This article sounds like song delay is a bigger problem than all other problems weaved around CWGames. How come they are so more frustrated about a theme song than about the rest of the actual organization of the games?
--- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > Waiting for the anthem > Navdeep Kaur Marwah, Hindustan Times > > It's touted to be India's version of Waka Waka. But, less than 50 days > before The Commonwealth Games, Delhiites have no idea what the theme > song for the much-anticipated event sounds like. The frustration was > only compounded on Monday when, at an event to unveil the anthem, no > promo for the > > > related stories > All venues to be ready in a week's time: CGOC > Karna, Ker indulge in blame game over delay in Madani's arrest > same was aired. To make matters worse, neither the organisers, nor AR > Rahman, who has composed the theme song for the Games, gave out any > details, barring a couple of words. "I urge everyone to be patient and > wait for at least 10 days," Rahman said. > > When members of the media insisted on more details, Rahman remained > elusive, and spoke only in broad generalisation. "I've been working on > the song for the past six months it's energetic, and will get > everyone hooked. We are still tweaking the lyrics and we want this > song to go further than Waka Waka." Sounds good, Mr Rahman, but > anything more concrete? Hardly. "The song is simple but not > simplistic. It talks about the spirit of winning and not giving up. It > is mostly in Hindi, with some English lyrics." > > Interestingly, Waka Waka, the theme song for the soccer World Cup, was > unveiled months before the event, so that the world could acquaint > itself with the song. "The anthem should've been out by July," rues > Sukhmeet Kaur, a teacher. "Rahman should understand the anxieties of > the nation and stop procrastinating like this," says Priya Sharma, BPO > employee. >
