As I type, India has 20 medals. And there are questions asked about poor attendance.
I went to CGO complex as my DBT report was long overdue and I need the next years money to fund my lab. The CGO complex is next to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. I took a taxi. It was a bad choice as events proved later.
The roads are a mess. One lane has been blocked for the CWG players and they are ferried about in AC buses (DTC low floor buses) with dark curtains so no one can see the players. None of the players were curious enough to peek out either. The remaining lanes are for us citizens and naturally everything was jammed. The police is out in full force with guns and bunkers. Reminded me of the high days of Khalistan movement when the bunkers were everywhere. It was spooky.
The JNS is a fortress. No car can enter. No parking allowed either. So I had to dismiss the taxi and walk down to the complex. At the entrance to the complex I had to show my identity card before I was allowed to enter.
Why would anyone in right mind attend the games?
Of course, the citizens do not exist. All the laborers have been deported out of Delhi. The most affected are daily wagers because no one seems to care as to how they will survive without money? And aren't we citizens? Don't we have the right to live in our country, in the city of our choice? What right does the government have to treat us as aliens?
I took an auto back. The autowallah put it right:
"The government better remember that the foreigners are not going to vote in the next elections. It is we who are going to vote."
Tomorrow I need to go to CSIR complex, which is near Pusa. Not looking forward to it. Though I think it might be easier as there are no stadiums close to the complex.
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