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Peace and Kindness.

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Who is the most valuable player in the Test team today?@BCCI @cricbuzz

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@RishabhPant17 @MichaelVaughan These PR stuff is pretty boring now. Either do it with full faith or don't.

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@manas_muduli There is one Maa Sarala sweets in Dolomundai cuttack. They make lovely Chena poda.

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@NNet_user @CromaSupport @cromaretail Sorry I am not related to this organization

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@Rickbaruah @PTI_News Mostly online gamblers and chhapris watch IPL. Just look at the type of Ads thats been shown for last few years.

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@AuschwitzMuseum There is too much suffering and pain is this world than one can ever endure.

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@scoutdesk We are in the era of cartelization in many sector including aviation and telecom. Its really worrisome if one has to travel because the trains dont work, never sure about the buses and then you are just left with overpriced flight tickets.

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@sandy_33p Unbelievable food. Twin brothers run the business. Earlier they had a shop in Naya Sadak.

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@djmayank786 @CromaSupport @ArthiVani Hi Mayank please could direct your message to the correct Xhandle ! I am not connected to this company

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@kalyanadivya @Hesy_R0ck IPL fan alert

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@sanjaymanjrekar The surface is flat as a road. Ofcourse Shubman will hit through the line. But can he do that on an early thurday morning at Gabba against Hazlewood &co. ?

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@Rehan_ulhaq I would love to see the data for Non Rcb and MI matches for last couple of seasons. My hunch is its down significantly. Lot of stadiums are going empty for afternoon matches as well. Unheard of maybe 7-8 years back.

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@Vishal1686 @Sudarshanan7 Hi thanks for the info. Are the online bookings available only through Paytm ?

[Devina Mehra @devinamehra]

While I never did formally meet or speak with Mr. Ratan Tata, I do have two interesting anecdotes to relate from the sidelines so to speak.

RNT was a long time Colaba resident like me and I used to see him often on my walks which took me through Navy Nagar onto US club. He was often at the US club with his dogs.

This was 1993, I think a couple of days after JRD Tata had passed away. After my walk I was sprawled on the grass at the periphery of the club golf course and he was also sitting on the grass just a few metres away.

As usual, I never thought of intruding on his personal time, or maybe I was just too shy. But someone else came along, introduced himself, condoled JRD's loss and said that he had only one question, "Which of your companies do you love the most, Mr Tata?" Mr Tata pointed to his dogs and said, "I love them the most. Nothing else comes close."

The other time when our paths crossed (kind of) was towards the end of the 90s. At the time, while he headed the Tata group, the company he was most hands-on with was Tata Motors - still known mostly as Telco. At the time it was a commercial Vehicle (CV) company - the car division was just about to start.

Commercial vehicles are a very cyclical business. The previous year had been a disaster for the CV industry and we, at First Global, wanted to estimate how the industry would fare in that particular year. We built a regression model looking at many macro indicators and then estimated sales for the industry and for Tata Motors.

We estimated a volume growth of 25% ie that Tata Motors would sell 25% more vehicles that year. We put out the report and we got a call from Mr Ratan Tata's office saying that our projections were far too aggressive and they would not do more than 15% growth. They asked us to tone down our projections.

We went back to the drawing board, looked at our whole process, rechecked the numbers and finally decided to stick to our 25% volume growth number.

And yup they did achieve the 25% growth 😊

This became a favourite anecdote for me to recount when training analysts.

Since I only ever hired freshers for research jobs, many of the youngsters would be very apprehensive about questioning the decisions of CEOs and CFOs who had spent decades in the business. This was an example I would give them to say that even the longest serving and the best are often too close to the action to step back and take a truly neutral perspective. That is where a fresh pair of eyes, joining the dots across the economy & industries as well as objective & rigorous analysis help.

RIP Mr Tata🙏

#RatanTata

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@manas_muduli @IndianTechGuide Traffic in india more a behavioral problem than structural so you can build as many tunnels and bridges and will barely solve the issue.

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@Poan__Sapdi Much important to have a well connected public transport next to the airports and railway stations otherwise cost to just reach these places sometimes exceed the main journey fare.

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@manas_muduli Looks splendid. More reason why people should spend their vacations in Koraput.

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We should get rid of ODIs absolutely doesnt make sense with just 10-12 teams. Make WT20s every four year event like the FIFA finals with 32 teams. WTC should have relegations and promotions with multiple tiers.

[Ahad @abdulahadjawaid]

The Cricket World Cup is the most prestigious trophy. WTC is merely a gimmick by the ICC to revive Test cricket, though it has been effective. The T20 World Cup will gain value if held every four years, while the Champions Trophy is irrelevant.

[Vijay A @VAAChandran]

India not touring Pakistan is along the expected lines.

But they should be straight with the reasoning - that India wants to isolate Pakistan for political reasons.

Security of players can't be used as a reason. If security is good for Eng & Aus, it must be good for India too.

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@sameeracan I went twice during the monsoons and enjoyed the green and beautiful Goa thoroughly.