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India shouldn't have become CWG host:

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N who asked you for your opinions?[/QUOTE]

the brits must have said something like that many times when they were mastering india, now it is truely stuck in many indians slavery mind
 
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the brits must have said something like that many times when they were mastering india, now it is truely stuck in many indians slavery mind
Like I said, who asked you for your opinions?
 
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N who asked you for your opinions?

the brits must have said something like that many times when they were mastering india, now it is truely stuck in many indians slavery mind[/QUOTE]

Are you a dumb??????????
 
Indian Opinion :

India’s not a serious player in this game
India?s not a serious player in this game - Hindustan Times

International sporting events are meant to serve as advertisements for their host countries. The recently-concluded soccer World Cup demonstrated that no matter what we may have read, South Africa was well-organised enough to host a global tournament with style and élan. The last Olympics served as
China’s coming-out party to the world in much the same way as the 1964 Olympics served notice that Japan was ready to became an international player.

I think we can all agree that there is little hope that the Commonwealth Games will be a global advertisement for India. Forget about replicating the success of the South African World Cup or the Chinese Olympics, it seems likely that these Games will not even approach the success of the 1982 Asiad.

I am enough of an optimist to believe that in true Indian fashion we will manage to ride over all the obstacles at the last minute and that the Games will not be the fiasco that some writers are predicting. But I do believe that the mess we find ourselves in raises certain long-term questions which deserve answers.

* I have no desire to sit in judgement over Suresh Kalmadi who loudly protested his innocence in an interview to HT on Thursday but even a four-year-old can tell that the Games reek of corruption and dishonesty.

The sheer weight of the charges — kickbacks, needless commissions to mysterious off-shore companies, forged letters, unexplained payments to non-existent London firms, inflated purchase figures, etc. — is so great that no denials will seem convincing. Clearly a lot of people have got very rich out of these Games.

Now that the skeletons are tumbling out, the organisers of the Games are blackmailing us. We may be crooks, they say, but if you act against us then this could endanger the Games which are only a few weeks away. So like it or not, you are stuck with us.

The problem is that they may be right. Any action against the crooks may have to wait till the Games are over. The racketeers are hoping that, in classic Indian style, if the Games go off relatively well, we will forget about these charges.

Here too, they may be right. The fact that people who are famed for their corruption have been put in charge of organising the Games shows how little accountability there is in the Indian system. No matter how much of a sleazeball you are regarded as, you can always manipulate your way to the top of the system.

So, here’s my question: why does the Indian system allow crooks to get so far? Why does it take the media to expose the level of rank dishonesty?

* The Commonwealth Games mess is a symptom of many deeper malaises. One of them is the sickness that afflicts Indian sport. Many of the people who have been responsible for this mess — across sports federations — are the same people who have been running Indian sport for decades.

Because the Commonwealth Games are so high-profile, we have finally been forced to pay attention to what they are really up to. And everything we have learnt over the last four weeks confirms what sportsmen and women have been saying for decades: Indian sport is run by crooks who have no interest in sport but care only about their own wallets.

It is significant that in all the discussions about the Games the players have hardly been mentioned. We now treat it as a given that despite being the most populous country in the Commonwealth, we will not emerge at the top of the medals tally. The story of Indian sport (outside of cricket) is a story of permanent third-ratedness interrupted by brief spells of second-ratedness.

So, here’s my second question: why don’t we look beyond these Games and ensure that the crooks who have brought Indian sport to this sorry pass are thrown out of sports organisations forever?

* It is convenient to treat Suresh Kalmadi as the source of all that is wrong with the Games — and certainly he has a lot to answer for.

But the truth is that it isn’t just the Games organisers who have failed. The leaking infrastructure, the collapsing roads, the delayed projects, the incomplete Games village, etc. have little to do with the Organising Committee.

They are entirely the fault of the government.

The Sports Authority of India, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA, under the Urban Development Ministry), the New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) and the state government have all failed to meet their targets or to complete projects to international standards.

What’s worse is that many of the cases that the Central Vigilance Commission is looking at relate to corruption within government bodies, not just the Organising Committee of the Games.

Yet, have you heard one central minister (I exclude the Delhi Chief Minister because she has been honest and upfront) accepting responsibility for the screw-ups or promising action against errant and dishonest officials?

They are all thrilled that Kalmadi is in the line of fire because it gets them off the hook. And sadly, we are content to let them get away with it.

So, here’s my third question: why doesn’t the government of India accept that it shares responsibility for the disaster? The government has failed to impose accountability on the organising committee; the sports ministry is a joke which should be renamed the ‘talk ministry’; and government departments have failed to deliver the infrastructure on schedule.

* And finally, the big question. The Games will cost upwards of R 35,000 crore. Spend that money on improving the road traffic systems of Bombay and Delhi and you would reduce jams and congestion — a benefit the citizens of both cities would value more than the stadiums that have been built in the capital. Spend that money of developing an infrastructure for Indian sport at the mass level and you would give talented sports people a means of breaking through.

I use these two examples — rather than the hundreds of schools and hospitals you could build with this money — because the two arguments used to justify this expenditure are that

a) Delhi will get civic improvements and b) that Indian sport will benefit. Both are weak and unconvincing justifications.

In fact, there is only one reason for hosting an international sporting event: to show off your country to the world.

