He breezes in and out of his ninth floor office here, attending unending meetings in between making flying visits to Commonwealth Games venues to check progress.

Kalmadi, man in the hot seat, remains unfazed

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Kalmadi, man in the hot seat, remains unfazed

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He breezes in and out of his ninth floor office here, attending unending meetings in between making flying visits to Commonwealth Games venues to check progress. Even as his detractors want him held guilty for all the sleaze that has come to be associated with India's biggest sporting show and the country races against time to finish preparations, Suresh Kalmadi, the man in the hot seat, is unfazed.

Kalmadi, who looks much younger and fitter than his 66 years, is clocking close to an 18-hour work day as chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC). He says he is game for any battle or inquiry.