Was going through Medals Tally of CWG 2010, and was happy that we are maintaining 2nd Position till second Last Day of Event, although England is inching closer but still 3rd Position in Medal Tally is really great....
It feels Good, Atleast we would be able to Boast about this in Future....and on the same time we clearly Established our No.1 Position in Test Rankings (Cricket).
Daily Newspapers are painting the Glory of Nation and again junta is feeling India Shining.....India is definetely Shining no doubt on it, but the Price which we are paying for that is Overly Quoted.
Just Imagine, No Business sense in Organizing CWG 2010, as this won't generate the revenue in proportion to the Expenditure, but this we did only for the Sake of Nation's Pride and to strenghten our Nomination for Holding the Olympics in Future,...but the Negative Publicity and Scam behind the event really hurts the sentiments.
Few Days Back I was having a conversation with my Elder Bro, and chirping happily about the Success in CWG, and he pointed out few things which really forced me to look at the other side of the wall.
Gaining second position in Medals Tally, in the event where no top ranked Athelete was present, even from the countries Participating....all top sportperson pulled out their candidature due to poor management and organization, and then too we are second (including Home Advantage)
Think about this that we gained only one Gold Medal in Lawn Tennis, where all of Our Players were Top Seeded, including Saniya, Leander Paes, Mahesh, Somdev...and look in the ATP Ranking, they are far behind in International Circuit....
Where was Andy Murray of England???(example quoted by my Bro) and other Top Seeded players from different Nations...
and in absence of that too we missed out the Gold Basket....(only Somdev clinched the yellow metal)
Recently came through an Incident, that few Youngsters forced Suresh Kalmadi to move out of an Restaurant as they were feeling ashamed by spending the evening with Mr. Kalmadi, but did we ever thought that how come a Person devoted to serve the Nation(ex- Pilot in Indian Air Force) became so Corrupt.
The answer is in System, the guys who was having problem with Mr. Kalmadi, must on numerous occassion bribed the Traffic Inspector or Govt. Clerk for minor issues....never thought that we are developing the habbit which would pain us at later stage. So why to create such a fuss at this stage???
I can understand that this reaction was because now the matter was linked with Nation's Pride, and we can tolerate anything but not the matters related to Country Pride.
I am quite Happy and would like to Congratulate all the Atheletes who did wonders for our Nation and Respect their Efforts, but the situation is really worrysome.
Let us retrospect before Celebrations start and realize the concept of Butterfly Effect in developing the practices in System.
I'll start from my side, I know I am part of all this too, and been on wrong side on numerous occassions, and may be doing the same in future too, but still giving a try is must.
