Aditya Gadre

I have started a blog dedicated to my rants about MasterChef Australia. Check it out here: heroasaverb.blogspot.com

The BC Cup - India’s biggest, open solo sports quiz is back in its 16th edition! Open for everyone, no pre-registration required or fees, just show up! 1pm tomorrow (4th Oct) at COEP Boat Club Canteen steps Cash prizes for the top 8 (total = 18k)

Happy @surajmenon Jayanti to all!

The Firm returns on 1 March at @bombayquiz's Mumbai Quiz Festival - @angry_bard @shubhankargo @aniketk

Thoughtful placement of new touchscreen in Brussels metro

Stunning emotions as Gukesh cries after winning the World Championship title! #DingGukesh

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!   As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.   Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.   I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.   And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more.    OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.   We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.   I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.   I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.   And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.   Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.   Rafa that!   Best always, your fan, 
 Roger

Congrats

I’m so old that I can remember when America had presidents and attorneys general who didn’t have mugshots.

Wild that humanitarians in Gaza have to beg journalists to tell the truth. @NRC_Egeland: I’m amazed how journalists take one party in a very dirty war as a good source…There is a reason Israel is denying independent journalism in the world access to Gaza…We who are there [humanitarians] are unanimous in that Israel is deliberately starving the population and having an indiscriminate, excessive warfare that are killing thousands of women and children…Israel is not telling the truth

They came up with a new word for “working multiple jobs to survive”

REMINDER FOR THESE NOVEMBER QUIZZES 23rd November Saturday - Suraj Menon's experimental quiz at Max Muller Bhavan 24th November - The BC Cup at COEP by @angry_bard, @aniketk, and @ymarathe Please note: @surajmenon's quiz will not be shared after

It is socially accepted in American liberal circles that you can openly advocate carpet bombing civilian infrastructure in Iran and it's not a big deal

BJP alliance partner Chirag Paswan getting ministry is NATIONALISM BJP alliance partner Anupriya Patel getting ministry is NATIONALISM BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia getting ministry is NATIONALISM But Udhayanidhi Stalin being Deputy CM is dynasty politics. HYPOCRISY🤣👏

"Third man accused of raping the Monster of Avignon's wife whines that he cannot sleep, suffers nightmares and his wife has left him after his vile behaviour was revealed as trial continues" mol.im/a/13873051 via dailym.ai/android

Coming up on 2 hours delay.....

Indigo has just made 7 back to back announcements about delays - literally the only thing being announced is about delays

Yesterday, the Indian Express published a report saying that as many as 30 retired Supreme Court and high court judges attended a VHP event in Delhi. They didn’t mention any names. We identified multiple judges who were present at the meet from publicly available photos ++

Right now it's gotten to a point where I can't remember the last time I flew Indigo and it wasn't at least 45 mins delayed

No, this is not acceptable. Instagram has just suspended my account. Is this what you do to a poet? To someone who shares the pain of his people?

Reactionaries are pretending to care about free speech again