

DAWN.COM | Sport | CGames: Pakistan upset over Games accommodation

 

[justanobserver]

given the ongoing situation in occupied Kashmir, it is disdainful and of bad taste for us to have even sent athletes to these games....

Yup you should pull out of it, Pakistan was kicked out of the Commonwealth a few years back right ?

 

[M_Saint]

Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state

This article titled “Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state” was written by Giles Richards and Brian Homewood, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 25th September 2010 19.57 UTC

After the events in Delhi last week, a nation somewhat on the defensive may have been expected. Far from it. The Commonwealth Games crisis has turned from an issue of embarrassment and mismanagement into a vituperative assault on the very fabric of Indian society and its governance, the catalyst for grievances that go far beyond dirty sinks and collapsing roof tiles.

The brunt of the anger has fallen on the Games organising committee, with The Times of India publishing a poll revealing that 97% of readers believed it had “tarnished India’s image”. The paper concurred: “These jokers … deserve no mercy. Why should the nation be embarrassed for the folly of these individuals?” The Financial Express was equally unforgiving: “When [committee chairman] Suresh Kalmadi toured the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and declared that ‘everything is 100% ready’, was he wearing blinkers against the rubble and stagnant water?” Mid Day was blunter still in reference to committee secretary Lalit Bhanot’s suggestion that cleanliness complaints were simply down to cultural differences, replying: “Sure dude! Our low standards make it really OK to have crap in the living room …”

All of which is understandable, but as the problems intensified so did the reaction and its targets. Shobhan Saxena, again in the Times, was unequivocal: “We are a third world banana republic which is falling into a bottomless pit.” Before asking how anyone expected the country “to pull off an international sporting event without it sinking into the slime and grime of corruption and bad governance”. The Games, it seems, were but the tip of the iceberg: “These are the symptoms of a failed state. We make tall claims about growth, but we treat our poor worse than animals. We aspire to be world power, but we can’t even provide drinking water to all our citizens. We claim to be world’s biggest democracy, but we ‘solve’ all our social and political problems with loaded guns in hand.”

He was not alone. The Telegraph commented: “This reality of a rising rate of growth and a corrupt and corroded delivery system … has led us into the worst anarchy imaginable … The CWG symbolizes this truth of supreme failure and massive corruption.” The Deccan Herald saw the Games as “a microcosm of the way in which activities in the public domain are being handled in this country … Corruption, confusion, chaos, procrastination, delay, blatant political interference … The CWG project is not an exception but a typical example.” The Hindustan Times finished the job: “In a way, the CWG preparations have been a model-scale version of India itself. Tales of success and ambition laid out on a rockbed of medieval infrastructure and the sheer inability to create a new one.”

This is criticism the government was not anticipating as hosts – the celebration was not supposed to backfire into lacerating self?examination and much now depends on how the Games actually pan out. Success will distract but, as The Times observes, failure will only highlight the issues last week’s problems raised – principally “the disconnect between India’s newfound modernity and the masses of Indians who still face pitiable conditions of existence”.


Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state Red Sports. Always Game.

 

[hecj]

Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state

This article titled “Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state” was written by Giles Richards and Brian Homewood, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 25th September 2010 19.57 UTC

After the events in Delhi last week, a nation somewhat on the defensive may have been expected. Far from it. The Commonwealth Games crisis has turned from an issue of embarrassment and mismanagement into a vituperative assault on the very fabric of Indian society and its governance, the catalyst for grievances that go far beyond dirty sinks and collapsing roof tiles.

