Sachin Tendulkar has finally spoken on the student protests, and I had to read his note twice: once as a fan and once as an editor. The fan was disappointed, but the editor realised that this was a textbook specimen of the kind of writing that George Orwell warned about in his essay “Politics and the English Language”.
The essay was written in 1946, but it might well have been written yesterday about this very statement. Orwell’s point was that when people want to hide something, they stop using plain words and reach instead for the passive voice, for fog, for phrases that sound like they mean something while meaning nothing at all.
Consider the line, where students are disappointed that “their hard work hasn’t been rewarded”. Rewarded by whom, and denied by whom? There was a paper leak, which means somebody leaked it, some institution failed to prevent it, and an official presides over that institution. Yet none of them appears in the statement, and neither does the leak itself. A crime with identifiable custodians has been turned into something that simply happened to lakhs of children through nobody's fault.
Then comes the list of those who must set things right: parents, teachers, friends, relatives, schools and administrators. If you read that list again slowly, you will notice it covers everyone in India except the people the students are actually protesting against, which is to say the NTA, the education ministry and the government. When everyone is responsible, nobody is, and that is not an accident of drafting. It was engineered to deflect blame.
There is also a quiet sentence buried in the middle. “A society which prioritises outcomes over effort will seek shortcuts over meritocracy” is a line about those who take shortcuts, meaning the cheat. So a note on protests around paper leaks ends up gently lecturing the leaked-upon about honesty. His father’s lovely lesson—that failure is okay but cheating is not—is again aimed squarely at individuals, while the scandal and protests right now are about institutions that failed them.
The rest of the statement is what Orwell called ready-made strips of words, glued together. Full of dreams and energy, fuel to our success, safeguard their aspirations. Nobody can disagree with any of it, which is precisely the point, for this is prose engineered so that no one in power will find a single sentence to object to.
What an actual position would have looked like is a single sentence in the active voice: The government must find and punish those who leaked the paper, and fix the system that allowed it. He wrote 160+ words to avoid writing that one.
Here’s Orwell’s full essay for those interested:
https://t.co/VlPoJdOcDG
@abhisar_sharma@CJP_2029@abhijeet_dipke@SauravDassss@Priyanshi50 Why is the media being mollycoddled as a group? Why is the tag 'journalist' expected to grant a sense of entitlement towards being protected? The citizens, armed forces and all other groups, if injured or assaulted are told, either 'its part of the job' or
Kylian Mbappé on Lionel Messi’s incredible 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign.
🗣️ “People keep asking me if I’m surprised by what Lionel Messi is doing at 39 years old. My answer is simple I’ve stopped being surprised by Messi a long time ago.”
“What he’s doing in this World Cup is beyond incredible. Most players at his age are retired or playing without pressure. Messi is carrying Argentina, deciding the biggest matches and taking his country to another World Cup final. That’s not normal. That’s greatness.”
“I watched the semi-final against England, and honestly, it reminded everyone why he’ll always be different. Argentina were losing, the pressure was enormous, but Messi never looked worried. He simply took control of the game and produced two world-class assists when his country needed him the most.”
“The frightening thing about Messi isn’t just his talent it’s his mentality. The bigger the match, the calmer he becomes. While everyone else feels pressure, he makes football look effortless.”
“I was lucky enough to play with him, so I know exactly what he brings to a team. His leadership isn’t about shouting. It’s about making everyone around him believe that anything is possible. That’s a gift very few players have.”
“For me, he’s still the best player in the world. I don’t care about his age or what people say. If you’re still deciding World Cup semi-finals at 39, creating magic against the best teams on earth, then you’re still number one.”
“Football will produce many stars in the future, but I truly believe we’ll never see another Lionel Messi. What he’s doing today isn’t just inspiring it’s history unfolding right in front of our eyes.”
🚨 Lamine Yamal on facing Lionel Messi in the FIFA World Cup Final:
🎙️ Reporter: "Lamine, how does it feel to face Lionel Messi in the biggest match in football?"
Lamine Yamal: "It's difficult to put into words. Messi holds a very special place in my heart. Everyone knows the photo of him bathing me when I was just a baby, and now, years later, we're meeting in a World Cup final. Football really is unbelievable sometimes."
"For me, he's the greatest player of all time. What he's doing at 39 years old in this World Cup is simply insane. He's still deciding matches, still leading Argentina, still showing the world why he's the GOAT. As a football fan, it's impossible not to admire him."
"But once the referee blows the whistle, all those emotions have to stay outside. I'm not playing against my idol—I'm playing for Spain. We respect Messi and Argentina, but our dream is to bring the World Cup home. Sometimes football asks you to put your feelings aside, and that's exactly what I'll do."
@khuchrep वैसे तो बड़ा कानून का छोड़ा बनता है? यहां वापस गांड़ में डाल लिया क्या अपने कानून? क्या जिस जगह ये बना रहे थे वहां मनाही थी? अगर थी तो क्या सरकार ने इनको अधिकृत किया था कि ऐसी गतिविधि रोकने के लिए?
लेकिन इसका जवाब कैसे दे पाएगा तू? क्योंकि तू तो एक नाकाम और अपनी सीमित क्षमता
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Word of advice
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt
@DrGauravGarg4 The only shame here is this platform literally allows any braindead dunce post anything that their mediocre and downright idiotic brain comes up with. T's beyond disbelief how does this retard even go about his routine with an impaired cognitive ability.
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@dbabuadvocate@dgpup@CMOfficeUP उसको पता है उसके बाप का नहीं है तो वो रोड पर बैठ नहीं गया है। टैक्स वो भी दे रहा है। आधे से ज्यादा भाड़े की जनता जो आई है वो टैक्स तो क्या देगी, अपराधी और होगी। अपने बाप की जागीर समझी थी जनता ने इसलिए जमावड़ा लगा लिया था। याद दिलाना जरूरी था।
@BigBentjgb@hbfetr They choose among themselves the worst of the lot thinking that the corrupt means that have benefitted others who chose from among themselves will benefit them when they choose theirs. The absolute scum of the earth resides in these parts of the world
@BigBentjgb@hbfetr this idea already existed long before. Indian subcontinent is full of corrupt people and the pervading thought is not that corruption is morally reprehensible but corruption is bad as long as we don't benefit from it. Coupled with scarcity mindset...