So, here’s my final question: given that we have no desire to show Suresh Kalmadi off to the world; given that the Commonwealth Games are not a global event on par with say, the Olympics or the soccer World Cup; and given that sport is not the strongest selling point in the India story; should we be wasting so much money and diverting funds meant for Dalits and other poor people on such pointless spectacles?

There are things that India does well. And we should show them off. But organising a sporting tournament is not one of them.

I guess it is sad News for Indian users here.
 
Commonwealth Games: Delhi to miss deadline again?
PTI, Aug 8, 2010, 01.13pm IST


NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's promise of completing all Commonwealth Games projects being implemented by her government by the extended deadline of August 31 is appearing to fall flat.

Top officials in Delhi government admitted that key projects like Barapullah Nallah elevated road and renovation of the Yamuna Sports Complex, apart from street-scaping around the Games venues are unlikely to finished by August-end.

Chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said although a carriageway of the Barapulla Nallah elevated road will be completed by August 25, the construction activities on second carriageway could be finished by first week of September only.

The four-km-long elevated road between Sarai Kale Khan and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the event, is being built to provide uninterrupted traffic flow from Games Village near Akshardham temple to the stadium. The over Rs 550-crore project has already missed several deadlines.

Similarly, renovation of Yamuna Sports Complex, where archery and table tennis events will take place, is not likely to be completed by August-end. Peripheral works in and around Talkatora Stadium and Karni Singh Shooting Range are also not expected to be over by the deadline.

A K Walia has publicly stated that work in Yamuna Sports Complex will not be over by the month-end.

Delhi government had undertaken projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore to improve infrastructure in the city ahead of the Games that start on October 3.

Works related to plantation and greenery are also lagging far behind. Although plantation works have been allowed to run through September, several agencies planning to put up potted plants are a bit confused as police have objected to placing the pots near the gates of the venues.

Facing severe criticism for delay in finishing Games- related projects, Dikshit had last month directed all agencies concerned to complete pending work within the final deadline.

Top PWD officials, overseeing street-scaping projects across the city, have also admitted that the works will only be over by mid-September. The department has deployed an additional workforce of 700 labourers to wrap up the street-scaping projects.

"Nine agencies are working on various projects to improve various infrastructure in the city. Some of the projects are getting delayed because of lack of coordination among the agencies," said Chief Secretary Mehta.

Questions are also being raised over whether the 2,000 flats being renovated by the DDA in Vasant Kunj for stay of technical staff of the Games will be completed ahead of the mega sporting event. DDA engineers, earlier in the week, had said that they will not be able to complete the flats before the Games.

Read more: Commonwealth Games: Delhi to miss deadline again? - Delhi - City - The Times of India Commonwealth Games: Delhi to miss deadline again? - Delhi - City - The Times of India
 
Of course it is simple. Indians often claim that they can match anything that China can do. So if China can successfully host the Olympics back a few years ago then why can't India succeed in hosting the CWG ? And by the ways, hosting the CWG would be much easier than hosting the Olympics because the CWG event is not as big as the Olympics.

Brother.. not many indians agree that we should have hosted CWG. so its a diverse country, so pls get a larger percpective of inda. Other wise we would see it as a dog barking at an elephant. mahoot dosent care.. and the elephant certainely dont give a crap..!!!

And as for the subject matter we should have waited for atleast a decade.. before jumping into such a big thing.
 
Brother.. not many indians agree that we should have hosted CWG. so its a diverse country, so pls get a larger percpective of inda.

And as for the subject matter we should have waited for atleast a decade.. before jumping into such a big thing.

Well i believe your country can host it. The only thing that is disappointing is the great level of embezzlement of public money just like we see in sub-continent.


damn 4km road at the cost of over 500 crore rupees :blink:
 
Well India does have the facillity to host such an event..its a growing economy...so you would expect that from them.
 
Well i believe your country can host it. The only thing that is disappointing is the great level of embezzlement of public money just like we see in sub-continent.


damn 4km road at the cost of over 500 crore rupees :blink:

Jana its not the question of whether my country can host it or not.but the amount of money wasted here..see the expenses now and there is a report that government diverted the money that has allotted to poverty eradication to this..is it worth it??and also think about the security we have to give to each and every nationals..how much money will it cost and god forbid anything bad happens..there goes India's credibility and image to the thrash can..with all these risks and huge expenses along with corruption the question is ,is it worth to host the commonwealth games??The only good thing i see is Delhi got a image make over..

PS:it is the rarest thread that you actually speak for India but unfortunately we have disagreement here too :lol:
 
yr believe is wrong it is already a failure .


saying its already a failure even before its hosted ,speaks your mind.

anyways, on topic :

sinc the corruption scams are exposed and are already the hottest issue in the country which got even the locals publics' interest involved in the fate of the games, it has actually in a way helped the preparation..now the politicians are involved in a$$ saving acts and now extra care is being given to the preparations..this will has suddenly got every one working in the right direction..although its late, but enough time to put up a great show...hope the games is a big success for India...but if the corrupt leaders are spared, it will just make the people more angry. hang this kalmadi.
 
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the fact that there is no beef already means its a failure, projecting hindu ideals on a world stage is not a good idea, this about being strong sportsmen, not hindu's
 
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