The brunt of the anger has fallen on the Games organising committee, with The Times of India publishing a poll revealing that 97% of readers believed it had “tarnished India’s image”. The paper concurred: “These jokers … deserve no mercy. Why should the nation be embarrassed for the folly of these individuals?” The Financial Express was equally unforgiving: “When [committee chairman] Suresh Kalmadi toured the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and declared that ‘everything is 100% ready’, was he wearing blinkers against the rubble and stagnant water?” Mid Day was blunter still in reference to committee secretary Lalit Bhanot’s suggestion that cleanliness complaints were simply down to cultural differences, replying: “Sure dude! Our low standards make it really OK to have crap in the living room …”

All of which is understandable, but as the problems intensified so did the reaction and its targets. Shobhan Saxena, again in the Times, was unequivocal: “We are a third world banana republic which is falling into a bottomless pit.” Before asking how anyone expected the country “to pull off an international sporting event without it sinking into the slime and grime of corruption and bad governance”. The Games, it seems, were but the tip of the iceberg: “These are the symptoms of a failed state. We make tall claims about growth, but we treat our poor worse than animals. We aspire to be world power, but we can’t even provide drinking water to all our citizens. We claim to be world’s biggest democracy, but we ‘solve’ all our social and political problems with loaded guns in hand.”

He was not alone. The Telegraph commented: “This reality of a rising rate of growth and a corrupt and corroded delivery system … has led us into the worst anarchy imaginable … The CWG symbolizes this truth of supreme failure and massive corruption.” The Deccan Herald saw the Games as “a microcosm of the way in which activities in the public domain are being handled in this country … Corruption, confusion, chaos, procrastination, delay, blatant political interference … The CWG project is not an exception but a typical example.” The Hindustan Times finished the job: “In a way, the CWG preparations have been a model-scale version of India itself. Tales of success and ambition laid out on a rockbed of medieval infrastructure and the sheer inability to create a new one.”

This is criticism the government was not anticipating as hosts – the celebration was not supposed to backfire into lacerating self?examination and much now depends on how the Games actually pan out. Success will distract but, as The Times observes, failure will only highlight the issues last week’s problems raised – principally “the disconnect between India’s newfound modernity and the masses of Indians who still face pitiable conditions of existence”.


Critics call Commonwealth Games crisis a symptom of a failed state Red Sports. Always Game.

when israel players were killed in munich,germany turned into failed state.when during manchester games,poor facilities were provided,england turned into a failed state.

i m again saying wait till 13 oct n watch.players coming here are appreciating the facilities as best ever.

if water is inside the rooms then delhi faced the floods few days ago.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Yup you should pull out of it, Pakistan was kicked out of the Commonwealth a few years back right ?

yes, we were....several times actually

i wish it remained that way

what pride is their in being called ''commonwealth'' nation anyways??

what a joke; just like this event to be held in delhi (if it even goes remotely on track/schedule

 

[hecj]

yes, we were....i wish it remained that way

what pride is their in being called ''commonwealth'' nation anyways??

what a joke; just like this event to be held in delhi (if it even goes remotely on track/schedule

what a joke; just like this event to be held in delhi (if it even goes remotely on track/schedule

when lahore was given match,whole world saw wat happened??.it is not necessary to keep hate in pocket at every time.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

when lahore was given match,whole world saw wat happened??.it is not necessary to keep hate in pocket at every time.

yup, and we are paying for that episode (regardless of the ID of the gunmen and their backers)

the series itself went fine however until the episode....

CWG not even started yet we can see the 'halaat' of things

 

[hecj]

yup, and we are paying for that episode (regardless of the ID of the gunmen and their backers)

the series itself went fine however until the episode....

CWG not even started yet we can see the 'halaat' of things

read my post above.every body cming here appreciating the facilities like never b4

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

haha right!!!

what about the indian boxer whose bed collapsed; he had such flattering words too

 

[hecj]

haha right!!!

what about the indian boxer whose bed collapsed; he had such flattering words too

raaz ki baat bataun-->his bed has been changed.plz dont tell this ,this is secret.

well ,a very important thing was said in an interview of fenell.he said india dont have experience in holding these games.

and btw experience comes when u hold the games atleast once.
i bet u ,if u can hold these games.this games makes the country kangaal means fully exhausted with money.u seem to be lucky.