I am not opposed to holding of ODI as there are many people who love cricket and want to enjoy an ODI in their own place. However, can anyone explain me rationale behind declaring a local holiday by the government in Guwahati so that everyone can take a break and enjoy the game? Should we not consider it as a loss of manday at the behest of the government as we do in case of a bandh called by an organisation to press for some demand? Also we certainly cannot equate holding of an ODI to holding it of Olympics.
The National Games certainly brought mega sports infrastructure to the city and the state for the benefit of sportspersons and was not just an event to showcase to outside world. Is there any example of any sports infrastructure coming up as a consequence of holding an ODI. Sushanta Talukdar Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why do you need an ODI in Guwahati? Because man does not live on bread alone. There are certain things a community does to lift its spirit. The ODI is one of them. Why otherwise so many would line up for ticket and get disappointed? I heard that there are 8000 seats in the stadium and 3500 were already assigned to organizers and government officials. Is that true? If it is, it is a shame. I could understand 500 being assigned to organizers but 3500? Why does China hold the olympics? The practical people they are, they should've cared little for the olympics. But no, they wanted to show off to the world that they have moved up. Dilip Deka samudra gupta kashyap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: while reading mrinal talukdar's msg on ambani's gift for his wife, what came to my mind today is the collosal wastage of funds and energy that has been incurred in holding an useless cricket match between india and pakistan in guwahati. virtualy the entire police force availabe in the capital has been pressed into service in the name of law and order, while ordinary citizens, most of them tax-payers, with whose tax the policeman gets his salary etc, living within about one km radius of the nehru stadium are being kept under house arrest because some 22 players (who earn huge sums as match fee and prize money,and who has not a single naya paise contribution for the well-being of a poor and backward state called assam) are vying for a trophy that cannot and does not in any way contribute towards the development of the people of the state. the holding of this cricket match itself is a gross violation of human rights for a large number of citizens of guwahati, because say, if a person residing in chenikuthi is required to removed to the guwahati medical college hospital for any emergency ranging from a child birth to a massive heart attack, will not be allowed to take the b barooah road, simply because some 17,000 persons -- who have nothing else to do -- will be watching two teams play a game called cricket. samudra gupta kashyap Re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3791
