Once I picked up a terrible fight with my parents (believe the only time…..it was A FIGHT). Reason….someone said something about my sister, which was not exactly wrong. The bone of contention being how anyone dare raise a finger at my sister. I had agreed to the fact that she was wrong but I was not willing to give this right to an outsider to point out her follies. She is my family and I considered it my moral responsibility to save her from any public disgrace. Whatever the shortcomings, could always be mutually sorted out.
For the last one week I have been hooked to the news channels, two issues in particular calling my attention, one being the CWG and other the impending Ayodhya verdict. The former a classic example of politicization of national honor and second a revered case study of national unity slain in name of religious politics. The Ayodhya dispute is definitely a tricky one but CWG failure is an international setback on the nation’s capabilities.
Much has been written and debated on the poor management of the event. The intelligentsia of the nation has all managed to capture some prime time slots on the innumerable news channels. As a country we have fought and overcome many exigencies. I have been looking for one mind that would move forward and take a STEP NEXT.
I know it is a terrible incentive to politicize an event of international repute; it culminates in the national art of Government formation. But for one single moment can we rise against the petty ideologies and think beyond!! Can we as a family stand and brave this global humiliation!! If we can defer the verdict of Bofors scam for ages we sure can save our allegations on Kalmadi and company post games.
The games are just round the corner and shouting hard for every Indian to do the bit. Let’s call the karsewaks and share a hand in removing the debris. The engineers of the city can be given a different site just for a day where they can all earth those open wires, plaster the false ceilings. The housekeeping of all the newly mushroomed hotels can be loaned for a day to clean the WCs, lay the linen. As a second most populated country of the world we can jolly well utilize the hands and minds of our fellow citizens for saving our face. And phhuleasse don’t tell me it is not our job. If this is not our job then let’s stop playing moral police on the late night parties of our neighbor’s daughter. Stop commenting on the fashion faux pas of some celebrity’s page 3 party. Stop criticizing the municipalities for the poor roads and drainage. And if these are few of our rights just by the virtue of being born humans then let us stand up to our breed. First and foremost don’t be a party to the world out there inflicting dishonor to our motherland. Play the part, take a step ahead and help ourselves organize a world class show despite of the initial hitches. For a nation of several billion population this is not at all impossible. All we need to do is unite and fight.
This is my country, I am ashamed for sure but more than that I am hurt. Hurt to see the world mar my reputation. For a handful of corrupt livestock let not our respect go down the drains.
Every evening let’s get on the prime time not for allegations but for aids, advices, helping hands. Close the show and deal with the monsters later. I will be the first to advocate public execution of this group, nothing better then stoning them to death and burying their corpses right in the middle of the Games Village. If as living beings they could not contribute then at least let their fossils be a source of manure for the greener vision of tomorrow.
P.S. this is dedicated to all those who have made hay while the sun shone. 
