Finally there was some typical Indian jugad and Common Wealth Games were declared as success. The grand opening itself would suffice for International Media to hail the management of sports in India!
It is amazing the way we handle such tricky situations with almost no hint of inelegance. What more we have remarkably performed on the field, a welcome relief from off the filed instances of shame and discomfiture.
It was supposed to be a grand event catapulting India into league of 'big world powers'. However it came with its rather large share of controversies. Prime movers in this show were - politicians (who else?!). We do not have sportsperson as administrators, our neta perform the duty. Now we have side show of cleaning up the corruption mess. Delhi CM & Mr. Kalmadi do blame each other & squabble often and how!
The encouraging fact of the matter is that India was second in the medals tally!! We actually won 38 Gold medals, 27 Silver & 36 Bronze medals - total of 101 medals. Can you believe that?
I do not really remember the last time we had won so many medals. I feel rather than the number of medals, that wining streak, that thought power & confidence of doing something extraordinary in these sporting events is significant and incredible.
It was good to see athletes wining the games and shooters claimimg all the gold medals possible.
Even if you want to concertrate on the positive outcomes, the point is not to be missed. We have to go ahead and demand accountability of Rs 70000 crores.
