Ananth Kamath

Views are personal.

[Formula 1 @F1]

One for the scrapbook 🥹

#F1 #BarcelonaGP

[Saravanan @Saran3129]

BIG NEWS!!!!

[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

Malls are the modern Parks.

[Zico Ghosh @zico_gh0sh]

For this week’s Lounge cover, I went long on Arijit’s retirement from playback, and what it says about the Hindi film music industry.

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[Ruminations of Swamy S^5 @S588566387]

Mind understands time through the body.

[Neha Makdey @NehaM2404]

Gen X parents bought fewer toys because childhood looked very different then. Millennial and Gen Z parents are raising children in a world that has changed dramatically and parenting has evolved.

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[Kush Maini @kmainiofficial]

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[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

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

[Backstreet Boys @backstreetboys]

On this day in Backstreet history, we released our album ‘Black & Blue.’ 🖤💙 #BSB30

[Vikram Chandra @vikramchandra]

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
#ViratKohli just proved that old cliche in style.
What a player. What a win.

[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

As a Ferrari fan from two decades, cannot believe how they are throwing it away this year with repeated poor strategy calls.

[Karun Chandhok @karunchandhok]

Err - why have Ferrari put Charles on the hard tyre???

It didn’t work on Friday, it didn’t work on the Alpines…

I’m very confused!

[Saravanan @Saran3129]

Sometimes @Truecaller is extremely helpful.

[Formula 1 @F1]

Fernando the Marathon Man 🏃

@alo_oficial has now driven 92,643km, the longest distance in F1!

#F1

[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

Worst crash I have seen in all my years of watching F1. Glad he is okay.

[Audi Revolut F1 Team @audif1_]

Following a crash at the start of the British Grand Prix, Zhou Guanyu is conscious and now at the circuit’s medical centre to undergo evaluation. #BritishGP

[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

Don't know how many times I must have listened to this entire album.

[Backstreet Boys @backstreetboys]

Today we celebrate one of our biggest achievements… the release of our Millennium! We thank each of you who’ve been listening to the album for 23 years! So thankful it’s become part of our history. Let’s celebrate by listening to Millennium today! https://t.co/A5mHQmt023

[Backstreet Boys @backstreetboys]

Today we celebrate one of our biggest achievements… the release of our Millennium! We thank each of you who’ve been listening to the album for 23 years! So thankful it’s become part of our history. Let’s celebrate by listening to Millennium today! https://t.co/A5mHQmt023

[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

@aTweetbyVP Congratulations!

[Mech Utd Talkies @aTweetbyVP]

Our new shortfilm is here!! #Freedom #Shortfilm

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[Ananth Kamath @AnanthK88]

@AnirudhLamba Indeed beautiful evening it was.

[Shapur Kotwal @ShapurK]

Once upon a time we had a Formula 1 race here; please retweet if you’d like to see it come back. 🇮🇳