To cry or not to cry

The question whether the Commonwealth Games will even be held now looms large. Even the Indians who used to be a little proud of their nation are now finding it very difficult to defend their stand. Collapsing footbridges, shootouts, reports about the filthy condition of the Games Village - what more do you need to say 'Mera Bharat Mahan'?

If that weren't enough, statements like 'Their standards of hygiene are different from ours', by an official when he was told that the Scottish officials had to scrub and wash their block to make it liveable and that the footbridge collapse was a 'minor incident' by a Union Minister puts you in a confusion - whether to cry or to laugh.

Yes fellows, India has truly arrived with the CWG. It is the epitome of the sheer apathy and the incompetence of the Government of the country. It is really a thing to marvel at - our government - you will never find one like this anywhere in the world. It doesn't even have a sense of shame about letting the country down so badly in the international arena. And where is the opposition when you need it? Why do they not even bother to raise their voice against such a heinous selling out of national prestige? Is the temple the only thing they bother about? Does the sense of pride of the citizens about this country count for nothing?

I find that Mr. Aiyar was right. I just wish we hadn't won the bid for the Games, if only to avoid this terrible shame and sense of pain I am feeling now as an Indian.

Athidhi Devo Bhava? Forget it!