The Commonwealth games are finished. From the ashes of the debacles leading up to the games rose a collective sigh of relief that nothing disastrous happened. And for a few days, cricket was overshadowed by athletes bringing home 101 medals to finish 2nd behind Australia and ahead of England’s 3rd place. The Indian media wasted no time refocusing attention on the unfinished business of widespread corruption. After dragging his feet through weeks of pre-game fiascos, PM Manmohan Singh finally stepped up his game and announced an investigation.

The Telegraph, India makes the most insightful soul searching op-ed of them all. One that every Indian who has a desire to see India succeed must undertake. Do take a moment to read the full post (excerpt below):

An unbridgeable chasm separates excellence from mediocrity. The gap cannot be bridged because it begins with a mindset that does not recognize what excellence is: it knows no better than what is mediocre. Unfortunately, Indians are beset by the average and cannot see beyond it. Recent examples of this are the self-congratulation that has ensued since the Commonwealth Games began and the euphoria that has followed the closing ceremony. One reason is that the preparations for the Games engendered nothing but dire predictions of national shame. The apprehension was that of disaster, and the escape from that produced more than relief.