Saturday 25 September 2010

Cynical media

I've been reading lot about the ongoing fiasco and much talked, much discussed, much hyped commonwealth games in Delhi from October 3rd- 14th. I mean common its sickening to see the microscopic cynical view of the media especially from the so called "First nations". There is always a sceptic view of whether or can or will India deliver the games successfully.

Understood there has been a real concern on issues such as delay, corruption, security, cleanliness and responsibility which shouldn't have arise in the first place and these are serious issues but as they say past is past and you can't change what went wrong or dwell about it over and over again. The time for retrospection is after the event finishes. The games are due in a weeks time and its so heartening to see certain section of media and individuals already written India off?

There has been a constant stereo-typical views and bad press making things only worse. There is no hiding that India suffers from poverty and its infrastructure is cranky. Its only a decade or two ago a strive towards betterment of socio-economic development was initiated. as they call India as a giant elephant which is strong and solid but can only take small steps at a time and we all need to realise that things would happen slowly but surely.

Healthy criticism is what is expected from a matured media not a mighty myth blown out of proportion. Its for us to decide as individuals whether we remain cynics and feel embarrassed and laugh at the issues or be an optimist taking the positives on board and waiting to move on!!!

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