Prithayan Barua

Holy shit, Kamala’s ad is narrated by Morgan Freeman. #KamalaFightsForFreedom

@ninansusan @htTweets Thanks for the article, when everyone's only writing about the winner, its nice to read about the rest of the players.

It's almost a fortnight since a historic Indian teen champion emerged from Candidates. For some of the other Indians it's been a tough run of weeks. Vidit, Praggnanandhaa & Humpy spoke to @htTweets about battling self doubt, personal grief & making peace with scuppered chances.

There is an aspiration in the Indians - to be the best in the world at what we do. It's with this same aspiration that two huge events are going to take place on the 23rd of August 2023. Chandrayaan 3 is going to land on the moon and Praggnanandhaa is going to try and beat Magnus Carlsen at the FIDE World Cup 2023. Both are extremely difficult tasks to achieve, but the entire nation of 1.4 billion people is going to root for them! :) Why is it that what Chandrayaan-3 is trying to do is so difficult to achieve? Well, because it has never been done before. In the past people have achieved landing their module on the Lunar Surface but that was near moon's equatorial region. But what Chandrayaan-3 is trying to do is land the moon near its south polar region. This is not at all easy and has never been attempted before. The entire nation will watch with bated breath as the landing is planned on 6.04 p.m. on 23rd of August 2023. In Baku, Azerbaijan, an 18-year-old Indian is going to sit opposite the greatest chess player on the planet right now Magnus Carlsen and is going to try and beat him at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023. It's not going to be easy for Praggnanandhaa. Magnus Carlsen is hungry for the title. He has never won the World Cup before. But Pragg is in scintillating form. He has already knocked out world no.3 Hikaru Nakamura and world no.2 Fabiano Caruana from this event. If he beats Magnus on 23rd of August 2023, Pragg creates history as the youngest ever player in the world to win the FIDE World Cup. The game starts at 4.30 p.m. IST. The landing on moon's south pole and beating Magnus Carlsen are both quite tough. But what the Chandrayaan-3 (ISRO) and Praggnanandhaa make us believe is that it is important to attempt the difficult. There are goals in the world that no one believed someone could achieve. But with hardwork and quiet dedication, you can let your "moves" do the talking. And who knows, if you achieve it, it will expand the collective consciousness of the world of what is possible and what is not! :) We hope that both Chandrayaan and Pragnanandhaa are successful in their missions today. But even if they are not, we as Indians are proud that they both are attempting something truly special. PS: Isn't it an amazing co-incidence that the rover of Chandrayaan-3 is named as Pragyan! Or is it really a co-incidence! :) #chess #chessbaseindia #praggnanandhaa #pragyan #Chandrayaan3Landing Photo of Pragg and Magnus by Maria Emelianova

Big news in academic publishing!

Since SCOTUS is going to overturn #RoeVWade I think this one from George Carlin is appropriate. “They’re anti-women”

Tonight I introduced legislation to ban Members of Congress (and our spouses) from trading stocks. 3/4 of Americans agree!

As COVID19 surges across the US, it’s hard to describe the situation inside hospitals for healthcare providers & patients. We made this video depicting 1 day in the ER to show the painful reality & to remind us why we must remain vigilant. Please watch.

Three decades ago, billionaire Ted Turner asked astronomer Carl Sagan if he was a socialist.

During his commencement speech at our beloved Howard, my friend Chadwick Boseman said, "press on with pride and press on with purpose.” In his name, let’s keep fighting.

What it’s like driving through a wildfire at night #CZULightingComplex

The moms were placed up front last night. Tonight they are behind a line of young people with shields.

Federal officers pushed back moms in helmets using batons and tear gas, assault rifles being carried for crowd control

I don't know why these images have disappeared from our TLs, but the #BlackLivesMatter protests have not stopped. Dozens happened around the world today. This is Boston 👇

It truly boggles my mind how anyone can see a $6 billion policing budget in ONE city alone - which is more than we spend on health, youth, housing, and homelessness services here *combined* - and say, “You know what will fix police brutality? More money”

this girl wasn't trying to pull a kendall jenner pepsi moment, by the way. she was demonstrating how, no matter how nonviolent and peaceful you are, they will arrest you.

3️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ Los Angeles, CA: another where the picture speaks for itself A homeless non-protestor has his eye shot out by LAPD for sport twitter.com/iwant2cycle/st…

Since Andrew Cuomo said he hadn't seen any footage of NYPD cops beating protesters with nightsticks I figured I'd help him out by sending it directly to him.

DON'T LOOK AWAY. The cop groped her and when she tried to break away, she was beaten while standing still. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CRUSH DISSENT LIKE A DICTATORSHIP