Ravi Shankar

Indian | Francophile | Movies | Cricket | That eternal pursuit - What is my Dharma?

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"It is better to live your own Dharma imperfectly, than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." -Bhagavad Gita

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@LoneWolfKaAdda "అని గెట్టిగా అనరాదు ... వేరొకరు వినరాదు"

just magnificent. Very happy to know the INA and Netaji connection.

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@FitFounder Education Loan ... will never forget the day I received the closure letter from the bank.

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@RealEmirHan Bruce Willis, Armageddon 1998

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@rvcjmovies @TheJohnAbraham @iHrithik Both Hrithik and John were good. With Aamir, the crappy back story ruined it for me, and gave the whole thing a 70s bollywood vibe. Sometimes thieves can just be thieves because they love the challenge of thieving, not because their father, legally btw, had to foreclose.

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@mimansashekhar One of the greatest scenes in Telugu cinema. No dialogue, just some Ilayaraja (and K Viswanath) magic.

https://t.co/rhMiQvYqLX

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@mimansashekhar And of course the most famous Telugu meme of them all ... The great Brahmanandam in Adhurs.

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@mimansashekhar Kal-El son of Jor-El is evil

https://t.co/ecknfXUOpK

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@mimansashekhar Pedantic musing. How did they get such excellent weather and nobody in even a single mask in Delhi in November?

Fabulous casting of course, and very good individual performances I felt. Didn't all come together as well as I expected.

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@mimansashekhar https://t.co/ySFBZ0kwnR

T-Rex breakout Jurassic Park 1993

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@hazharoon On the contrary, sending him higher up was a good decision. His dismissal is the flip side of an attacking approach. Doesn't pay off sometimes.

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@cricbuzz Alla Border - 10 (10) c. Jadeja b. Kapil Dev
1992 Gabba

Superb innings by the Late Dean Jones. Prabhakar's roar after outing him c&b. Azhar's brilliant riposte ended by a fab Border run out. And the Srinath Raju (non) celebration.

ODI cricket at its best !!

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@MazherArshad #askmazher... we're seeing greater use of data at the highest levels (match ups for instance). Does a data based approach to coaching/ talent spotting apply at younger age group levels as well? Do you have any example? Thank you.

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@IMDb_in @MadrasTalkies_ గీతాంజలి

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@imfemalecricket None whatsoever. Clearly the team mgmt. played their first choice yesterday. Shouldn't abandon it after just one defeat. In any case DC and MI are the two strongest teams, no real shame losing one or two to them. Now if they lose to GG on Wed, that will be an issue.

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@imfemalecricket What a weird question to ask !! Consistent excellence is of course boring.

Having said that, partly because of this ICC Women's events are predictable and somewhat pointless from a cricketing pov. The WPL will redress this with a more equitable talent distribution.

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@Paperclip_In ఏ దేశమేగినా... ఎందుకాలిడినా...
ఏ పీఠమెక్కినా ఎవ్వరెదురైనా
పొగడరా నీ తల్లి భూమి భారతిని
నిలుపరా నీ జాతి నిండు గౌరవమూ

Whichever country you may set foot in, whatever post you may occupy,
Praise your motherland (Bhoomi Bharati)
Keep the honour of your fellow Indians

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@IWTKQuiz What a wonderful thread. For a late 80s early 90s telugu kid, Bappi da was synonymous with foot tapping josh-filled songs ... Akasamlo Oka Tara, Arey O Samba, Bolo Bolo Bolo Rani ... and many more. His music gave us so much joy :-)

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@Paperclip_In As part of a general life improvement, someone suggested I read something positive/ uplifting first thing in the morning. So glad to have come across your work. Thank you.

From Hyderabad, currently based in France.

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@tilakdevasher1 As a student of Leadership I started with "At the Helm" ... how the choices made by Pakistan's leaders led to consequences for the country of today. Learning a lot, thank you :-)

As the author, do you have a recommended reading order for a lay person sir?

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@VilledeFbleau @CFontainebleau C'était magnifique. Un bel hommage à cette charmante ville.