Joban Singh Dhaliwal

Full time rock paper scissors champion, Part time lawyer

[Tejinder @singhtejinder]

The mission is to make Punjabi’s vast literary and linguistic heritage searchable, accessible and useful for generations to come.This is only the beginning. https://t.co/hLx29vpofW is live for you to search.

[Naveen Patnaik @Naveen_Odisha]

I am deeply anguished to know that the legendary colour of the Indian hockey team’s jersey has been changed to saffron. The iconic shade of blue of the Indian hockey team is not just a colour. It is an emotion associated with the nation’s sporting heritage.

For decades, this colour united us in hope, in victory, in defeat and in the pursuit of sporting excellence. We have cried, laughed, celebrated and stood proudly with our men and women in blue. Wearing the blue jersey our teams have won Olympic medals with the national anthem playing on the world stage. #Blue is derived from the blue chakra in our national flag. It is a symbol of our national pride and identity. The colour blue belongs to every Indian.

When the national hockey teams were struggling for sponsors, #Odisha created history by being the first and only state to support our national teams and our beloved game. Every Odia across the globe was proud of the state’s gift to national hockey. After 41 long years, our men’s team won an Olympic medal. Just because the government changed in Odisha, it should not change our national team colours. This is petty politics of the worst kind.

Our blue jersey is to us what the iconic stripes are to Argentina and the yellow jersey is to Brazil. It is etched in our collective memory. Any change in this colour, is a crass attempt to erase our priceless sporting legacy. National symbols are meant to unite us not divide.

I am given to understand that this step was taken under pressure from the BJP Government in Odisha. Those in authority may deny it, but the fact is that for the last two years, everybody in Odisha has seen the obsession of this government with changing colours of buildings, buses and even bridges. It is the only work that is happening in Odisha today. But now the same government has changed the colours of our national team. I strongly condemn this attempt by BJP Odisha to politicise a national game like hockey. It has deeply hurt the sentiments of lakhs of sports lovers across the country and the pride with which Odisha has supported the national hockey.

#Hockey
#MenInBlue
#WomenInBlue

[Ayushi Kar @ayushikar1998]

2/ The government reduced its import bill but it did not reduce the price of ethanol blended petrol. Read my story to find out more
https://t.co/JuNaa6JdLU

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

Remember the truck full of stones that appeared near the CJP protest site in Jantar Mantar?

@ImAvdheshkumar traced the vehicle with its registration number. It was not a stray truck: the Delhi Police had seized it four days earlier
https://t.co/weHmvyvYb0

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Gopal Sankaranarayanan - take a bow. The rest of the Bar- take a cue.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Incredible Egyptian goal is disallowed because of a foul far away, then same situation a few minutes later and goal for Argentina not disallowed! No VAR, nothing? FIFA again looks like a corrupt joke, playing favorites for stars.

[Croatian Football  @CroatiaFooty]

🇭🇷 🐐 From a scared little boy who used football as an escape during a war.

To arguably the greatest midfielder to ever grace the football pitch. And for many of us, it's not a argument.

[S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب @irfhabib]

Always been so proud of you Justice Murlidhar🙏

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

In any other country (even 3rd world like us, forget a country claiming to be a Vishwaguru), even a single such incident in a year would have caused massive uproar.

But for us, it’s probably 50th case in this year of being killed by the all-pervasive corruption-nexus of govt, IAS, and business.

Nothing will change and next time it would you be you or me or our families perishing in this hellhole created by cruel systems.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Jalen Brunson. NBA Champion. Finals MVP.

Hard work pays off 🏆

[NBA @NBA]

"The 2026 NBA Finals MVP is the Captain, Jalen Brunson!"

Bill Russell Trophy winner, @jalenbrunson1!

[Kanwal Sibal @KanwalSibal]

Why are we indirectly justifying the US action by referring to OFAC and using terms like non- compliance?

These are illegal actions even if the ships are not Indian- flagged.

Our concern is that Indian seamen have been killed and no regret has been expressed by CENTCOM.

If India and the US cooperate on maritime security in the Indian Ocean, hold elaborate naval exercises, subscribe to the concept of the Indo- Pacific, the US can’t be indifferent to killing Indian seamen in the Indian Ocean whatever the circumstances.

[Defence Brat @DefenceBrat]

First, Iranian sailors were killed in your water, and you stayed silent, saying it wasn’t your men.

Now, your own sailors have been killed in Iranian water, and you may stay silent again, saying it wasn’t our waters.

A strong govt protects its people wherever they are. A weak government looks for excuses.

Using agencies like ED and CBI to instill fear is easy amongst your own citizens. Showing courage when citizens are harmed is what truly tests leadership.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

[Ajay Vir Jakhar @Ajayvirjakhar]

Ethanol for cars is made from crops growing on subsidized fertilizer. The subsidy was for growing crops for food security. But now, tens of thousands of crores of subsidy will be subsumed into manufacturing ethanol. Don't tell me no one told you that before ...

[Man Aman Singh Chhina @manaman_chhina]

Bashir Badr deserved a state funeral.
Petty, partisan, communal, bigoted politics should not have denied this honour to one of the tallest poets India has produced in modern times.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Aditya Menon @AdityaMenon22]

Many people saying "India should have mediated like Pak". India doesn't mediate between countries because we don't want others mediating in our issues. It's a fair position, not a diplomatic failure. The main failure was the ill-advised visit to Israel when war was imminent.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I have waited years for someone to challenge this nonsense phrase on mainstream media. An indictment of the liberal PEP media that it took Tucker Carlson to do it. And he undeniably did it well.