Mani Shankar Iyer has a presence
no one can ignore or wish away. And he
compliments it more than adequately with his classic diatribes.
Just days before the curtains
went up on yet another scam involving the Commonwealth Games Mani said, “I will
be very unhappy, if the games are successful because then they will start
bringing Asian Games, Olympic Games and so on”.
Mani added, “Just imagine if we would have spent the `35,000 crore in
providing training to the children, we would have won medals in every
international sporting event”.
How true! Acerbic and abrasive he might sound, but look
at the reports of corruption unfolding.
At the rate at which newer and fresher scams surface, I fear the common
man will soon become insensitive to this, accepting corruption as a way of
life!
Don’t we need a few more Mani
Shankar Iyers to shock us out of this slumber?
- August 2010
CWG is turning out to be one of the biggest national shames. What makes it so even more shameful are the insensitive and irresponsible comments coming from people like Jayapal Reddy, Shiela Dixit, and that Bhanot guy (whoever he maybe!) The least these people can do is to keep their mouths shut and do whatever they are supposed to do.
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