Amogh Das Guru

Jumpy of all trades, master of one (or two)!

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This is the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, India.

Even though its name means "Palace of the Winds" it isn't actually a palace.

In truth, the Hawa Mahal is something much more interesting...

[Omkar Mankame @Oam_16]

I would like to end this thread with the fact that there were discussions about not allowing Sachin Tendulkar in the Ranji Trophy just because he was head and shoulders above everyone else. There's no better compliment for this legend.

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[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

@FaisalJahange15 @mufaddal_vohra Maybe because saying that one cover drive is more beautiful than the other is a preference, not analysis

[Cricketopia @CricketopiaCom]

#Throwback to Tendulkar’s masterful innings and the preparation before that.

One team’s Champion bowling to other team’s Champion and whichever champion wins that battle his team will probably win the war.

Ian Chappell - “It was marvellous batting and I admire it for two things, the preparation & planning went into that innings and the courage to actually do it. When the game is on the line, you might be doing that to Laxman Shivram Krishnan in the nets but to have the guts to do in the game when you know if you do that and ball goes straight up the air and 1 billion people in India will say you dummy. That takes lot of courage and to pull it off you need lot of skills.”

[Graeme Swann @Swannyg66]

I just joked that the German sausage I had for breakfast was the wurst and received three blank looks and one disgusted scowl from my family. Terrible audience.

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

When Chandrayaan 2 partially failed, there was no uproar in India, as to why a poor country is spending so much on risky space missions. In fact, everyone's heart went out for K. Sivan and Team ISRO, hoping they would succeed the next time. This is not normal in many parts of the world. This is not normal in a poor country.

Even countries far richer than India have made tradeoffs when it comes to funding for their space agencies. It would have been easier sell that idea in a poor country, at many times across decades. Especially when India was much poorer than it is today. But we didn't even consider it. ISRO has been at it consistently, with modest resources and big dreams.

Thousands (especially children) gathered once again, to cheer for ISRO at the launch of #Chandrayaan3. People shared the visuals with pride on WhatsApp groups, even if they fully didn't understand the nitty-gritties of the mission. Religious groups are doing poojas and hawans for the success of the Vikram Lander. Again, this spirit - to cheer for science, has faded away in many parts of the world among the common public.

India must never lose that spirit of wanting to test the boundaries of scientific advancement. It has thrived in India since ancient times, it is thriving today, and may it thrive for centuries to come.

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

India on the Moon, Indians over the moon
#Chandrayaan3Mission

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.

[Ashwin 🇮🇳 @ashwinravi99]

We must get one fact loud and clear

“The keeper would never have a dip at the stumps from that far out in a test match unless he or his team have noticed a pattern of the batter leaving his crease after leaving a ball like Bairstow did.”

We must applaud the game smarts of the individual rather than skewing it towards unfair play or spirit of the game. #Ashes2023

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

Is there any recourse for this ordeal? @Officejmscindia @MoCA_GoI

[The Heretical Liberal 🇨🇦 @Rob_ThaBuilder]

Sane ppl: "Only females can get pregnant"

*female gets pregnant*

Idiots: "Take THAT transphobes" 🤡🤦🏼‍♂️

It really makes you wonder when you see this stuff exactly what debate these ppl think we're having.

No one - literally no one - is arguing that biological females can't get pregnant, the exact opposite actually; we're saying females are the ONLY ones who can get pregnant. The fact that this female got pregnant DESPITE all the superficial trappings of someone's stereotype of manhood is actually an extremely persuasive argument FOR the immutability of sex over the superficiality of "gender" (which is merely a collection of sex-based stereotypes packaged in a pseudoscientific new age religion)

To be clear, there's absolutely nothing wrong with masculine women like this one getting pregnant. Masculine women are just as valid as any other type of woman. Sex is a binary, but each binary is a huge spectrum. On that spectrum sits hyper feminine woman, hyper masculine woman, and everything in between. But no matter where they sit, they are and always will be, undeniable a woman.

The "problem" is the message that we're constantly telling our kids that if they don't fit into rigid adherence to traditional gender stereotypes, that there's something wrong with them or their bodies.

"There's no right or wrong way to BE a woman/man and you're perfect as you are no matter how you present" should be the message to our kids, rather than blind adherence to a toxic ideology that teaches kids to hate themselves and their bodies and locks them into a lifetime medicalization just because someone else told them that they weren't the "right kind" of boy or girl.

[Sakshee Malikkh @SakshiMalik]

दिल्ली पुलिस को यौन शोषण करने वाले बृज भूषण के ख़िलाफ़ FIR दर्ज करने में 7 दिन लगते हैं और शांतिपूर्ण आंदोलन करने पर हमारे ख़िलाफ़ FIR दर्ज करने में 7 घंटे भी नहीं लगाए। क्या इस देश में तानाशाही शुरू हो गई है ? सारी दुनिया देख रही है कैसे सरकार अपने खिलाड़ियों के साथ कैसा बर्ताव कर रही है।

[Sagar @sagarcasm]

Difficult to explain it to non cricket people

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

@rubenmasc Blessed Good Friday to you! 🙏🏻

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

@FlyFrontier flight cancellation caused me to stay overnight, earliest flight offered was about 20 hours later and made me miss an entire day of classes. Had to spend close to $400 in flight, cab fare etc. and still reached 10 hours after intended
@USDOT can you suggest recourse?

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

मैं रोऊ या हँसू, करूँ मैं क्या करूँ …. 😭

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

@GabbbarSingh Are the ticket amounts also inflation adjusted?

[Vimlendu Jha विमलेंदु झा @vimlendu]

This morning we have heard news of more cracks, from other regions of Uttarakhand, almost all of them are either closer to the Char Dham road project, part of the rail tunnel zone or some hydro electric project, all of them. And yet govt thinks it’s a coincidence!!

[Amogh Das Guru @amogh_guru]

@Dye_Stratitect @WSJ Running smaller democratic units is better manageable and allows different institutions to function with discrete approaches as autonomous units. This would also put focus on quality and merit and put institutions on a more equal footing (as against say, size of alumni network)