Yesterday the beginning, Tomorrow the end

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in New Delhi, between 3 October and 14 October 2010. An international, multi-sport event which is held every four years and features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations, previously known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but two of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire.

There are currently 72 nations planning to field teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

There were various initial concerns about the games that varied from terror threats, delays, labour violations, and corruption allegations. Security concerns were highlighted by an Australian TV crew from the Seven Network who walked past security with a suitcase containing a dummy bomb and its detonator on 18 September. The concerns over infrastructure came to media attention in late September 2010 after media outlets began reporting on "filthy and unlivable conditions" at the games village and safety concerns after the collapse of a pedestrian bridge near the main stadium. The footbridge collapsed injuring 27 and seriously injuring five on 21 September 2010. On 22 September 2010, a stadium false ceiling partly collapsed into the competitor’s area of the weightlifting venue with no reported injuries.

There is not any need for mixing the two (above and below), but both these are in my mind.

There is Ali in Diwali and Ram in Ramzan…but today, the media reports that the verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, has been deferred by a week. The vociferous claims and counter-claims over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, has been from the days of freedom struggle, but the demolition of the mosque was on December 6, 1992. http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jan/24spec.htm





A bench of the Allahabad High Court was likely to pronounce judgement on the Ayodhya dispute on 24th Sept. 2010, There were pretensions of unrest in major cities going on owing to the fact that in the past any verdict or comments in the media in either favour have always lead to unprecedented communal riots developing into curfews, if uncontrolled.

We need to avoid making unwarranted comments/opinions on the subject in public and/or at large gatherings with family or friends to avoid any conflicts of interest or spark of disputes of any order.

At the outset, let's hope that everything goes well and our country and its men maintain the sanity of peace-keeping. Given all the cautionary notes, and corruptions life goes on.

Yesterday marked the beginning, tomorrow may bring the end, amidst it life goes on.