Common wealth games are just a couple of months away. We are trying hard to fill the gaps- of tarnished national pride, the magnitude of corruption in the organising of games and trying to paint a rosy picture of the nation before the world.
I observe one common thing whenever a dignitary arrives for some function in the city, we dot the sides of the road with white lime powder to give a feel and look that everything is ready to welcome the guest and it is the royal way to say, we give the guest due precedence. Suddenly the arena becomes green with flower pots and red carpets.
Wow- White lines, green plants and red carpets to welcome the august gathering. Everything in place.
But under the guise of these tricolors we hide- the dirt on the roads, uncleaned garbage bins, the pungent odors are covered by flower pots, bouquets and garlands and not to miss the corruption under the red carpets. These are the camouflage for our misdeeds.
No wonder commonwealth games have all these lacunae and much more in a grandeur scale and pompousness. DO we take pride in this hollowness of our work culture? Or do we need to blame the Organising Committee more committed to organised themselves and weighing their opportunities to siphon off the money allotted. If there is one leak it can be curbed but if the whole canvas is leaking it needs replacement.
But as is seen , the selection committees in sports- be it sports authorities, Associations, Federations have strict rules for selecting the players but not the selectors. There are no performance indicators for such committee members and they hang on to the posts for years together. We are seeing no change in the organising committee members even though we have seen many prestigious games like Asiads, Olympics, World cups for football, Athletics Afro Asian to name a few. Whatever medals or medal we achieved is due to the individual talent and not the talent of the committees who have to support, train, guide, motivate and provide the players with all required amenities as they are the proud representatives of the country on whose shoulders we have placed the aspirations of a billion hearts.
No mention of players is anywhere seen in the headlines nor the electronic media.
If we are still determined to undermine each other through our incorrigible egos, when will we focus on nation's pride and performance.
If results don't come, we should fire the heads of these organisations curtlessly and give credence to players requirements and who have love for the game and sport.
Nobody is sacrosanct in any position and better monitoring of performance of people heading such organisations will definitely bring in more good talent or rather real talent than mediocre performers.
When governments can fund huge amounts to organising sports, they should first invest in the players who would be playing them and give them their right share and due respect.
Key Performance Indicators should and must be in place so that proper accountability is maintained and results start rolling in the sports sector when such huge infrastructure is created.
Let us not trail,slip or fall on the treadmills,
let our roofs be strong enough until we perform under them and not cave in,
hope our swimming pool is having clear water to see any nails protruding, or let not our synthetic track glue us to it from moving forward or
let not our pole vault break in the middle of the jump.
Let us pray god for keeping all these in tact until the games are over and last but not the least, let our ATC at airports work properly, for our foreign athletes may reach home safely and express a sign of relief.
Whether any probe will be done or not, the government should shoulder responsibility and revamp all these sports organisations who have defamed us on all counts and is in news for all wrong reasons be it- IPL scam, Hockey players protests, weightlifting woes, corruption in conduct of games and related contracts.
Let not the world award us gold medals in,
1 Starvation- we have world's half of the BPL families starving in India,
2 Corruption- At all levels
3 Redtapism
4 Unfriendliness
5 Killing people in the name of honour
6 Jungle raj in certain remote areas where a girl was stripped naked and molested by mass - her fault being loving a person from some other community.
7 Legalising illegal things
8 Not taking bold decisions
9 Protecting the guilty and giving them royal treatment(Satyam fraud).
10 More criminals into politics
11 No accountability and fear of punishment.
12 A country where everything can be got with a price tag- of course illegally.
Let wisdom dawn on the powers there be and look at majority good than clinging on to chairs for satiating their greed .
Let it not be a showpiece for common people to gape and leave their tax money for the wealthy to share the booty and poor players are left on the ground to find their way out of the jigsaw puzzle games.
Nee Vaaru-నీ వారు
జీవితం ఒక తెలియని ప్రయాణం.కాని గమ్యం ఒక్కటే. ఎంతో మంది ప్రయాణంలో తారసపడతారు.
కొందరు మనతో మొదటి నుంచి చివరి వరకు వుంటారు-అన్న దమ్ములు, అక్క చెల్లెళు.
కొందరు మనతో మొదటి నుంచి వుంది, మధ్యలో వెల్లిపోఒతారు- అమ్మా, నాన్న.
మరికొందరు మద్యలో వస్తారు, చివరి వరకు వుంటారు- భార్య భర్తలు,స్నేహితులు, కొందరు పిల్లలు .
ఇంకొందరు మద్యలో వచ్చి మధ్యలో వెల్లిపోతారు- సహ ఉద్యోగులు.
వీరందరిలో మన సన్నిహితులు ఎవరో తెలుసుకొని వుండటం చాలా మేలు.
ఒక పాటలొ అన్నట్టు " నాది నాది అనుకున్నది నీది కాదు రా....."
"ఎవరు నీ వారు కారు, ఎవరు నీ తోడు రారు......"
నిజం తెలుసుకో నీ గమ్యం ఒక్కటే , భగవంతుడొక్కడే శాశ్వతమని నమ్ము.
కొందరు మనతో మొదటి నుంచి చివరి వరకు వుంటారు-అన్న దమ్ములు, అక్క చెల్లెళు.
కొందరు మనతో మొదటి నుంచి వుంది, మధ్యలో వెల్లిపోఒతారు- అమ్మా, నాన్న.
