The deep-rooted problem here is not about the OC thugs but the non-performing, babu infested so called public bodies like MCD, PWD et al. Scams come and go but they continue to flourish like the Hydra in the Lernean marsh of our sab chalta hai mentality. It surely will be a Herculean task for this city's citizenry to fight against this malaise.
I am not concerned about the so called national pride associated with CWG. I am sure the Games will salvage themselves at the last moment and they will be "Not are bad as we all feared". Why i think so.. well we are a nation of ingenious jugaadus. Somehow at the last moment we always manage to scrape through..And if nothing else the slumdog millionaire version of India will anyways be too much of a distraction to the tourists to notice leaking roofs and sub-standard floorings in the stadiums.
So the "national pride" will survive through but this issue which is so burning at this point of time will be simply swept under the carpet once the Games are over and done with. And that is the big worry. Kalmadi might get the boot once Games are done (and once he has siphoned off tax-payers' money at the rate of a crore a day) but we will also forget about it all because some other scam would have come to take its place - bigger and worse than the last one.
What can we do?
Well we as a united citizenry can be constantly vigilant and report any corrupt babu to our law-keepers who will ensure the law is upheld and the babu is behind bars.
Or can we?
Hmmm... I guess for the time being it will just be Suhel Seth on Times Now or PR gimmicks like Jaago re..
