Delhi's quiet just before the Opening!

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM, THE MAIN VENUE OF 2010 CWG GAMES. THIS WAS ALSO THE MAIN STADUM DURING 1982 ASIAN GAMES AND IT HAS BEEN REFURBISHED FOR CWG

It’s very quiet in Delhi just before the Commonwealth games begin in exactly two hours from now. Delhi roads have been deserted since last night, as most markets and Malls were shut down yesterday afternoon for the weekend due to security r...easons. Most people are either glued to their TV sets or have gone for weekend holidays!

A great fall out of the CWG is that Delhi has got two new routes of the Metro railway. A new line to the main stadium was inaugurated just this morning. This line will go all the way to Faridabad. Sadly the Airport line could not be inaugurated. Its construction was given to a private company, who has now been sued for Rs 11 crore damages. Obviously it’s a big blow to India’s image that Delhi does not have a railway from the airport to the city!

The electronic media has missed out on a big opportunity for showing all the excitement and color of the games, on who are the athletes and interesting facts about the participating countries. All they were obsessed with is how snakes and m...onkeys were being found at the venues and the games village. Did not see even one program on the athletes….no wonder the games have NOT struck a cord with the general people.

The print media was slightly better but the reporting was confined to the sports pages!
I was told by the media department of the games two months ago that they had given out thousands of accreditations for reporting and couldn’t give more (to me). I wonder where is that entire media! Perhaps all the passes have gone to relatives of the officials so they can sit in press boxes and watch the games…this is a common practice…disgusting.

Well hope the ceremony is grand and befitting of a country of 1 billion plus which has so much diversity that it could take you a lifetime and you still wouldn’t have seen everything