Let the Games begin, says India (CWG Curtainraiser)

New Delhi: The tracks have been marked out, the fields are ready and stands in spanking new venues wait for the crowds to stream in. After months of uncertainty and doubts over whether India can pull it off, the 19th Commonwealth Games are finally set for a grand opening here Sunday evening.

A story that started Nov 13, 2003, in Jamaica when India won the bid to host its biggest sporting event and proceeded in fits and start through seven years will see fruition when 65,000 people gather under a balmy October night sky to "let the Games begin" Sunday.