Quit Playing "Games"...

Here I am, writing the first blog of my life (yes, you're right, I'd been living in the dark ages all this while, you know!), and what does it happen to be about? Not about me, my life; not about my innermost feelings, or about some random philosophical thoughts which somehow manage to permeate the human mind on certain very rare occasions. You see, most of the first blogs by renowned bloggers(I don't know if the adjective is appropriate or not, but then, who cares!), which I happened to have come across, are along these lines. So one can't help but just presume that this is the standard practice which is followed in the blogging world. But anyway, coming to what I WOULD be writing about(finally!!) is the "glorious" event that would be the "Commonwealth Games 2010"!!!

Well, I know that enough pot-shots have been taken at the Delhi Govt. for its sleeping-over-matters-till-it's-too-late-to-resolve-them attitude and at the various agencies (of the aforementioned "government") which had been given the task of creating infrastructure in the capital way back in 2003(that's right, SEVEN years ago!!) while keeping view of the upcoming prestigious games, and that we have all had quite enough of the blame-game which has been played all this while. But coming to think of it, seven years was a long-enough time-period during which the capital could have been made ready to host the Games. But what we instead got, are just some fancy plans for the city. Most of these projects never materialized, and quite a many of those that did, are in no way going to be completed in time for the Games. With just 60-odd days left for the Games to start, the erstwhile enthusiasm of the officials has somehow been de-throned by the Government's "do-or-die" diktat. Claims are being made as to the pace of work-completion being some close cousin of "war-footing". And yes, for all we know, the dug-up roads, half-constructed buildings, bewildered officials are actually doing a damn good job of presenting a "war-like" situation in the city, particularly in the Games Stadia, each of which wears the look of a place that has been looted and plundered of all its glory by some heartless invaders! I'm sure that those of us who happen to be living in Delhi , or in any of its satellite cities must be jolly well aware of the kind of "work" that has actually been "accomplished". None of us actually needs to go through any kind of newspaper reports in order to get acquainted with the ground situation.

What remains to be seen, though, is that what face are these people, who shouted at the top their voice from the rooftops about the coming-of-age of our country after winning the bid for the Games, going to show to the world, come October 3, 2010. In fact, after all this, the Govt. should stop for a moment and deliberate on where it went wrong, and what could have been done, instead of merely trying to brush things under the carpet. And it goes without saying that it's not really appropriate on their part to go about claiming that they want to host the Olympics, when a major embarrassment is staring us all in the face by way of Commonwealth Games.

So till the time they manage to sort out the problems of this year's Games, they should just "Quit Playing Games...."

(Play)ground for disaster!