A couple of days back I was reading newspaper, when I came across an article written by Chetan Bhagat. Chetan Bhagat ... who??? He is the same guy, who wrote 5 Point Someone, One Night @ Call Centre, The 3 Mistakes of my Life and Two States. Remember him?
He wrote a quarter page column on why to boycott the upcoming Common Wealth Games. And actually I tend to agree to his arguments. He says that why should we forget about corrupt officers, corrupt politicians and corrupt bureaucrats, and support these CWG, just because its the matter of our nation's pride. I would also say that let's boycott these games. Who gives a damn about Common Wealth Group. Don't you think it has lost all its relevance in the recent times. If we keep for a minute our nation's pride, aside, and critically examine why I am asking to boycott these games, I will make sense to you (I presume). A lot of people, from the vendors, the organizers, the bureaucrats and obviously our innocent politicians, have made fun of these games and have made lot of money. Someone aptly named these games as Corruption Wealth Games. This is our chance of asking the government to nab the culprits, whatever be his/her stature in the government, outside the government. If we think that just for the sake of our nation's pride we should support these games, and make it a grand success, then whom are we fooling. Once the games are declared successful (which they will surely be declared after their completion), no one is going to remember the huge amount of money misappropriated/ eaten away by non-deserving people. Ironically, the very set of people involved in large scale corruption, may also get pats on their back, for a successful show. And yet again, taxpayers money will change hands to elite class people, with 100 % tax exemption. Talking of Our nation's pride, what great picture have we put up to the rest of the world, that we are now concerned about our nation's pride??? Worth thinking .. isn't it???
