Donot get carried away Imran. It is this attitude of ours which lets us get abused over n over again by the filthy politicians. The delivery of the games infrastructure was poor and the bridge collapsing was inexcusable and so was using the services of the army for construction. The army jawans should not be misused by the govt to coverup the monery swindled by corrupt politicians.
The stadiums were not ready in time, thereby robbing the home atheletes the home advantage and the chance to practise at games conditions which any other host nation would have provided. The sand artists i read in another article on rediff itself had not practiced before and the live show was their first performance, totally unacceptable for a world class event though they deserve all the credit for pulling it off fine.
Imagine the kind of pressure we put on all our atletes and performers all of which was avoidable.
The CWG was a success inspite of Kalmadi and not because of Kalmadi.
The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures
Re: Truth
by Emraan Hashmi on Oct 11, 2010 06:50 PM
I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T.Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Re: Re: Truth
by Emraan Hashmi on Oct 11, 2010 06:51 PM
Cont Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come bac Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
Re: Re: Re: Truth
by Emraan Hashmi on Oct 11, 2010 06:52 PM
Cont YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - 'YOURS'. Give him a face - 'YOURS'. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchan ge in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I
Re: Re: Re: Re: Truth
by hunny malhotra on Oct 20, 2010 01:11 PM
Very right dear. but the question arises does a common man do all those stuff. take the example of games lane in delhi when fine was Rs. 2000/- most of the expensive cars are breaking the rules not the motor cyclist or small car owner. n just think where they are getting such a confident? from govt. coz they are paying to our politicians... Corruption never start from lower end it always start from top end.
this cwg india won maximum medals in wrestling,so these europians are cancelling wrestling from next cwg competations,this shows how these people want to stop indian domination
Re: britishers are cheaters
by rishu gupta on Oct 12, 2010 03:10 AM
I totally agree with you, Whenever these whites come to know that they cannot compete with Indians in a game , then they either try to bend the rules of teh game or swittch to some other game. After this wrestling case, we can see cricket which was immensely popolar in england but since indian/aisan team become stronger they swithed to other ganes lie rugby/soccer etc.....Simply we indians are the best and Whites are cheaters....If we are give 10% of the facilities that these while people get in their countries I can bet we indians will not allow them to win 1 single medal in olympics....Their is no substitute to hard labour combined with intelligence are we are best on this combo.
Although winning the medals in CWG , be it gold , silver or bronze is heartning one really wonders where do all these athletes disaapear in Olympics where the count of winning medals has not gone beyond the fingers of a single hand
Re: On winning medals
by sunil m on Oct 11, 2010 03:03 PM
Bcos countries like Russsia China USA and Germany appear in the list. You got to look for where we are outside that top 3 medal tally
in fact kalmadi has to answer to us... No question that games have been successfull, but the question still reamains, does it really cost 70k crore..whererin it should have been done in 1/4 of that money...after all its our money that these people looted
India winning gold medals is really funny and very humorous, when there are no countries and atheletes participating in CWG, obviously only people left is we alone, and we are on a winning spree...let them show their guts at the Asiad and Olympics, hahaha...india will be down under the medals table, with one bronze and maybe a silver! hehehehe...
Re: Hahahahaha...
by SHALLU MALHOTRA on Oct 11, 2010 02:39 PM
ur id suits u hahahaha as it shows that u have nothing in life besides hahahaha.if you have the courage and guts to win the medal then go for it.i think u r unaware o fthe fact that INDIA is not the only country participating in CWG.there are 70 more countries.and INDIA does not stop anybody to to show its worth while in any game.IF YOU DONT HAVE THE GUTS TO WIN A MEDAL THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SCOULDING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING OR WIN THAT MEDAL.
Re: Hahahahaha...
by Ultapulta on Oct 11, 2010 04:03 PM
Mr. hahaha are u aware in many events world champions have participated and performed equal to world record.
Dear Kalmadi Regreat all the abusese i had posted on you. The CWG is prooving to be the best ever games in the History of the games in all aspects. 1. The largest No of participants atheletics 2. The Largest no Nations participating 2. The Record No of Medals for India 3. The Best Games village 4. The Best Opening ceremony. 5. The 3 rd largest Airport terminal In the world 6. The Longest and the largest METRO network in the world and public transport with Excellent Volvo and low floor busses !!! 7. And Above all to Let INDIA KNOW we have More SPORTS MEN than the CRICKETERS!!! Congratulations...
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by roollak virgo on Oct 11, 2010 02:15 PM
Inidan Media Owe an appology to the Nation for trying to Tarnish the Face of the Nation before the world. In the day of paid News you may never Know if the Media had wanted a piece of the cake !!!
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by sony kalloor on Oct 11, 2010 02:20 PM
I could not agree more especially with Many Media houses having own event management companies !!! Recently the PTI was forced not to publish the names of the Media Houses involved in paid News!!!These guys can be very powerful
Re: Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by sunil m on Oct 11, 2010 02:27 PM
I posted long back when controversy started about the village that this is all hoo haa by west to ensure that English Royality have a say in opening ceremony. I still think the same. Also about empty seats... I am proud of Indian peoples stand that they wont be cavity searched to watch the so called British/Aussie stars
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by ajay on Oct 11, 2010 02:30 PM
No need to regret all u or any indian was worried was the corruption and not the games village If there was any problem with construction.... CWG committe would not have allowed the games to begin.. Problem clearly seen is the delayed constructions and corruption.. waht all abuses u might have done was ok.... Any way hats off to Indian players who gave their best..
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by Ultapulta on Oct 11, 2010 04:08 PM
kalmadi knew in advance once the game starts people will forget his and his henchmen s misdeed.Publics memory is short and media will float some new sensational story.
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by dilip singh on Oct 11, 2010 02:29 PM
in fact kalmadi has to answer to us... No question that games have been successfull, but the question still reamains, do it really cost 70k crore..whererin it should have been done in 1/4 of that money...after all its our money that these people looted
Re: CWG a super Duper Hit congrats Kalmadi
by amarnadh on Oct 12, 2010 06:26 PM
Donot get carried away Imran. It is this attitude of ours which lets us get abused over n over again by the filthy politicians. The delivery of the games infrastructure was poor and the bridge collapsing was inexcusable and so was using the services of the army for construction. The army jawans should not be misused by the govt to coverup the monery swindled by corrupt politicians.
The stadiums were not ready in time, thereby robbing the home atheletes the home advantage and the chance to practise at games conditions which any other host nation would have provided. The sand artists i read in another article on rediff itself had not practiced before and the live show was their first performance, totally unacceptable for a world class event though they deserve all the credit for pulling it off fine.
Imagine the kind of pressure we put on all our atletes and performers all of which was avoidable.
The CGW was a success inspite of Kalmadi, when it should have been because of Kalmadi
