PLEASURE OF GAMES AMIDST PANGS OF CORRUPTION

Some days back, it was all- pervasive dust in delhi which had settled the question of poor state of preparedness for CWG.Now,with incessant rain in delhi for a couple of weeks ,glob of mud everywhere confirms this sorry state of affairs.Deadlines for some works are over ,though plethora of them remain to be finished.Stadia are incomplete,traffic woes to be removed,danger of dengue still looms large over the capital and people are yet to be sensitized about Do,s and Dont do,s during the event.The arrangement for heavy influx of people are said to be pathetically short of requirement.Delhi is indeed under prepared for this mega event.
                                  Added to these, a slew of media report about the mismanagement and corruption has diluted the spirit of the forthcoming festival-like event.
                        Whatever the conditions,delhi would wear a new makeover in just a few days to go.With various colours of the skin from all across the world ramping on Delhi's dilapidated roads,the city would indeed look like a cosmopolitan one.This would be a pride moment for all of us.All of a sudden, we would forget about the present hurdles , inconvenience and worries.The focus would dramatically shift towards day-to-day events of the game. we would vicariously derive pleasure or pain at the victory or defeat of our endearing players.The event is bound to hog limelight with newspapers coming out with full of events news.Electronic media may have well-thought plan for 24 hours news and discussion.Not to be surprised, if it rant about some trivial aspects of events and players.Chances are that even if you are not sport-loving person,you would fall prey to this hype. Patriotism may also come into play for you to whisper prayers for victory of indian players.The mega event will have the potential to throw the entire nations into a similar kind of frenzy.
                                                                                         This is supposed to happen and there is no wrong at all if the feaver of sports rises abnormally.In this world of constant friction and multitudes of social ,economic ,political and cultural differences,sports come with a massage of peace,brotherhood and amenity.It teaches us to respect pluralism ,accept own weaknesses and applause opponents strength and victory.There is no harm if such a virtue like sports promising  steals the limelight.
                                                                                            The sad thing would be that in this episode our attention would be diverted from the controversy of corruption in CWG.During the event the media would discuss numbers of medal each country and particularly india has chance to win.After the event we would introspect and analysis our strength and weaknesses.we would discuss why some countries won more medals than us and what needs to be done to improve the situation.Charges of corruption alleged against some politicians and agency would go into oblivion.We would ,as usual, set for our offices and schools and carry an attitude game over everything over.But should not we raise our voice against all the malpractices and irregularities which has come about during preparation of CWG?
        CORRUPTION IN CWG.shows mismanagement of financial matters at highest level.we are blaze towards financial prudence which needs to be kept at center while undertaking any administrative and developmental projects.Sadly,we shed money like water and call the project a success.but this is not prudence in view of scare resources at our disposal which comes in as tax of hard money earned by people.No matter how india perform in forthcoming mega event, we must perform our duty well by asking for account of every penny the govt.has spent in the name.this will go a long way in ensuring accountability and transparency in governance.And never think corruption never hits you.money going into the pockets of corrupt politicians and officials could have been spent for the pupose of more employment opportunities and creation of more economic or social overheads like school ,colleges,roads bridges etc.This would have sufficiently reduced inconveniences which common people face in everyday life.COming generations would also be benefited with the availability of more infrastructure.
            By reminding you of all the unpleasant things i dont want to dampen the zeal and spirit of commonwealth game. but my consciousness never allow me to keep a big SHUT-UP till ALL IS WELL.
                                                                                                          VASHISTHA RAY