And so we returned from the Nagoya Asian Games, successful,with 85 medals, including some golds in archery, shooting, and other disciplines. As you know, dear reader, India is making all kinds of efforts to host the 2036 Olympic Games. This confidence is partly based on our improved performances in sports, but it also comes from our skill in rigging elections. The strategy is simple — the final selection for the host nation is  meant to be a secret ballot; so adept are we at disenfranchising voters, that some of the IOC members won’t find their names registered. In any case, so shambolic are we at infrastructure, that we are likely to end up with running lanes filled with over-sized potholes, stadiums where whole enclosures may well collapse. 

Instead, I’m suggesting we host games for events we excel at — games where we don’t need to build special grounds/stadia. These special games should be played out on the streets of Mumbai — in her bylanes, and galli-guchis, parks and maidans, highways and flyovers.  These are all great locations for some disciplines; in fact, we should patent them for a new format called ‘The Indisciplined Games’.  Here are some I wish to introduce.