DevashishChakravarty

Entrepreneur, Columnist@The Economic Times

[Mohandas Pai @TVMohandasPai]

Madame ⁦@nsitharaman⁩ please see this. How can a ceo of a regulated bank be arrested for an issue with a business partner? Is this not overreach. ⁦@FinMinIndia⁩ has given vast powers for GST. What is the safeguard for citizens against misuse?please intervene

[Nirmala Sitharaman @nsitharaman]

Thanks for sharing this. Will check.

[Ministry of Defence, Government of India @SpokespersonMoD]

Watch | Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh interacting with women crew members of Navika Sagar Parikrama (NSP) II online on the eve of #InternationalWomensDay2025.

#SheBuildsBharat #NariShakti #WomenInDefence #InternationalWomensDay
#NavikaSagarParikrama

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@indiannavy
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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

[SpokespersonNavy @indiannavy]

Adm R Hari Kumar #CNS and all personnel of #IndianNavy congratulate Cdr Abhilash Tomy, KC, NM (retd) on making #India proud, finishing 2nd in the @ggr2022, the world's most gruelling ocean sailing race using tools & aids replicating the limitations of the first race in 1968.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Between 2017 and 2022, about 2 crore women disappeared from the Indian workforce, leaving only 9% of the eligible population employed or looking for positions, - Bloomberg

As a country we will NEVER be a developed nation if we don’t reverse this trend.

[Ajinkya kulkarni @ajinkyamkul]

The most important thing that the best talent wants today is to work with best colleagues.

Everything else is hygiene.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

In a job interview - talk about your achievements, not your responsibilities.

A product sells based on what it can do, not what it's supposed to.

[Ajinkya kulkarni @ajinkyamkul]

From the day someone joins our team and gets comfortable, the first question they will pop apart from work will be:
When are we meeting Nithin?
Yesterday, Nithin was kind enough to take out time and meet everyone present at our Bangalore office.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

How you define yourself matters. It changes your future skills and salary.

Are you in 'business development' or 'sales'? 'Product' or 'concept' selling?
#CreatingFutures #WordsMatter

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

Failure is guaranteed on a regular basis. Something will fail tomorrow if not today.

Expect it. Prepare for it. Beats hoping or complaining.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

You can switch a job, role or industry. Or stay. Choose again if it does not work.

Don't worry. A single career choice does not lock-in the rest of your career.

[Ajinkya kulkarni @ajinkyamkul]

Check fine print in your life cover policies to choose your next ride 🙆‍♂️

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

In kite flying, the string matters more than the wind, to stay in control.

In driving, the brake matters more than the gas pedal, to stay alive.

In life, your family matters more than your job to stay alive and in control.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

A boxing match has structure ,with rules and referees. Like a school or a salaried job.

A street-fight has no structure and evolves as it goes. Like setting up a new business.

A boxer or street-fighter is rarely good at both.

Celebrate what YOU are good at.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

If you are not curious, you do not grow much with experience.

If you are curious, you grow your skills every year.

If you are in a structured learning process, you grow your skills every month.

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

The market pays you for your strengths.

But a school lets you graduate only if you overcome your weakness.

Always invest in your strengths except where a weakness will not let you graduate. https://t.co/U3NDT6A4zc

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

Do not walk in blind into a new job. Ask around and find the real trade-offs.

Abusive boss? Toxic culture? Failing business? Know if you can handle it. https://t.co/pTrCXM8hAw

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

Change your calendar, your context or your conversation.

Amazing insights and results emerge when you challenge your routine.
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[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

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On trust, presence and anchors

[DevashishChakravarty @MajorDevashish]

Earn trust at work. Guard it well.

You cannot use your best skills if you are not trusted with the big work.