Resurgence

Deception of CWG Authorspeak: Characters of movie ‘Inception’ have been used in this article. It is again a big post but can’t help it. Like every Indian, I am hurt by the way things have been handled in the build up to the Commonwealth Games. Mismanagement and inadequate infrastructure have been the hallmark of the buildup to CWG 2010. If we cannot deliver even after spending such huge amount of money then it does not paint a good picture of India / Indians. What anguish me most is that we have failed to celebrate the spirit of such extravaganza – ‘Sports’ in the buildup to the games. World Cup soccer (which was not hosted in India and where India had not even qualified) had seen a 90 days countdown from Indian media with in depth analysis and much more. Alas, we have failed to celebrate our biggest sporting carnival in such a way till now. ‘Cobb! Whom are we running from?’ asked Ariadne. ‘I’ll tell you once we are safe.’ ‘Safe!! What’s the danger?’ ‘I have been asked to...

40000 for 4000 Authourspeak: This issue based post again is based on Patna. However, the content is universal. I hope people will recognize the fact of the depleting greenery of our cities and would start working cohesively to maintain the green cover of their cities. Patna Airport was in limelight a few days back – this time not because of the unprecedented growth but due to the fact that it is one of the riskiest airports in the country because of the short length of its runway. All the major publications of the state (whether print or online) covered this news with justified alarm. The state government was under tremendous pressure as the Ministry of Civil Aviation hinted at shutting down the airport unless the safety of passengers and aircrafts are ensured. Several actions were suggested to avoid the possible closure of the airport – however, the one which stood as the sore thumb was the proposal of cutting down nearly 4000 trees in Patna Zoo to clear the approach funnel. There wa...