In a previous blog I had written about the possible problems that could happen in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) due to start in 10 days (http://vbala99.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-can-go-wrong-in-commonwealth-games.html).
Yesterday there was the incident of a footbridge that collapsed in the Jawahal Nehru Stadium. Today the false ceiling of the weight lifting venue seems to have collapsed. Now I am not sure whether these are incidents of sabotage or just examples of poor engineering capabilities. There was a story in the paper today that an Australian agency bypassed the security and carried inside a bomb that could have been made to go off inside the stadium had there been a detonator. The Delhi police are claiming that this is "bogus". It may be true or it could be an incident to embarrass the security agencies. Either way it's quite a sad reflection of India's security and/or engineering prowess.
Earlier today I read that India is ranked the 3rd most powerful nation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/From-Third-World-country-to-third-most-powerful-nation/articleshow/6603835.cms. The ability and power that India has a nation is only equaled by its ineptitude in other fields. There seem to be multiple parallel organizations in India some extraordinarily talented and some extremely debilitating.
Other developing countries in Asia and outside have made quite a progress. China hosted the Olympics. Korea co-hosted the World Cup Football. Both events happened without any hiccups.
Can India scrape through with the CWG games? Or will it be an embarrassing disaster?
This is a news report on 24th Sep 2010 on how India bribed its way to being awarded the games
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/India-bribed-72-nations-to-get-Delhi-CWG-Report/articleshow/6616467.cms) and another on how it might be better to award the games to the private sector to organize (http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2010/09/24/privatise-the-commonwealth-games/.) There is another interesting blog about Emaar Properties (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardspencer/100055018/dubais-unique-contribution-to-the-commonwealth-games/). This is another one about what India can learn from its mistakes (http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2010/09/23/at-indias-commonwealth-games-shame-might-be-a-blessing/).
How many more incidents and embarrassments will we see in the next one month? How and when do we make progress in our security and engineering?
This is a news report on 24th Sep 2010 on how India bribed its way to being awarded the games
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/India-bribed-72-nations-to-get-Delhi-CWG-Report/articleshow/6616467.cms) and another on how it might be better to award the games to the private sector to organize (http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2010/09/24/privatise-the-commonwealth-games/.) There is another interesting blog about Emaar Properties (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardspencer/100055018/dubais-unique-contribution-to-the-commonwealth-games/). This is another one about what India can learn from its mistakes (http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2010/09/23/at-indias-commonwealth-games-shame-might-be-a-blessing/).
How many more incidents and embarrassments will we see in the next one month? How and when do we make progress in our security and engineering?
We need to have the conviction and ability to solve our own problems. We need to progress from providing just manpower in IT and BPO industries for serving Europeans and US customers to creating IP (Intellectual Property) providing solutions. I think it starts with education and research.
I think the next wave in India will need be Education and research. If we started now, we could become a leader by 2030.
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