The Indian effort to host the Commonwealth Games has come in for some sharp critisim - actually it has been pretty much dammed by everyone. The latest set of issues range from a footbridge colapse, which injured 27 workers - this was one of the routes for the atheletes into the main stadium. The atheletes village has been condemed as uninhabitable (dogs sleeping in the beds, workers also living there etc) Dehli has been getting higher than average rains - the nearby river is 1.47m above the danger mark and the water authorities are thinking about releasing water from the dam which could flood some of the atheletes village, atheletes have pulled out and entire countries are thinking of abandoning althogether and there is the usual threat of terror attacks! Will it actually happen? My view at the moment is NO! Watch this space.
My friend Martin Culley leaves India on the 31st September after 2.5 years living in Mumbai and working for Capita. One last piece of bureaucracy to go through, he needed to get an exit visa! He spent all day down at the FRRO office in South Mumbai and was relived of Rs 20,400 (£300) for the privilege of the little stamp that allows him to escape! We won't mention the number of trees that were pulped in order to cope with the sheer level of paperwork that was required!
Topped the day off with a leaving meal at Spaghetti Kitchen in Powai - the only restaurant I haven't seen here yet is an Indian restaurant!
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