Ajinkya

Corporate & Investment Law. Drummer. Dogs. Books. Here's a suggestion - Don't.

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@SonyLIV Unable to send DM despite of following the account.

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@SonyLIV What is the point of a premium plan if we still have ads every few minutes in certain shows? Disappointed.

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@Naam_kafi_hai Ajinkya

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@ANI How is this fraud still relevant?

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@Indian_Analyzer The amount of bias is not even funny anymore.

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@DrHesitate May your practice continue to grow!

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@dravishakatoch Your post made it to the Economic Times!

https://t.co/VLfWSU83Re

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@fodnicha_bhaat Nope, weird allergy in the air

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“The Server Room” by Ajinkya Mehare. #shortstory https://t.co/E5ed4h4T3Q

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Kruthi and Sid from our community hit us up 2 days ago: "Tournament this weekend, we doing this?"

6 hours of frantic calls later we were owners of 3 full teams. We actually pulled it off and I'm still buzzing 🏀…

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@ev_gyan Today, Petrol/hybrid vehicle. In 5 yrs, EV.

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@hoeezier If and when (and I hope it does) end up with you getting the job, one picture of your amma in front of the Google logo!

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@PrayRona_ Thank you!

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India imposes tariff on India

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@tanyarajhans7 @myfrido chairs are amazing for longer hours.

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@abishmathew @grok what is this about?

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@MattP1Gallagher P10

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Guess what? @Rajat_Raghuram was wiping down our basketball court at 5:30 AM today with wipers from home because Game Theory couldn’t be bothered. This is basketball in India - passionate players doing the work while businesses collect the cash (though they refunded us today, so there’s that but never for the 2 weeks we played with a broken rim).

Basketball in India deserves SO much better. While cricket gets all the love, hoops fans are out here fighting just for decent courts and a little respect.

In just 5 weeks, Rajat and I have somehow built a community of 350+ ballers in Bangalore. We play 9+ times weekly at this one court in Indiranagar, run by Game Theory - who basically own the only decent basketball court within 7KM of 100 ft road.

Our players literally trek 10+ kms to play with us! Not because of some fancy court (trust me, it’s not), but because we make people feel like they belong here.

Between our full-time jobs, we show up to EVERY game to organise teams, ref, and take videos. Makes zero business sense, but we do it anyway because we actually care about the players.

The Game Theory saga is something else:

1) We book 9+ slots weekly but get denied bulk discounts. Meanwhile, they’re planning to launch a feature to offer discounts directly their own to-be launched basketball community. Classic.

2) Their maintenance? A joke. Dangerous hoop issues took 2 weeks to fix. Their operations team on the court and their customer support just passes the buck back and forth. They took VC money for this?

3) They advertise “gamified sports” but conveniently forget to mention it doesn’t apply for basketball. We’ve had to create our own system for basketball with game recordings, advance stats, team curation based on skill levels and so much more.

We’ve talked to everyone in Indian basketball including NBA India. Hard truth? Nobody with power actually cares. They know hoopers will show up regardless - rain, shine, broken rims, whatever. And that makes the exploitation even worse.

Still, I’m proud of what we’ve created. Beginners scoring their first points, finding their confidence, pros being challenged with the best players in the city, belonging somewhere. 350+ people have experienced basketball that’s affordable, inclusive and judgment-free.

If anyone out there actually gives a damn about basketball and wants to host our community games Bangalore - hit us up! We’re down to partner with people who care as much as we do!

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@rajvishah30 It’s more a chai sutta at a tapri thing

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@flenthomes hi guys, any properties available in JP Nagar?