From National Shame to National Pride

The nineteenth Commonwealth Games has become of saga of a journey of a nation from national shame to national pride with its grand opening ceremony. It will be noted in the pages of history for many reasons including its various aspects of economy, rumour vs facts, and defence.
The spell-bound performances in the opening ceremony including 'Rhytm of India', 'Swagatam', 'Tree of Knowledge', 'Yoga', and 'The Great Indian Journey' let the world leave in a state of pleasant surprise. Everything seems to be so magical that words seem unable to express the worth of it. The epithets like 'spectacular', 'magnificent', 'awesome' and many more are not enough to describe the event. The welcome song by Hariharan, performance on tabla by a seven-year old genius Keshav of Puducheri, the performance of the 1500 B.C. old art of Deng Chain, Bihu, and Bhangra, the spctacular show of the Seven-Cycle of Indian Culture with Beejmantra, Kundalini yoga and Padmasan everything were beyond words. The programme concludes with the theme song 'Yarron, India bila liya' and the Oscar winning 'Jai Ho' by A.R. Rehman. 65,000 people witness the programme live in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium and 3 billion people across the world watch it on the televison.There comes defining moment in one's life that can not be defined in terms of words. There was one such moment in history of a great country called India.
The fact, 4,800 athletes, 1,900 officials, 71 countries, 17 sports, 826 medals 619 members in Indian teams and a festival for 12 days, in itself articulates that this is the biggest sports event in the history of India.
The CWG also speaks voluminous in the field of defence and economy as it will leave a positive effect worth US$ 4 billion and 940 million on Indian GDP and 2 million 4 hundred and 7o thousand people will get employment. India bears lots of allegations regarding this CWG and the much talked about issue is 'corruption'. The opening ceremony sets the ambience for the events. Now, the ball is in the hands of Indian players who furl the Indian flag high. Let India rock.