Siddhartha Siddhartha

@sagarikaghose @AITCofficial @BJP4India @MamataOfficial You will be treated in the same peaceful and democratic manner that you treated BJP workers in 2021

The @AITCofficial 's counting agents are being beaten, threatened and harassed by the @BJP4India . In Bhabanipur AC, Smt @MamataOfficial 's counting agent is not being allowed inside. Wins and losses are part of democracy and all parties accept the will of the people but there is NO PLACE for physical violence, threats and intimidation in democracy. @BJP4India again revealing its governance deficit and its politics of violence and intimidation.

@sita_begum @JhaSanjay That Exit Polls have been proven to be a farce as they are completely off the mark That Exit Polls are rigged to justify the actual, manipulated result that EC will declare on election day. Someone has to face basic logic test to state both of the above are true!

@JhaSanjay Exit polls or rather, the jokes that pass for exit polls, are retrofitted fixed election results given to pollsters by ECI. So that on results day they can justify the absurd results that come out of all the rigging and manipulation by ECI.

#AxisMyIndia fails to add numbers correctly. C-Voter does not release #ExitPolls. They are the prominent pollsters of India. What is going on? The Exit Polls maybe right. Or wrong. That is not the point. But the alleged farce needs serious public scrutiny. Here is why. Do you know their true methodology? How representative is their sample of the existing demographic structure, including caste, religion, urban-rural etc? Who owns them? Their expertise? Have they been commissioned by a political party before or during the relevant election? Is there any conflict of interest? How much are TV channels paying them? Why aren’t TV channels declaring the relevant details as well? After all, their reputation is at stake too. In a normal universe, since most pollsters are expected to apply similar statistical yardsticks, the results will be within a certain bandwidth and margin of error. It can change though depending upon representation, a different set of questions, the ranking of questions, method of obtaining data, confidentiality of voter information etc. In India, we have zero knowledge of all this. This makes it an unhealthy democratic experiment; a legerdemain with the public and political ecosystem. AxisMyIndia poll on Tamil Nadu seems far fetched, irrespective of whether it finally works that way. There seem to be serious arithmetical errors. It is bizarre. The agency owner is getting primetime spotlight, however, because of their past track record of hitting the bull’s eye. Since Exit polls generate nationwide attention besides the real stakeholders themselves, and can impact stock market behavior affecting millions of ordinary investors, it is imperative that they are brought under regulatory scrutiny or made to make full public disclosures to all. ( We have seen Donald Trump’s acolytes take positions in the financial markets before his several announcements which have resulted in some investors making abnormal profits). Anything less than 100% transparency damages not just their ( pollsters) credibility, but makes a mockery of our democracy. Are we being manipulated? Given the fact that there are serious allegations of institutionalized rigging of the electoral process, one can hardly blame anyone for being highly cynical of the Exit poll agencies, suspecting them of being in collusion with vested interests and therefore guilty of malfeasance. And manipulation. The Indian voter and public needs to be respected. Political parties need to prioritize this instead of adopting a lazy, indolent chalta hai attitude. The Jugaad has gone on for far too long. Thank you. @INCIndia @AITCofficial @derekobrienmp @Jairam_Ramesh @ptrmadurai @mkstalin @BJP4India @YRDeshmukh @AxisMyIndia

@PIBHomeAffairs @BOIndiaOfficial Can someone tell me who is the IT vendor for FTI? I am not able to upload passport after renewal; sent 3 emails, even went to the airport helpdesk (they said to wait for 2-3 days till the website works properly as even they couldn't upload)

@iam6EEE @ashwinravi99 Exactly. Half the comments here show ignorance where people are talking of what happens after this. Doesn't matter at all - all that matters is where the foot landed

@ashwinravi99 The rule of nb says there must be some part behind the line when foot lands no matter when you release if you check release nowadays 50% will be nb, so this is a fair delivery

So much talk about this ball! No ball or not?

@shakeelANUSari @Danish4_ @Vipintiwari952 yaar, wahan bhi swing or seam nahin hai. In Ranji itself, VS is averaging 17. Jaiswal averages 50, and has had a great tour of Australia, and a decent tour or England. Jadeja averaged 80+ in England. Please don't bring top level Test cricketers into comparison with whiteballers

@Danish4_ @Vipintiwari952 Kutte. Same flat pitches pe yashwaswi jaiswal, dhruv jurel , jadeja, hytmer ye sab kyu struggle kar rhe hai?

Carlos Brathwaite suggesting that India should mirror (In Vaibhav Sooryavnshi’s case) the development path used for Brian Lara : "I apologise, Vaibhav, but if you look at how the West Indies handled Brian Lara. He was a generational talent, everyone knew. So what did the West Indies do? They put him in the mix with Viv Richards and whatnot, but he didn't play international cricket," [TimeOut]

@manishsngh @greatbong I have no intention of putting a kid down. I have a problem with anyone who determines any cricketers calibre based on IPL, irrespective of age.

@75Siddhartha @greatbong Just pointing out a fact. You should ask people who are trying to put down a 14 year old kid who has set the world alight with his performances to "pls stop this".

A few days ago saw covid kid engagement farming on Sooryavanshi having played better bowing than Sachin at his age (to which I pointed out Waqar and Wasim and Qadir on Pakistani pitches in his first series). Today we see what he does on a pitch that is not a featherbed, in front of end-career Shami and Prince Yadav. Yes of course.

