This speech will go down as one of the best written and spoken by Jeff Daniel. These words are as important and as relevant today as when he said them.
Thank you @hark_sampang ji!
Last session it was “cheli”, this session it’s “bahini”!
Last session, no male MP understood the nuances of the word “cheli”, this session a man spoke up!
In that House everyone is an honorable MP!
Dear honorable deputy speaker, while you are in the full House or your office in the Parliament in informal conversations - please don’t let anyone call you “bahini”, while they call each other “mananiya jyu”. You are our deputy speaker, it just so happens you are the youngest!
The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said….
"I believe in a Western civilization founded on Greek philosophy, Roman law, and Christian values."
Italy has a strong leader in its PM and a modern day Iron Lady! 👏👏👏 🇮🇹
There are moments in sport when the scoreboard becomes irrelevant, when what unfolds in front of us feels less like competition and more like history. Under the lights of Rod Laver Arena tonight, Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole stood across the net from time itself—and refused to step aside.
He didn’t win the historic 11th Australian Open title. And yet, what Novak produced felt even more improbable than just another record. At the age of 38, he played on equal terms with Carlos Alcaraz @carlosalcaraz, the best player in the world today—a player who was just ONE year old when Novak played his first Australian Open.
Let that sink in.
This wasn’t a symbolic appearance or a nostalgic echo of former greatness. This was Novak Djokovic competing, suffering, adapting, and believing at the highest possible level—against youth, speed, and the new era embodied in Alcaraz. Nobody in tennis has ever managed anything remotely close to this. Not across eras. Not across generations. Not with this level of relevance.
What we saw in Australia was courage in its purest form. The courage to step onto the biggest stage knowing that time, physics, and history are stacked against you—and conquering it anyway.
Novak’s greatness has never been only about his innumerable titles—it is about his character. About standing alone. About enduring doubt, pressure, and expectation, and still showing up with the same fire.
That is why he belongs in the company of figures larger than sport itself. Like Muhammad Ali, he carried conviction and fought battles far beyond the scoreboard. And he will continue doing so.
Novak Djokovic didn’t lose in Melbourne tonight. He showed us what timeless greatness looks like.
@realdevdp_ Well no doubt she had an incredible 2007. But I think she was starting to decline by 2008, thrashed at AO by Sharapova, at Miami by Serena and beaten again at Berlin by Safina. Realising she was not going to be at her best anymore, she retired. I dont think it would have changed
Novak Djokovic says he will not talk about anything he was struggling with physically during his match against Carlos Alcaraz at Australian Open:
“I never liked to talk about things that I go through physically or health wise. It’s going to come across as I’m looking for excuses and taking away credit of the winner. So it’s not gonna change this time. I’m just gonna congratulate Carlos and he was the deserved winner on the court today.”
(via Australian Open Press)