I am rather going to confine myself to the opening ceremony which I happened to browse while waiting to see how my favourite English football club, Liverpool, got run all over by the BPL minnows, Blackpool. Anyway, I have no intentions and patience of staying glued to tellie to keep track on the medal tally and so forth.In spite of the rather dismal pre-opening ceremonoy reviews that the press all over the world gave, India had managed to stage a rather impressive and extravagant showcase of its culture to the rest of 'civilized' world with no glaring faux paus!
One cannot help but to compare this performance to the one put up by another giant who had also just sprung up from a long slumber, China, in the Beijing Olympics 2008. Without a shadow of a doubt, in my humble opinion, Delhi 2010 (opening) was a pale comparison to the latter. Beijing set the gold standards in how any major event should be organised. In the brilliantly choreographed and mind boggling props and colour camouflaging, the Chinese managed to illustrate and narrate their whole civilization and achievements with no words. Every participant of the ceremony did his part exceptionally well to tell the world, "Watch out world, here we come!"
We have been told that numerous steps have been taken by the Indian authorities to ensure adequate security and to sanitize Delhi and its surroundings. At the best to them...
For those who had missed the Commonwealth 2010 opening ceremony. here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgjWufabjY (Delhi 2010)
And those who want to view the Beijing Olympics opening again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_M23M6xyYg (Beijing 2008)
For those who want to know what these two civilizations have contributed to the world at large... Be amazed!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_inventions
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