@manishsngh @greatbong 1. If age matters, then don't complain if bone test is mentioned. If it doesn't, he will be viewed as any other player. Decide. 2. IPL is not the 'world'. Root & Smith aren't at IPL and they are great. To paraphrase CLR James, what do they know of cricket , who only IPL know,

@manishsngh @greatbong I want VS to do well. But this is his current stats in the only cricket that matters..and this is just at entry level (Ranji). So, let him probe at Ranji and then India A level before we hype him up. Sachin had a century on Ranji and Irani trophy debuts.

@manishsngh @greatbong Please stop this. VS averages under 18 in FC cricket after about a dozen innings. That is against Ranji bowlers. I want him to do well, but anyone who judges players based on IPL has no clue about cricket. Priyansh Arya, another IPL hero, doesn't manage to get into Delhi team

@elayavalli @Iyervval TN increases to 49 model punishes states like Karnataka whose percentage drops - they have attracted outside talent, so why should be penalized because TN or Kerala didn't have cities that grew like Bangalore? Yes, it also rewards UP and Bihar, but shows it is a complex issue

@Iyervval Sir, if the final % of seats allocated is same before and after delimitation, what is the issue. I am not an affected party, I am just trying to understand that proposal better. I see two numbers being published for TN: (1) increase to 49 and (2) increase to 59.

1) I’m a South Indian and I’m not troubled by it 2) you’re literally sitting in Texas. This doesn’t involve you

@mamtabhumihar @KreatelyMedia Vaibhav is an amazing talent but averages under 18 in first class after a dozen innings. This is the only cricket he has played where his defence has been tested. Sachin had a century on both Ranji and Irani debuts. This is the problem with people who only know IPL

🔸Unpopular opinion Suryavanshi is 10 times Tendulkar at same age 🇮🇳

@iamnarendranath हर फॉर्मेट मतलब? फर्स्ट क्लास में एवरेज १८ से कम है, बाकी किसी भी जगह डिफेंस टेस्ट नहीं होता।

अनिल कुंबले का तर्क समझ नहीं आया! वैभव सिर्फ आईपीएल में नहीं बल्कि हर फॉर्मेट में स्कोर कर रहे हैं जहाँ मौका मिल रहा है! बुमराह सहित वर्ल्ड के टॉप बॉलर के खिलाफ अच्छे से स्कोर कर चुके हैं! भारत से बाहर भी खेल चुके हैं! लेकिन तब भी इन्हे इंतजार करना चाहिए! क्योंकि उम्र कम है?

@ElRealesVikram And @LaxmanSivarama1 was a poor commentator himself. His only argument can be that since others are not better, why is he not getting a gig.

This is so poor in taste, clearly shows how one guy who hasn't gotten a gig is trying to go after a guy who has got a gig. There is no intent to give good quality feedback, only to malign & insult. "Learn to construct a proper sentence," I think Raunak's speaking skills are better than most around here & in the comm box as well. Poor quality & low level post.

@iamnarendranath Inevitable. Everyone needed freebies and OPS. BJP resisted till Karnataka and Himachal elections , and then it also joined in this revadi mela. Even a rich state like Karnataka has little to spend on infra, TN is in a similar situation.

ये होना ही था। हिमाचल प्रदेश से बिहार तक। आने वाला वक्त और बुरा होगा!

@akakrcb6 Sachin was 16 years when he was 16 years.

Veterans on my TL watching cricket for a long time, was Sachin 16 years this good as Vaibhav Suryavanshi ?

@kartik_kannan Illusion is created because the leg keeps to the off after the impact. What needs to be proven is whether the point of impact show is wrong - and tech for pt of impact was fairly robust even then. Issues were/are with path prediction

I thought it was a wrong decision. Could not quite believe then, how that ball could miss leg stump Looked out on impact at real time speed

@kartik_kannan Someone who took an Only Fans subscription complained 'no balance b/w bikini and burqa' (IPL fans seeking balance b/w bat & ball)

Is the IPL getting too boring with these tracks, or have our batters unlocked a new code to swing hard at everything? It's getting boring

@sikka_harinder Honestly sir, it is a very poorly written book (the content and facts may be great) and this is one case in which the movie elevated a very mediocre writing.

Calling Sehmat #Raazi ranks among the top books on espionage ever written, globally. It exposes Pakistan across border, hostile forces in Bollywood & a Punjab-based criminals within. Appointing Meghna Gulzar was my gravest misjudgment. Despite clear warnings, I failed to foresee how ideological bias would end up diminishing the true spirit of the protagonist. Nearly two decades later, the book continues to leave its mark across the world. Penguin best sellers; Vichhoda, Gobind, The Chabimaster are being scripted, for our beautiful nation deserves to see the complete truth.

@CricketopiaCom Thank God for that. And he has a done a favour not doing commentary either. Insufferable

“I’ve never done a toss or a presentation. I asked one of the producers why. He said, ‘We have been instructed by our bosses not to put you.’ They said it is to do with me not being presentable.” ~ Sivaramakrishnan to Indian Express

@Drifta03 @entropied2223 Kapil's record is actually better in India than outside. Kapil should have taken the Imran route, with more focus on his batting when his bowling lost sting. He was the best batter among all the allrounders (though Botham fans would disagree), but an ave 30 & 30 is is 'average'

@entropied2223 Kapil played a majority of his test cricket in India, on pitches tailor made for spin bowling. Also, he was an all rounder, not an out and out bowler. How many other all rounders have taken 400 plus wickets and scored 5000 plus runs in tests?