Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

There is a lot of negativity about the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi 2010. People are complaining about the cost, The corruption and some even about the impending traffic. I was surprised to see that even among fellow keedas, The excitement level is less than mundane.

So for those who are not elated about the CWG as its affectionately called, I urge you to think of the big picture. Sure the Games cost us a lot (1.6 Billion according to one keeda), But most of that goes into building world class sports facilities, which after the games will be used by our countrymen, to hone their skills and hopefully win some games. Finally there will be a hockey pitch with a synthetic surface, that our Indian team can practice on. Future National Games will have a venue to hold events, and our sportsmen and women can only benefit from this.

Another thing to be excited about is that our media, will go crazy about the games. Television rights have already been sold for record breaking sums, and I’m sure that India need only win a few medals, and our media will go GAGA and there will be human interest stories about everyone. Sport will be in the limelight and Politicians will have to take notice.

For those worried about traffic, I will leave you with something my math teacher once told me. All of us (students) were taught algebra, because one in every thousand would go on to use it and become Abdul Kalam (scientist).

There is no I in TEAM. It is time we make small sacrifices so that WE (Team India) do well and win medals in bunches, not singulars. So please i urge you all. Show support, turn up to the venues. cheer your favorite sportsperson, for we may never get a grander stage to showcase our talent. Our sportsmen and women unlike cricketers hardly ever enjoy a home side advantage, and it is time to show the world how passionate as a population we are about sports.