What does this sort of news say about India?

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Organizing committee chief Suresh Kalmadi takes a call as he tours the Commonwealth Games Village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Kalmadi, who was responsible for bringing the Commonwealth Games to the world's largest democracy and for running the organizing committee, has been the chief recipient of scorn from a public upset about India's tarnished image.​

 

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Preparations continue at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 29, 2010 in Delhi, India. Workers all across Delhi are scrambling to complete last minute preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.​

 

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A local transports his goods ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 29, 2010 in Delhi, India​

 

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Workers scrape tiles of sediment at the Commonwealth Games athletes' village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.

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Scottish team members take photos of Indian figurines at the Commonwealth Games Village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.​

 

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Organizing committee chief Suresh Kalmadi takes a call as he tours the Commonwealth Games Village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Kalmadi, who was responsible for bringing the Commonwealth Games to the world's largest democracy and for running the organizing committee, has been the chief recipient of scorn from a public upset about India's tarnished image.​

Haha this picture damn classic. Look at the money below the counter. Epic depiction of corruption and mess which India fucking is. I hope a giant earthquake splits the country into 500 parts and they start fighting each other to go indepentdent. Then a great tsunami comes and drowns 99.99% of their population.

 

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That Arunachal place belongs to China. I hope China takes it back from this bunch of nincompoops and develop the place properly. Why would any sane person want their country to belong to a hopeless rubbish dump call India?

 

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An official from team England gets a foot massage at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 29, 2010.​

 

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Police officers search a person entering the Commonwealth Games athletes' village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.

A police officer checks the accreditations of Australian athletes arriving at the Commonwealth Games village, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.​

 

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Indian performers are watched over by a policeman as they prepare for an opening ceremony rehearsal at the Jawarhalal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on September 30, 2010.

Indian performers from the eastern state of Assam gesture as they proceed towards an opening ceremony rehearsal at the Jawarhalal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on September 30, 2010.​

 

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Indian performers from the Himalayan state of Ladakh gesture as they proceed towards an opening ceremony rehearsal at the Jawarhalal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on September 30, 2010.​

 

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Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker gets security checked as he arrives for a media press conference ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 30, 2010 in Delhi, India.

Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker speaks to the media at a press conference ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 30, 2010 in Delhi, India.
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1. Four times female world boxing champion India's Mary Kom (R) and Indian Olympic bronze medalist, Vijender Singh (L) hold The Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at the India-Pakistan Wagah border near Amritsar on June 25, 2010.
2. Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell (L) and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit hold the Queen's Baton during the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay at the India-Pakistan joint check-post at the Wagah border June 25, 2010.

An unidentified girl runs with the Queen's baton in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal, during the baton rally for Commonwealth Games in Agra, India, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The baton, which contains a message to the athletes from the queen in her role as head of the Commonwealth, will cover more than 190,000 kilometers (117,990 miles) in 340 days before it reaches the Indian capital in time for the Oct. 3, 2010, opening ceremony.​

 

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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (C) holds the Queen's Baton as Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organsing Committe chairman Suresh Kalmadi (L) looks as the baton relay arrives in Delhi on September 30, 2010​

 

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Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organsing Committe chairman Suresh Kalmadi (R) flanked by the Games mascot Shera (L), holds the Queen's baton as the baton relay arrives Delhi on September 30, 2010.​

 

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A woman holds a placard during an anti-Commonwealth Games protest in New Delhi September 30, 2010.

Activists protesting against the upcoming Commonwealth Games hold banners as they listen to a speaker during a demonstration near the Commonwealth Games headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. While poverty remains one of India's most intractable and enduring problems, many of this city's beggars have been arrested or forced from the streets, migrants have been rousted, and thousands of homes hidden from sight in an effort to spruce the city.​

 

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Re: oh the rainbow made the collapse bridge - aka combat engineer bridge look so much

Wow, fellow pioneer ...... SOCE at Jurong camp ? that building behind the bridge is the cookhouse ?
They don't do bridges by hand anymore. Last I heard, bridging nowadays is done by some kind of hydraulic mechanise type of thing.

2...3.....4....... up ah !!! *LOL*
Great Picture, thanks for the memories.......

Yes it is the cookhouse. As this is meant as a monument we did this by crane too. Good old days mate.

 

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An Indian man walks past a billboard, spray-painted with profanity in protest against the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi on September 30, 2010. New Delhi's Commonwealth Games have been tagged the 'Shame Games' by local media after a shambolic run-up to Sunday's opening that has reinforced the nation's reputation for inefficient bureaucracy, poor infrastructure, graft and squalor.​

 

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Work continues on the Pragati Multi Kiosk General Store which will service the Main Press Centre for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, India​

 

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New Zealand shooter Greg Yelavich poses for a photo in the International Zone at the Athletes Village ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 30, 2010 in Delhi, India.​