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@choga_don People change. I think Pandya was more of a team man then and a family man now. Ricky Ponting provides great insight about successful captains. They spend as much time with the team off the field as they spend on it

This Kid has more sense than entire MI management and Captain Hardik Pandya #MIvsPBKS

@PokiriNani77 He is a better leader. Calls out bad performance irrespective of seniority. I value Ricky Ponting’s opinion. Gill is a better player though. Iyer’s weakness is short pitch balls

Iyer is 31 now, Shubman is 26 now Iyer played 136 IPL innings, Shubman played 118 Iyer scored 3934 runs, Gill scored 4031 Iyer’s average is 35.1, Gill’s is 39.9 Iyer’s SR is 135.3, Gill’s is 139 There’s not a single stat where Iyer beat Shubman and people have the audacity to question Gill even after Gill achieved more than what Iyer had achieved 5 years earlier These people might not have seen the horrible game of Iyer when he was 26, and now comparing 31YO Iyer with 26YO Shubman Shubman is going to be the best very soon, and then none of these people who questioned Gill even after what all he achieved at this very young age has the right to own him. You are all going to regret for life

@sardesairajdeep @AmitShah You will have to buy more MPs. Poor parties should oppose

IMPORTANT: Home minister @AmitShah claims that there will be uniform increase by 50% across states through Delimitation even though the bill at the moment doesn’t specifically mention a number (promises to clarify tomorrow). Says southern states in percentage terms will be around 24% (currently 23.8).. will this be enough to quell the concerns of the South? Remember, in absolute numbers the gap will widen further if seats are increased to 850 even if percentage stays roughly the same. 🙏

@absycric “Sultans of Swing” comes to my mind

Did they not find any other words

@Kushacritic “More than 50% of captain’s work is outside the field”. Very similar to “esprit de corps” ethos of the armed forces

Mumbai Indians should have gone with Ricky Ponting as head coach instead of Mark Boucher or Mahela Jayawardene. The kind of admiration and trust he has in Rohit Sharma, he would never have allowed captaincy change. MI might have had 6 or even 7 IPL titles by now.

@BobGolen Add some weight to water and it becomes D2O

H₂O is the formula for water. The formula for ice is H₂O³

@ambkcsingh Press secretaries are paid for lying and doing propaganda. People go to her pressers for fun

@vajrayudha11 Outcome is the free country we live in

That’s the problem with us. We put too much emphasis on virtue signaling and too little on the performance. While austere lifestyle is ideal, a Rail minister’s ultimate legacy should be his performance and not austerity.

@dekhane_mukul Good one. Khushwant Singh’s column “With Malice towards one and all” used to end with a joke. I remember one on North Indian surnames (Origin of Gupta, Sharma, Pandey…). Too long to post here. Those curious might be able to mine it from web

An old one, and a long one... Enjoy the Fun.... This hilarious piece from Cyrus Broacha🤣 While most surnames in India reflect caste and lineage, the Parsis had a delightfully modern streak — having landed without caste, history and context, they created identities through professions and urban streets. Our family moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) from Rawalpindi in 1947. We came as refugees but the family soon settled and by 1953 my father had restarted playing golf at the Willingdon Club. I was eight years old and would walk 18 holes with him every Saturday and Sunday. The three Parsi gentlemen who made up his regular four-ball were uncles Poonawala, Coorlawala and Colabawala. Very soon they had rechristened my father Pindiwala. Uncle Colabawala did not live in Colaba but in a penthouse on Malabar Hill. May be his ancestors had lived in Colaba. I used to spend hours searching the telephone directory to find Parsi surnames and stories around their families. There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were: Mr Fountainwala, Mr Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr Sodawala and Mr Jaamwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather was the Sheriff of Bombay. I think the first and only Parsi to hold this position. Being Sheriff it was only natural that he had Mr Bandookwala and Mr Golimarwala as his constant companions. Grandfather had many Parsi friends who were in politics. There was this squeaky clean khadi-clad Mr Ghandy, and the not so clean Mr Kalaghandy — Übersetzen

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@oliverburdick With such powers, why does God let so many people die of hunger?

If Earth were 4 inches closer to the sun, we would all burn up and die. If gravity was .1% stronger, every star would explode instantly. If the Universe expanded 1 mph faster, human life would be impossible. None of this is random. God is real, and his design is perfect.

@theprernaa Badlapur

Name a movie where you think the hero was wrong and the villain was right?

@Akshatgoel1408 Disappointment is the word. Financial loss maybe but definitely not “fraud”

BIGGEST FRAUDS IN IPL 2026 Rishabh Pant - Retained by Lucknow Super Giants at a whopping 27cr. He has done nothing just like last year. Nicholas Pooran - Retained by Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping 21cr. He has been ultra disaster so far. Cameron Green - Bought by Kolkata Knight Riders at a whopping 25.2cr. He has been the biggest disappointment of this IPL so far. Kartik Sharma - Bought by Chennai Super Kings at a whopping 14.2cr. He is not playing after the early disasters. Prashant Veer - Bought by Chennai Super Kings at a whopping 14.2cr. Played a cameo in a loosing cause. He has been a big let down. Biggest fraud according to you guys??

@puvanv1 @CommanMan777589 I don’t think that’s the discussion. It’s about judging people based on their academic performance

@Eskay1069 @CommanMan777589 He was selected by British to go to England and became an agent for them sent to SA to make a story on him before sending him to India. There were photographs of White people pushing him when he tried to get into the train. Who took the photo with perfect angle?

Mahatama Gandhi was such a scholar ! He secured only 247.5 marks out of 625 in his tenth exam in 1887 from Alfred High School which is less than 40% . He was at 404th place out of 800 students English - 89 out of 200 Gujarati - 45.5 out of 100 Mathematics- 59 out of 175 General Knowledge - 54 out of 150 Then in 1888 he went to London to study But what who gave him admission in London below 40 % marks?? No doubt today you can become doctor with Negative marks in Bharat Anyways he fought with British 🤡🤡

@asoka304bce @CommanMan777589 Absolutely. You can criticize the PM for his policies. That’s fair; but to mock him because of poor academics is not fair

@Eskay1069 @CommanMan777589 but congress & co always saying modi is illiterate leader,ahul is best atleast he is educated 🤡

@lafantargiri @CommanMan777589 Absolutely. It’s really disheartening to see some elites mocking the PM

@Eskay1069 @CommanMan777589 Exactly modi ji ko he dekh lo bina degree k desh chala rahe hai

@CommanMan777589 Most of the top colleges in the world promote liberal ideas and an overwhelming majority of faculty is liberal. Are all these colleges and their faculty part of the “fakey” world?

@CommanMan777589 You will be surprised to know how some colleges run their admissions process. For example, in many elite US colleges, SAT scores are still optional. They normalize the performances based on social, economic and family background of applicants

@promzzz And conversely, why don’t we have problems with expats or immigrants from rich countries going around with their attires and attitude?

@Eskay1069 Indians abroad ASSIMILATE

Have NEVER seen so much lungi, tupi and burqa in Calcutta ever in my life. Not even in so-called muslim areas

@promzzz They don’t and won’t. You will be surprised

@ShaneRiver85 @CommanMan777589 Whose mark sheet did I question? When?

@Eskay1069 @CommanMan777589 Andhnamazi like this Saumitra guy doubts on a chaiwala mark sheet but if same question asked about Bar dancer or his grand abbu Gand-hi, he freak out.