Gautam Bhatia

Off a side lane behind Peddar Road is the home of one of Mumbai’s wealthiest men. Italianate statuary across a secluded private road carries you to a Baroque mansion with some of the finest collection of art. Unlike Mumbai’s business elite, the owner is a recluse, enjoying his wealth without ceremony or flash. A few miles away, lies the world’s largest slum. A warren of alleyways that house the city’s poorest, in densities so desperate that it is difficult to establish boundaries or ownership.

I tend to be in partial agreement with Mani Shankar Aiyar. The intent of the games needs to be thoroughly examined. Commonwealth is made up of very poor countries. Maybe, it would have been a better idea to have held these events across the entire country so that the benefits of the upgradation of infrastructure could have been spread out. Delhi’s preparations are bordering on the lackadaisical and the absurd.