So, the question that is in our minds is that, how exactly it affects us and what's all this fuss about? Why is government spending so much money in all the commonwealth games event, and estimated Rs.37.50 billion ($805.81 million)?
The answer is, that apart from being just a matter of reputation for the country, it's matter of opportunity and business. Experts say that 2010 will be a year of business for tourism and sports and many other related industries. That will give India return for all it's investments in a very efficient way .
India has been holding many different games events in past:
* 1951 - 1st Asian Games, New Delhi, India
* 1982 - 9th Asian Games, New Delhi, India
That was the time when India was recognized well and appraised for its efforts.
As far as Indian performance in sports is concerned, we are all very much aware that the conditioning that our children have in schools and homes is anti-sports. There are different sayings in India to discourage a child from getting into sports. Whatever one has accomplished in India, be it a Sachin Tendulkar or a Sania Mirza, it was all in a very raw form and without any professional practice, conditioning and guidance. It's a matter of great debate. This even reflects truly that what we know is only about the Flyovers, metros, roads, hotels and business plans than we talk about the sports and the sports personalities. We hardly know about them.
But on the contrary, the performance in the year 2006 in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne has been splendid. India ranked fourth in the tally.
Lets see how it exactly turns out to be for India in 2010 but this is clear from the media, businesses and politicians that the main focus is on infrastructure. To rebuild everything as if everything is truly international experience. Eventually, we all know what is going to happen, the rise in prices for property, stuffs of general use (there was no mother dairy till the 1982 Asiad happened, they removed all the cows from houses and this concept was floated).
This site is not trying to get into political or the business side of Commonwealth Games 2010 but it's an attempt to make some discovery in the sports side for Indian citizen. You can always discuss your views and send us your comments on comments@commonwealth2010.in.