📍Kalyan Railway Station
> Man comes to drop his relatives
> Buys a platform ticket
> Train arives 5 hours late
> Platform ticket expires in 2 hours
> He gets fined ₹500
How is this fair??
Good... finally.
Looks like the Karad city flyover on NH48 (Pune - Kolhapur National Highway) is set to open later this month.
Will save 15-30 min in traffic jams there.
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A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
Tatkal booking on IRCTC has become a joke.
Seats show available, but the moment it turns 10 AM, the site hangs.
10 AM: Seats visible.
10:01: Website freezes.
10:03: All seats gone—even in remote routes.
10:04: Site suddenly smooth.
By the time it works again, all tickets are gone even for small routes.
Then the website runs smoothly because nothing’s left to book.
This used to happen years ago.
Suresh Prabhu had fixed it, but now it’s back.
Agents win, common people lose
again.
#IRCTC #TatkalBooking #IndianRailways
Gurugram-based Vivek Agarwal and seven of his family members were staying at Hotel Flourish Stays because Vivek's father was undergoing treatment in the ICU at the nearby Max Hospital.
All eight died. Entire family wiped out!
And now the ritual begins, ₹4 lakh compensation, an inquiry, promises of strict action. None of it matters now.
These were not accidental deaths. They were preventable deaths caused by greed, negligence, and a complete collapse of accountability. If the hotel owners had even a shred of conscience, if the officials responsible for inspections and enforcement had done their jobs honestly instead of looking the other way, this family might still be alive.
As the fire was raging, people were ready to jump to escape the fire. This mattress shop guy, pulled out 20-22 new mattresses from his shop. Laid out on the road. And saved lives of absolute strangers. He knew nobody would pay him. Govt should compensate!
Miracles of New India
Rajesh Exports showed 99% fake revenues, totalling more than Rs.15 lakh crores, from 2021-25. That's a cool $150 billion at least.
The SEBI has reported major accounting fraud at Rajesh Exports, including a reported ₹15.15 lakh crore revenue misstatement during FY21–FY25, linked to unverified overseas entities. Perhaps 97%–99% of revenue was inflated! SEBI has barred promoter-chairman Rajesh Mehta from stock markets. LIC holds ~10% stake in this firm, despite a steep fall in the stock.
[a question I had, which experts may comment on - would this scam have impacted India's overall exports numbers (year-wise) also?]
Starting tomorrow, Supreme court of India is on a six-week summer vacation and will be operating at just 19% of its capacity. There are 53 million cases pending in Indian courts - 93,143 of them are pending in the Supreme Court.
A judge can go on a vacation, a judiciary cannot.
Cashless insurance claim at hospitals is like house arrest.
Treatment gets over, doctor says you’re fit to leave but hospital says: Sir, insurance company approval pending. Please remain seated till we receive payment.
Why can’t there be an automatic system?
Well done, Arjun. ❤️
Proud of the way you’ve carried yourself through this season, always believing in your ability, staying patient, working hard quietly, and remaining positive despite having to wait for your opportunity till the very last match.
Cricket tests patience as much as skill, and you handled both beautifully today.
Keep your feet on the ground, and continue being in love with the game like you always have.
Love you always.👏
Yesterday, 7 GT players got selected in Indian Team over deserving ones:
- Sai Sudarshan in tests, despite being a complete shit batsman in test cricket with no substantial record in First Class Cricket.
- Washington Sundar in ODIs, who is not even trusted enough to get bowled in IPL by same captain.
- Manav Suthar, who is dropped by even GT.
- Gurnoor Brar, who doesn't even get selected in GT's 12.
- Prasidh Krishna, who was again a complete shit.
There are so many deserving players, who got ignored. Let test cricket start, we haven't forgot those 2 home cleansweeps & BGT loss. I bet, they will even lose to Sri Lanka & T20I's success won't clean sins of tests in the last 2 years.
Passport verification in India:
Documents complete ✅
Application valid ✅
Police arrives ✅
Bribe demanded ✅
My brother was asked for ₹1000 for absolutely no reason.
The most expensive thing in India isn’t tax.
It’s getting what you legally deserve without begging.
Corruption is a subscription model. 💀
Massive statement by Sunil Gavaskar over Aaqib Naqi’s exclusion from the Test squad
“Selecting Gurnoor Brar over Aaqib Naqi for the Test match against Afghanistan is beyond shocking for me. I think this is the first time I have seen favouritism in Indian cricket. And If I’m not wrong, Gurnoor plays for GT under Shubman Gill, and he is also the captain of the Test team, so it’s all starting to make sense now.
There are also seven other GT players who have been selected in the Test squad. I request the BCCI to look into this matter. Aaqib Naqi deserves a maiden call-up to the Indian Test team.🙌