Commonwealth games: My reaction

I know I am a little frustrated... well ok, a lot frustrated at this colossal failure of CWG, but here is a letter I wanted to write to Manmohan Singh...

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

Thank you.

I think these commonwealth games were a blessing in disguise for us. And thank you for making sure that they have shown such a miserable face of India. I think this is going to help all of us to march ahead on the path of development.

Much like the historic Chicago fire, these commonwealth games have been able to redevelop delhi from scratch. There could not have been any other excuse to dig up the whole of the city. So much so that one cannot even see the city under the dust cloud from a flight.

Thank you for allowing your officials to effectively admit that Indians are unclean. Not that it was a secret, but at least now people might wake up and think about cleanliness around them. In addition, for Indians living abroad, this will embrace them to be mentally strong when they hear racist catcall about you 'filthy Indians' etc. Mental strength is very much needed for progress.

I also want to thank you for approving the material for fallen bridge. You see, bridges/buildings (another building recently just fell somewhere) fall rather often in India. It was just that bureaucracy didn't care about fellow Indians. And since foreign lives matter much more to the top govt officials and ministers, at least we will have ONE bridge built right, where people can travel without fearing for their life.

Also, thank you for the overall shoddy quality of everything made from falling roof tiles, to wires submerged in water. Indian companies will now have to try extra hard to win international clients'
trust. This will help them focus much more on their PR, needing extra expenditure. And we needed money flow in the markets right? Seems like an awesome master plan to increase public spending.

Oh and above and beyond, thanks for clearing this for me personally. I always was confused whether an authoritative China minus-the-supposed-political-freedom was better or India with its fledgling democracy. After all, most of the human development indices seem to be better off in China than India.
Next time I meet a Chinese here in the US, I will humbly submit to the superior race/country.

One less problem to deal with...

Oh, here is a link for pics from the CWG: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9025907.stm