The Commonwealth Games - Who's in charge of the clattering train?

Who is in charge of the clattering train?

The axles creak and the couplings strain,

and the pace is hot and the points are near,

and sleep hath deadened the driver's ear,

and the signals flash through the night in vain,

for death is in charge of the clattering train.

Quoted in "The Gathering Storm" by 'Winston Churchill', these words capture so well the utter chaos that the CW Games have come to signify in our lives. Everything that could go wrong, did, and then some more. It is as if our politicians have taken the word Commonwealth too literally and decided to share this wealth amongst themselves and their cronies. Why did this happen? Because our elected representatives put their selfish interests before the pride and honour of the nation yet again and it just that this time the train ran amok, unexpectedly. The sheer scale and scope of corruption brought the scam to light.

It's a shame that we as a nation can sit back and watch this gang-rape of our wealth - wealth we actually don't have and shall have to fund for years to come. Rs.70,000,00,00,000 is how much money that has been spent on bringing shame and humiliation upon the nation. That sum is larger than the GDP@PPP of almost every country in Africa and then some more! But why look that far, how many villages could have been electrified in this sum? How many citizens could have had access to clean water in this sum? How many Naxal areas could have been developed with Rs.70,000,00,00,000? How much more could have been done...

So should we tide over the troubles, the adverse publicity, the derision the Games will bring us and forget the incident ever happened? Or should we as a nation ask for an account of what was spent? Will the Right To Information act help bring the perpetrators of this act of treason to justice?