Shukria Delhi, Hello Glasgow

After 11 days of extravaganca sporting events, Delhi bids adieu to the games.

Though it started withj obstacles which brought the committee to think about plan B, but the Indian Goverment took it a chalenge and prroved they can put up a good show.

Issues of roof falling, brige collapse, dengue, snakes, poluted traning pool and recently the stranded Glasgow Games perfomers for closing ceremony.

Commonwealth Games Chief, Mike Fennel, praised for the organising committee for coming out with the marvelous performance with amount of presuures they faced prior to the commencement of the games.

India is now there on the world map

Yesterday's closing ceremony was breathtaking, with performance from Military Performance Group by playing the "Patriotic Song - Sare Jaha Se Accha".

Then with 2010 children dressed in white came onto the field in a Tribute to Our Motherland. Vande Mataram sounded out as the kids fanned out to assume the positions of a Rangoli pattern with an Ashoka Chakra in the centre.

Bidding adieu to the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi and the flag handing ceremony to the next host city Glasgow, Scotland, began with acknowledging the magic created by the Games mascot Shera. Emotions ran high as Shaan, the popular playback singer, sang Shera song – Goodbye Shera. Each and everyone present in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, packed to its capacity of 60,000, and billions of viewers across the world sang along with him, Bada Yaad Aayega Tu Shera (We’ll remember you Shera).

The Flag was then lowered, folded and handed over to Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, MP and Chairman OC CWG Delhi 2010. Mr. Suresh Kalmadi handed over the Flag to Lt. Governor of Delhi, Mr. Tejinder Khanna, who, in turn handed it over to the Robert Winter, Lord Provost of Glasgow. The Flag finally passed to Right Honourable the Lord Smith of Kelvin.

But what made me to ponder was, why wasn't there any Bollywood stars performing apart from AR Rahman?

Anyway, for Malaysia, it is definetely an authonishing momment, where they have surpassed the target of 10 gold medals set by Ministry of Sports and National Sports Council.

The total medal haul was 12 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze. Malaysia was placed 7th behind Australia, India, England, Canada, South Africa and Kenya.