The race is not over

Two of the country’s biggest sports events in the last 12 months mirror two Indias. The Commonwealth Games (CWG) in October 2010 was organised by an older India of the cosy neta-babu nexus. The Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix was staged by a newer India through a happy marriage of local private entrepreneurship and global business. The CWG, blighted by a string of corruption allegations, are seen to have dented India’s image. Formula 1, on the other hand, is seen to have only confirmed India Inc’s arrival on the world stage. So has the newer India of corporate and showbiz power scored over an older India of political and bureaucratic largesse?

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