I feel compelled to write ! compelled when every I have a strong sense of pain when I see foolish things happen around us! Take for instance the Chennai Marathon organised today!
The Corporate and political wolves have been running a campaign for more than a week with all the who's who of Chennai posing for photos sporting some cause or the other (Education! food! better living standards ! whatever!) and here we are on D Day!
I don't see these brand ambassadors or the corporate organisers or the politicos running for the cause they were so sweetly promoting... the brand ambassadors have already been paid ! the corporate organisers will make money through this event! and as for the politicos the lesser said the better !
What was painful... was, to see the truly motivated lesser privileged localities sweating and running most of them Barefoot !!! and on the other end were the posers with their fancy track suits and sports shoes and Ipods walking, chatting and having CANDY BARS !!! for gods sakes man, eating in a marathon !!! chatting on their blue tooth device as they walked down the street.
Why cant the corporates and the politicos Identify the truly motivated underprivileged kids who actually ran (barefoot or not) and take them to the next level! And where the hell are the brand ambassadors they should have lead the pack - if they really wanted to promote the cause !
And ho... there was this ambulance in Santhome the driver had to wait for 15 Min's to cross the road why? because the posers were running... the cops made the ambulance wait while a fancy Toyota Corolla with Govt plates and the Judges monogram has a free pass to roam anywhere on the street ! now I am sure whoever the judge was,, his morning 6:30 am ride in the govt car on a Sunday is no more important than an ambulance trying to make its way to save some life!
All in all quite a shameful experience !
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If am not wrong, this marathon is not even a part of the official marathon calender - just adhoc out of the chart pronto which is another income generation source
ReplyDeleteWell what can I say..... we are the losers man.... since we dare to think of such things... but all those you talked about went back home grinning from ear to ear.... sad state of affairs!
ReplyDeleteIn a country where the power lies with an uneducated and boorish MLA with a blind following of an uneducated thousands supported by hooligan muscle ... well... its our democracy and we are'nt exactly doing much about it ... so I guess unless we come up with a way of putting our foot down and changing life as we know it ... let's just get on with life ... wat say u? ....
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