C W G - Commmon man's Wealth Gone?

Common Wealth Games-it's almost upon us.Years of wait is almost over.But one question seems to be in everyone's mind-will it bring recognition to our country or will it spoil our image?

It is already the most expensive games ever- even beating the previous host Australia-but how successful it will turn out remains to be seen. Our media has been all over the OC and Suresh Kalmadi over alleged corruption for quite some time now.While it is undeniable that there is huge amount of corruption involved I recently came across an article on the web that shed new light on what's really happening behind those media reports.Well ,regular readers of Times of India would know that they are getting an almost daily dose of  this scandal.This article says that as many as 109 articles were published in the newspaper containing some negative news about CWG since January this year.This article alleges that this is mainly because TOI lost a lucrative contract to be the official newspaper of CWG.It shows several letters written by TOI to the CWG OC in this regard.If what this blog claims is indeed true,then it is quite shocking for a commoner like me for it poses a very serious question-whom shall we believe? It seems that in our country there are no white and black elements -all are grey.The person who cries foul in our country only does it if it benifts him.

IN A FIX!!

This time it's the 'spot-fixing'. Controversies and cricket always seem to go hand in hand. Three Pakistani players were caught in a sting operation conducted by a British tabloid (Big catch ,eh!) last week.This seems to have put the cricketing community and the fans (who cares about them!) in a shock.This is probably the last thing that should have happened to cricket at this stage.It seems improbable however that the concerned authorities did not smell a rat.I think they have probably decided that the best way to stop corruption in cricket is by pretending that it does not exist!The way in which Pakistani High Commissioner tried to defend the players in question was in one way horrifying and at the same time hilarious .Off course they have the same 'Indian- interests- working- against- Pakistan' line to defend themselves (Pawarji beware!!) .
One more point,it is pretty clear that this incident is not isolated.I think the anti-corruption unit will have to not just investigate the Pakistani players but also players from other nations (Money not only attracts Pakistanis after all!!) .I think there were for too many no-balls and dropped catches in IPL too.The ICC should not be scared to unearth what's happening inside.I think apprehensions do more damage to sport than knowing that corruption does exist but there are people to take care of that whenever it raises it's head