Samya Dutta (साम्य दत्ता)

YouTube addict, ever-aspiring musician. Rain hater, sun lover. Writes in English. Reads in Bengali, Hindi and English. Mechanical keyboard enthusiast.

[Samya Dutta (साम्य दत्ता) @Samyadutta]

@alanwilkins22 so happy to have you back in the IPL! Adds so much to the broadcast.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

If you were a Bengali male with creative pretensions in Bengal in the 70s, or for that matter the 60s or 80s, you knew that whatever you did - direct, compose, illustrate, write - Satyajit Ray did it better.
Towered above us all, in every way, and most of us just gave up and decided that chai, cigarettes and adda were easier options.
Born on this day in 1921.

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

IPL may be the richest league in the cricketing universe

But it has the worst jerseys in the sporting world

A drunk kid with a Canva free plan would have designed better T Shirts than these "designers"

A trillion dollar league, at the very least, should have good jerseys

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

Honest, frank & fair commentators are vital to our sport. Harsha and Simon are among the finest, and like all cricket lovers celebrate the Eden Gardens & its passionate fans.
If true, this is churlish & definitely does not reflect the opinion of the franchise or the fans.

[Samya Dutta (साम्य दत्ता) @Samyadutta]

@danielholkss Orcas (killer whales) have started hunting great white sharks just to eat their livers, as those are highly nutritious. They leave the rest of the body to rot.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

Shreyas Iyer, not considered good enough to retain after captaining a champion team.
I think he's proving they should have thought a little more.

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

Most founders think raising money means they’ve made it. It’s not fuel. It’s a leash. The second you take a check, everything changes. You don’t own your company anymore. You own someone else’s return. And there’s no undo button.

[Samya Dutta (साम्य दत्ता) @Samyadutta]

True! True!!! TRUE!!!
@BCCI @IPL
HORRENDOUS selection of ex -Indian cricketers, in Hindi and Bangla as well. Are not even fluent!
Listening to Bhojpuri commentary... At least that's a lot of fun.

[Mohsin Kamal @64MohsinKamal]

The day BCCI & broadcasters stop hiring commentators just because they’re former cricketers is when I’ll finally believe cricket has progressed. You’re mostly left with no option but to watch on mute. #IPL2025 #IPL #RRvsKKR

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

Heathrow airport had to be shut for a day, coz they had no back-up electricity.

They sold their diesel generators to achieve Net-Zero compliance, and they got bio-mass generators, which failed the first time they were needed.

Wokeness will drown Europe soon.

[peeleraja @peeleraja]

The paradox of India:

Punjab is over 60% vegetarian, but Tandoori chicken and butter chicken are its most popular dishes outside the state.

Tamil Nadu is less than 1% vegetarian, but its "pure veg" idly, dosa, sambhar, pongal, etc are its most popular dishes outside the state.

[WG RumblePants @WG_RumblePants]

Australia have been eliminated from the Champions Trophy.

England have also been eliminated from the Champions Trophy, but achieved that more quickly, more efficiently and with less effort than Australia.

Result: moral victory to England.

[Bharat Sundaresan @beastieboy07]

There must be undeniably something about this England team & the way they are for the rest of the cricket world to take so much glee in them losing & being knocked out early in big tournaments. Especially since they aren’t winning much to start with anyway #ChampionsTrophy

[Without Papers Pizza @wopizza4]

This train rolls by me 10 times a day. 150 cars full of coal going to China. They burn it to generate the electricity needed to build solar panels then send them to us on giant oil burning ships.

We put the panels on our roofs & call it “emissions free”.

Green energy is a scam.

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

If FIFA tried to make sure that Brazil & Argentina were always in the same group in the World Cup, the entire committee would be sacked, with protests worldwide.
Yet, we routinely pick groups in world cricket to make sure India and Pakistan play & nobody even protests.

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

Will #India ever have a leader tall enough to bring the one thing that the population of India needs so desperately? Discipline.

[Luke Coutinho @LukeCoutinho17]

To
The People of India,
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation @mybmc
Respected Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_Fadnavis
Hon. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi @narendramodi

I am not an activist. I am not here to fight or tear anyone down. I am writing to you as a citizen of our country, a fellow Indian, with a basic yet fundamental right—the right to clean air.

Every day, I see people around me in Mumbai getting sicker. I feel it in my own body too. The air we breathe is no longer just air—it is harming our lungs, our hearts, and our future. We cannot ignore this any longer.

Today, I have a humble yet urgent plea to our Respected Chief Minister, our Honorable Prime Minister, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Please reconsider the allocation of funds for something the city does not need right now.

Mumbai does not need a giant Ferris wheel. What we need—what we desperately need—is clean air.

I appeal to every citizen of India, to parents, educators, and school principals. You know absenteeism in schools is rising. You see children struggling with breathing issues, missing out on their education and their childhood. I appeal to doctors, who witness the growing number of patients with respiratory illnesses. Pediatricians, you know how many young children are suffering from asthma and lung infections caused by polluted air.

To personal trainers, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts—I ask you to pause and reflect. We encourage people to exercise, to run, to train for a healthier life. But what happens when they do this in toxic air? Are we truly helping them, or are we unknowingly harming them?

This is also a heartfelt appeal to nutritionists, doctors, wellness experts, and health influencers. You know that food and medicine alone cannot fix this. No superfood, no supplement, no treatment can undo the damage that breathing polluted air does to our bodies every single day.

And to celebrities, athletes, and people with influence—your voice matters. You have the power to bring attention to this crisis. Let us use our platforms not just for endorsements but for a cause that impacts every single Indian. Let us urge our leaders to focus on what we truly need as human beings.

We cannot afford to be mere bystanders anymore. This is not resilience. This is a slow surrender.

We have children and aging parents struggling to breathe. We have newborns taking their first breaths of air that should never enter fragile lungs. The future of our health does not depend on just more medicine, more nutrition, or more meditation. It depends on the basics—the right to clean air, clean water, and clean food.

I do not claim to have all the answers. But I do know this—the money allocated for a Ferris wheel could be used to clean the air in our city.

This is not about fighting. This is about uniting. Hatred and anger will not solve this crisis, but our collective voice, our unwavering plea for change, will.

To every parent watching their child suffer, to every citizen who wakes up to a smog-filled skyline—speak up. Our voice matters.

During the COVID-19 pandemic when the nation rallied for health and wellness, Hon. Prime Minister, your amazing Fit India Movement @FitIndiaOff nominated me as the Wellness and Lifestyle Champion. Today, I carry that responsibility forward. My humble plea is that we need clean air, not just for fitness, but for a healthier, stronger, and cleaner India.

Let us not wait for another crisis to act. We are with you. Let's act together now.

With humility, respect, urgency, and hope,
Luke Coutinho

#FitIndiaMovement #NewIndiaFitIndia #CleanAirForMumbai #AirQualityMatters #ActNow #bmcmumbai #bmc #india #MumbaiEye #FerrisWheel

[Samya Dutta (साम्य दत्ता) @Samyadutta]

@Maruti_Corp a white model in the E-vitara ad? What for? Indian guys not impressive enough?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Video games are meant for you to be immersed in an exciting and creative alternative reality and have fun with friends.

Adding present-day political bullshit kills the vibe.