Incredibly Indian

Dear God,

It is anybody’s guess now that our shameless media thrives on controversy (alone). The success of the recent F1 event was not devoid of its share of controversies. While a significantly educated and ‘aware’ section of the country celebrated the success, our Media toasted to it with a generous dash of controversy.

Yet again clowns from two of the most powerful parties were pitted against each other. I say clowns because neither had, I am positive, any clue of what the nation was witnessing, leave alone the benefits of this new wave of sport.

So, at the epicenter of the discussion was “Are we F1 ready?” and “What good does the sport do for our country?” One-time Sports Minister and compulsively arrogant prick enlightened viewers on the abject poverty our country is dealing with. His wisdom was that the new sport was getting undue attention, infrastructure and investment which could have been diverted to the BPL segment. An echo also added that F1 is not our culture.

Really? Either we are starved of thoughts or simply unwelcoming to change. Let me remind the aforementioned arrogant prick that CWG and 2G also ate into the tax payer’s money and did nothing to contribute to his concern. Also, do not forget the Bhopal tragedy. His Govt. has done precious little towards that, 25 years on.

Don’t you talk about culture! Cricket didn’t belong here, Denim was unheard of. But if we as a people embraced them over time, who are you to comment on culture?

Someone is missing the point. I can’t see why a new sport fetching us revenue (when we need it most) should not be encouraged. Incredible India can certainly do with a boost to its Tourism industry. Who cares! Plaguing issues like poverty, rise in prices, money swindled will remain matters of convenience.