A cup is either half full or half empty, when it contains liquid only till half way up from its bottom. The optimist, they say, is happy to see the part which is half full and hopes for a desired result soon while the pessimist exults beholding the part which is empty and concludes the result will never come. There is something wrong here. Neither view will give a desired result. Going in for action to either get the cup full or empty as quickly as possible, depending on requirements, we will have a desired result - either a full or an empty cup.
Recently CWG New Delhi, 2010 was compared to an Indian wedding. This may have meant many things. If it was meant that all frailties leading to the event will adjust by themselves, during the event, there is a point – because more the chaos at a wedding more the fun for the participants – nothing else matters as long as the wine and food are good. A couple of hugs and back slapping generally wash away all blues. At CWG if everyone gets medals and the media are well looked after …..
The difference in the CWG - despite its relevance in the current world order being debatable - and the Indian wedding is that the CWG has brought to focus the shortcomings of a Nation on the threshold of becoming a global power. For the Nation’s aspirations to fructify, we have to do a critical self analysis and get the ‘cup’ full or empty as quickly as possible. We can not leave to chance the success of a programme, venture or event.
Whatever the verdict on CWG, it is obvious that the planning, preparation and execution to the build up were handled by authorities with an unprofessional and amateurish approach. There was no blue print and foresight was lacking. Rampant corruption among the organizers compounded matters. India has a big lesson to learn from this - an opportunity we cannot afford to lose.
Post games, these aspects will be drowned in a cacophony of incoherent voices throwing blames at will. Some heads may look to roll. The Nation will get caught up in another game like the one being played in Karnataka. There will arise a voice crying ‘all is well that ends well’. CWG, New Delhi will be forgotten.
If we do not wake up we can never improve the system. This is a fit case to analyse the conduct from posing candidature to post conclusion activities in regard to the games, including continued use / reuse of assets.
The idea is not to equate the games with an Indian wedding.
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