As you guys know, Metallica is one of the greatest Metal bands. This year, 2011, is a big year for the youth in India. Metallica was set for their maiden tour of India, and the Inaugural Indian Grand Prix. Metallica was scheduled to perform in Delhi and Bangalore. Delhi is the nation's capital. Delhi would also host the first ever F1 race in the Indian subcontinent.
The F1 went pretty smooth yesterday. F1 racers liked the track, the organization and were pleased. Vettel won the race.
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| Buddh International Circuit |
However, this is not what this post is about. Metallica could not perform in Delhi. It was because of security issues, some barricades were not present, there was no checking of tickets. This upset the band and they called the concert off.
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| Metallica |
I lived in Delhi for 12 years, I'm 14 years now. And I know that people get pretty angry there, fast. People started thrashing equipment. They started breaking barricades and started doing the most stupid, attention seeking acts you can imagine.
I am pretty sure Metallica will not return to Delhi again. However, on the other hand, it went smooth in Bangalore. This just shows the level of patience in the people of Bangalore.
The security was pretty tight with guards in and around the crowd.
Coming back to Delhi, four organizers from the DNA company, senior executives,
were arrested on the grounds of cheating people and breach of trust. Many people did not even get their tickets.
Deja Vu? This is another major event in delhi after the Commonwealth Games 2010. In the CWG, there was a similar story. Many stadiums were constructed on inflated rates. The excess money going into the pockets of some officials of the government. The loss incurred to the government was around 100 billion INR and 2 Billion US dollars.
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| The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
This enraged the people, giving rise to a people's movement led by a social activist, Anna Hazare who demanded an anti-corruption bill which was being passed around in the parliament for a couple of decades. This bill was finally accepted by the parliament and is being drafted by a select group of Indian Officials.
This just seems very ironic. Thousands of people joined the movement. But still, there is a desire to cheat the people in some executives.
What I am happy about is all the corrupt people are being put in jail. Very fast. Last year, around a dozen high-level people from the government, were put in jail, and all bail-pleas rejected.
This is how corruption is still connected to everything that is done in India, and most importantly, for the obvious reasons, New Delhi.
