Commonwealth Games to be organized in India has proved to be a game of commonwealth played by Congress politician and his colleagues! If you don't believe this, here are some details: As hiring charges for a period of 45 days use, the organizing committee is paying Rs. 9,75,000 per treadmill, when the cost of best new treadmill is just about Rs. 7,00,000; Chairs are hired for Rs. Rs 8,378 apiece; 100-litre refrigerator are hired for Rs 42,202 each.
These are just tips of iceberg. Read to now more by clicking the link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CWG-corruption-gets-murkier-treadmi ll-hired-for-Rs-10-lakh/articleshow/6247519.cms Is it a misuse of taxpayers money or otherwise? Best regards, U. G. Barad * * * In every way, the Goans of Bombay were part of the great melee that was this metropolis, distinct perhaps in the way communities often are, holding on to their own traditions but merging slowly nonetheless and forming the thin thread of nationhood that would eventually become India. -- Selma Carvalho, in *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
