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Nihal: 2012 Olympic opening weekend.

30/07/2012

2012 Olympic opening weekend.

BBC Asian Network - Nihal, 2012 Olympic opening weekend.

Nihal asks: did the opening weekend of the Olympics make you feel proud to be British?

Nihal asks whether the opening weekend of the Olympics made you feel proud of being British, plus Keep It Or Leave It talks about Raksha Bandhan.

Nihal asks 'Has the opening weekend of the Olympics made you feel proud to British?' 

The games kicked off on Friday night with Danny Boyle's opening ceremony. It included an acting role for the Queen, Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean mocking up Chariots of Fire and a snap shot of recent British history. It was widely praised, although not by everyone - the Tory MP Aidan Burley described the ceremony as "leftie multi-cultural" rubbish. 

Do you agree with him? Or did you think it celebrated everything great about being British? 

And what have you made of the games themselves? Have you been to any of the events? What was the atmosphere like? And how easy was it to get to your venue? 

There's been a lot of criticism over the numbers of empty seats on display - The Games organisers Locog say its down to a number of reasons but that the seats will be filled in coming days. Do you think problems like this are to be expected? Or is it an example of how corporate events like this have become? 

After 2, Keep it or Leave it.

It's our feature 'Keep it or Leave it' where we'll be talking about Raksha Bandhan. Should this ancient tradition where the sister ties a string around her brother's wrist in return for protection, end? Is it a sexist custom? Or is it a celebration of the beautiful bond between brother and sister? Call Nihal and tell him what you think.

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