మరికొందరు మద్యలో వస్తారు, చివరి వరకు వుంటారు- భార్య భర్తలు,స్నేహితులు, కొందరు పిల్లలు .
ఇంకొందరు మద్యలో వచ్చి మధ్యలో వెల్లిపోతారు- సహ ఉద్యోగులు.
వీరందరిలో మన సన్నిహితులు ఎవరో తెలుసుకొని వుండటం చాలా మేలు.
ఒక పాటలొ అన్నట్టు " నాది నాది అనుకున్నది నీది కాదు రా....."
"ఎవరు నీ వారు కారు, ఎవరు నీ తోడు రారు......"
నిజం తెలుసుకో నీ గమ్యం ఒక్కటే , భగవంతుడొక్కడే శాశ్వతమని నమ్ము.
Women of Substance
Women Empowerment has always been an issue which tops of list of many a discussion forums and seminars and also a widely discussed public issue in Government circles too.
Is providing Reservations the only solution to Empowerment?
In India we have provided this scheme by 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution for Panchayats and Municipalities by providing 33 % reservation to Women .The elected members of local bodies are expected to perform their functions with due diligence and obedience to the Constitution and law of the land with fear or favor.
Though they are the elected representatives and dejure authority to run the Office of Panchayat and Local urban bodies, the defacto power is enjoyed by the spouses of these women in majority of places.
This is leading to lot of corruption, redtapism and nepotism. Systems are collapsing and persons with no power are calling the shots.
The reason for this,
1 Patriarchal society.
2 Low confidence levels of women
3 Position is treated as kingdom and as though entire family have the right to divulge in elected positions.
4 Lack of strong women with independent thinking.
Just imagine , if a women pilot of an airline is unable to attend office, can her spouse run the airline on her behalf or can he assist her as co-pilot. Will she give him the control to power steer ?
Result will be too dangerous to imagine also.
Than why should a women elected member give her powers to her spouse and family as though it is a" gift" earned to please her better half?
Interference in the duties and Offices by persons other than appointed by law should be taken seriously and they should not have eligibility even to enter the meetings and proceedings of the office. If proven, their should be a provision legally to punish them.
Of late the head of a big city corporation has requested the Govt. to appoint her spouse as private secretary. This shows the low self esteem of the woman elected and such people should be barred from contesting elections.
It is a disgrace to the capabilities of woman and a bad example for younger generation.
If such women are not capable of taking simple decisions , how can people believe that such people can be true guardians of the national exchequer.
What is lacking and where are we falling short?
1 Education
2 Value system
3 Clear demarcation of home and work affairs.
4 Silver lining though minute should be visible especially for people in public domain.
5 Enhancing Leadership skills.
6 Of all , true love for public service and loyalty to the Nation.
7 Proper exposure to ground realities.
8 Upholding the dignity of Office held.
Let us hope, before the Parliament passes the Women's Bill, at least women who nurture a dream of becoming big in public life , set their priorities right and balance the Work-Life aspect with more maturity and be firm and assertive while taking decisions and not make Offices their Living rooms.
In fact, if more women of such breed are present, we do not need Reservation at all and we can garner more than 50% in every field more than the proportion in the total population.
Is providing Reservations the only solution to Empowerment?
In India we have provided this scheme by 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution for Panchayats and Municipalities by providing 33 % reservation to Women .The elected members of local bodies are expected to perform their functions with due diligence and obedience to the Constitution and law of the land with fear or favor.
Though they are the elected representatives and dejure authority to run the Office of Panchayat and Local urban bodies, the defacto power is enjoyed by the spouses of these women in majority of places.
This is leading to lot of corruption, redtapism and nepotism. Systems are collapsing and persons with no power are calling the shots.
The reason for this,
1 Patriarchal society.
2 Low confidence levels of women
3 Position is treated as kingdom and as though entire family have the right to divulge in elected positions.
4 Lack of strong women with independent thinking.
Just imagine , if a women pilot of an airline is unable to attend office, can her spouse run the airline on her behalf or can he assist her as co-pilot. Will she give him the control to power steer ?
Result will be too dangerous to imagine also.
Than why should a women elected member give her powers to her spouse and family as though it is a" gift" earned to please her better half?
Interference in the duties and Offices by persons other than appointed by law should be taken seriously and they should not have eligibility even to enter the meetings and proceedings of the office. If proven, their should be a provision legally to punish them.
Of late the head of a big city corporation has requested the Govt. to appoint her spouse as private secretary. This shows the low self esteem of the woman elected and such people should be barred from contesting elections.
It is a disgrace to the capabilities of woman and a bad example for younger generation.
If such women are not capable of taking simple decisions , how can people believe that such people can be true guardians of the national exchequer.
What is lacking and where are we falling short?
1 Education
2 Value system
3 Clear demarcation of home and work affairs.
4 Silver lining though minute should be visible especially for people in public domain.
5 Enhancing Leadership skills.
6 Of all , true love for public service and loyalty to the Nation.
7 Proper exposure to ground realities.
8 Upholding the dignity of Office held.
Let us hope, before the Parliament passes the Women's Bill, at least women who nurture a dream of becoming big in public life , set their priorities right and balance the Work-Life aspect with more maturity and be firm and assertive while taking decisions and not make Offices their Living rooms.
In fact, if more women of such breed are present, we do not need Reservation at all and we can garner more than 50% in every field more than the proportion in the total population.
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