Do we deserve better?
It's been a very long time since I updated by blog. The last two posts were on India - Pakistan and to my dismay I find that it is still as relevant today - with the way we got snubbed by Pakistan during SM Krishna's disastrous visit recently. But having written enough on that, let me turn to something else - the monumental corruption in Commonwealth Games and why we should care and see the larger point behind that for us Indians. It's bad time for Suresh Kalmadi - he is being battered like anything for all the alledged misuse of funds, shoddy work, shady deals and all that. And everyone's response has been on predictable lines. Opposition cries foul, disrupts parliament, Congress distances itself from Kalmadi, promises a probe, there's one-expose-a-day in various TV channels, talk shows, expert opinions etc., etc., And then what? May be few cases, interrogations, arrest etc., and we'll forget it after that. Then we'll get another scandal and this cycle goes...