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Commonwealth Games: Com(e) on wealth!
Preparations for the CWG are in full swing. Roads are being given a new shape. Slums are being abolished and replaced with malls or malls-like glittering buildings. Government message is clear, foreigners, while in Delhi, see India is shining.
DELHI IS committed to showcase ‘India Shining’ at the event of Commonwealth Games to be organised this year in New Delhi. Preparations are in full swing. Roads are being given completely a new shape. Slums are being abolished and replaced with malls or malls-like glittering buildings. Games venues are being prepared on the lines of Beijing Olympic venues. Crores of rupees are being spent to organise a less than a week event. Government message is clear- foreigners, while in Delhi, see ‘India is shining’.

For many governments there has always been easy way to do away with problems by making up adjustments. Now, government is wary of casting image of India before the world as a modern, developed and poverty-free country. For this government has decided to cover up loopholes, flaws and shortcomings. The poor are being denied a space in the surrounding area, which will be the spotlight places for foreigners. Clearly, if you don’t see poverty around, you will think it does not exist. The government has been quite successful in executing the policy. If we visit Delhi Airport, Gurgaon Expressway, Noida, Delhi Metro, Conought Place, Games Village, etc there has been a complete makeshift or is in the final phase of make-believe frame. But when we take a route of Outer Ring Road side area, we come across the ‘India shining’ truth, where slums, poverty and bad shape of roads are rampant.

The money box has been opened for creating infrastructure and development according to comports and convenience for millionaires. Commonwealth designed Delhi will be true place suited well for them as it will be money-made heavens and here poor can not adjust themselves in any circumstances. Actually, in the name of CWG, government is presenting an excuse to switch spending on an infrastructure for luxury which is essential for a class that has as much money as it can't be finished easily.

Recent budget of Delhi government made provisions of huge spending on CWG and when public and intellectuals are criticising the policy, government is coming openly supporting its cause of organising the games in royal style. Government is seen advocating and justifying price rise of everything, even essential food items and grains for the poor. Governments are said to be 'royal' and it is well-known that 'royal' don't let the poor to be living in the vicinity.

Government is mesmerised with the being Olympic-effect. The moment Beijing Olympic was inaugurated and dazzled the whole world by superb show of acrobats, might, technological power, etc, all were praise for Beijing. Now, New Delhi wants to experience the moment and praise from the world, though, somewhat at a lower platform, CWG. So Delhi is on the same track to organise the event (naked show-off of money); as Beijing went through by center of attraction only, not the sheer truth behind the curtain.

CWG needs to be organised superbly, for sure and common man accepts it happily. But not at the cost of snatching their hand-to-mouth sustenance of the people by burdening extra hidden levy. Inflation is already high (inflation is said to be an automatic tax on common man). Let India shine by not shunning the poor!

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