Why this sad state

While we are nearing the hosting of the Commonwealth Games, I am really saddened and ashamed at the kind of scandals and shoddy work that is being brought to limelight with each passing day. My India is a growing Super power capable of great things and has taken a very great stride in terms of its infrastructure building throughout this nation. Despite all these, to get these kind of news items and is really demeaning for every Indian. Mistakes happen everywhere and if we find that there has been problems lets acknowledge it and make it up such that the visiting participants and these people go back to their country with having experienced the best of India, the India, I am very very proud of it for its culture, for its people, for its capability and expertise.

This event has been so much in the news for all wrong reason in the recent past - whether it was the unearthing of a the committee having paid 150,000 pounds Sterling to a unknown company in London, the leaking roofs or the collapse of the overbridge near the main stadium just yesterday.  More than anything, when a high official refutes the complaint about the cleanliness of the place saying that our,meaning Indian standard are different from their (foreign countries) standard, I wanted to tell him on his face - Sir you dont have my concurrence from me and million other Indian citizens, on whose behalf, you are speaking that there can be two standards in cleanliness.  We also maintain high standard only.  So please clean up  fast and prove my(our) point.

May our Government step in where there are problems and not be a silent spectator as it is the Image of India. 
More than anything, after the events are over, Let the Government fix up the accountability for this debacle and punish all those where lead to this sorry state of affairs.  If we dont do this, then God Save India as we would be repeating all these over and over again in another time and in another event.

Comments

Sri Siddhi Flats said…
While I do agree on the shoddy state of affairs because of the greedy politicians, I would equally blame the media for the negative hype that they have created in the entire episode. I am fairly sure that what the media has done will have a major impact on the tourism industry.
September 28, 2010 at 5:57:00 AM PDT
Sarada said…
Thanks for your comments. While I am with you that it has given a negative impact to the whole episode, at the same time, it also required the media to highlight it to hasten the works too. We know the complacency of the government machinery. Many a times I am happy to see that atleast the media and judiciary are there to solve some of these things.
September 29, 2010 at 7:23:00 PM PDT
Umasree said…
The biggest reason for the negative wide spread media hype is because we have let the camera's capture our kitchens at work. Do you dare to get inside a post 5star hotel and see the kitchen, 90% chance that you will not eat there. We have only see the negative side of the CWG, and failed to recognise the hardwork and relentless efforts of labour, architects, engineers, adminsitration and creative staff involved. The media failed to recognise the kind of infrastructure utility that it brought to Captial. 14 days of games, and 70000 crores of expenditure, but it did showcase finally, that we Indians are also capable of putting up a great show. We have basic values , rich culture, a strong heritage that was just showcased on the opening ceremony and won the world applause. Media have to get out of this negative mode of projection. Imagine , the day Sanjeev Mehta took over the East India Company as CEO, media was busy talking about what Sania Mirza wore for mehendhi, How Aishwarya Rai avoided Salman Khan and same way Media was so disappointed that Ayodhya verdict did not bring out wrong reactions in the public. Freedom of speech by the Media have to be stopped from being misused.
October 7, 2010 at 9:57:00 PM PDT
Sarada said…
Uma This calls for a good debate I also beleive that no media house is neutral - they always send to side with one party or other whether it is any political news or any social news. During one of our meetings, some of us were discussing the good and bad of the exploding internet blogging - which is totally a free freedom of expression - but who knows what the authors writes is true or not. I can write whatever I want. There is no body to regulate it. so if a group of people want to write a distored version of the truth, they can carry on with no repurcussions for their actions. So how do we avoid it, while with the media there is always a governing body in each country. But our discussions were inconculsive as we had to go back to our meeting.....
October 8, 2010 at 12:24:00 AM PDT
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