Saurabh Wardhane

Arsenal Fan. Rahul Dravid Fan. Tom Hanks Fan. Spielberg Fan. Also a Ceiling Fan Fan.

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

Okay, a non-zero chance now (still think he renews), but did any Arsenal fan ever imagine we would be talking about signing a Real Madrid star after we lost 1-2 to bloody Olympiakos in EL. Just goes on to highlight the phenomenal job Arteta has done.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Vinicius Junior future entering crucial stage - talks in coming days over extension at Real Madrid, free exit 2027 or join Arsenal now. #AFC all in & 26yo winger attracted by opportunity if no #RMFC renewal. W/ @MarioCortegana @gunnerblog @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/9cMEiffQfN

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Vinicius Junior future entering crucial stage - talks in coming days over extension at Real Madrid, free exit 2027 or join Arsenal now. #AFC all in & 26yo winger attracted by opportunity if no #RMFC renewal. W/ @MarioCortegana @gunnerblog @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/9cMEiffQfN

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

This account is actually very credible and Tier 1 because I want it to be.

[The Article @intexcl]

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal ready formal approach for Vinicius Jr. #RMCF contract talks ongoing; if new terms can’t be met, #AFC ready to open direct talks. Arsenal also prepared to offer 26yo £480k p/w. Internally discussing potential offer ~£115m.
W/ @AFCSTRIKE https://t.co/uTVDvuAfuV

[Prithvi @Prithvi10_]

I never would have imagined that a satirical movement started on Instagram could grow into a nationwide movement and compel this government to remove someone for the first time in 12 years.

[Jarshad NK @jarshadnk]

Sachin Tendulkar has finally spoken on the student protests, and I had to read his note twice: once as a fan and once as an editor. The fan was disappointed, but the editor realised that this was a textbook specimen of the kind of writing that George Orwell warned about in his essay “Politics and the English Language”.

The essay was written in 1946, but it might well have been written yesterday about this very statement. Orwell’s point was that when people want to hide something, they stop using plain words and reach instead for the passive voice, for fog, for phrases that sound like they mean something while meaning nothing at all.

Consider the line, where students are disappointed that “their hard work hasn’t been rewarded”. Rewarded by whom, and denied by whom? There was a paper leak, which means somebody leaked it, some institution failed to prevent it, and an official presides over that institution. Yet none of them appears in the statement, and neither does the leak itself. A crime with identifiable custodians has been turned into something that simply happened to lakhs of children through nobody's fault.

Then comes the list of those who must set things right: parents, teachers, friends, relatives, schools and administrators. If you read that list again slowly, you will notice it covers everyone in India except the people the students are actually protesting against, which is to say the NTA, the education ministry and the government. When everyone is responsible, nobody is, and that is not an accident of drafting. It was engineered to deflect blame.

There is also a quiet sentence buried in the middle. “A society which prioritises outcomes over effort will seek shortcuts over meritocracy” is a line about those who take shortcuts, meaning the cheat. So a note on protests around paper leaks ends up gently lecturing the leaked-upon about honesty. His father’s lovely lesson—that failure is okay but cheating is not—is again aimed squarely at individuals, while the scandal and protests right now are about institutions that failed them.

The rest of the statement is what Orwell called ready-made strips of words, glued together. Full of dreams and energy, fuel to our success, safeguard their aspirations. Nobody can disagree with any of it, which is precisely the point, for this is prose engineered so that no one in power will find a single sentence to object to.

What an actual position would have looked like is a single sentence in the active voice: The government must find and punish those who leaked the paper, and fix the system that allowed it. He wrote 160+ words to avoid writing that one.

Here’s Orwell’s full essay for those interested:
https://t.co/VlPoJdOcDG

[Mao Shichigan 🦋 @weAllGonnaDye]

It’s just good to see this generation break the clutches of party-blind-loyalty and actually criticise those in power. Most of them have probably themselves voted for these guys to be in power. A vote is not a lifelong contract to defend them for their wrongdoings lol. Speak up

[Shantanu Goel @shantanugoel]

The gullible fools and the corrupt always have an excuse to let the politicians keep rampaging:
- "Oh, Singapore is too small to compare"
- "Oh, can't compare to China cuz dictatorship"
- "Oh, can't compare to Japan because they were already good before WWII so all they had to was to rebuild"
- "Oh, can't compare to S Korea because well, I just dont want to since I've run out of excuses"

[СауравX @HereToTroll72]

General dyer's force this time at jantar mantar 🫡

[meghnad (Nerds ka Parivaar) @Memeghnad]

In New Delhi, we witnessed uniformed monsters beat the crap out of students as if they were taking some sick revenge on all of them.

There was rage in their eyes. Not empathy. Not a single shred of remorse. Nope. RAGE.

We also saw soulless ghouls of Godi Media trying to do their usual propaganda, ignore, then spin what happened.

Why don't you come see for yourself today?

It's fun to watch our capital city become a warzone.

MARCH.

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

@shantanugoel I thought Zomato tbh

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

One of the most clutch players in the Emirates era. Wish him all the best and thank him for the invaluable contribution for the league title.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Besiktas have agreed a €20million deal with Arsenal to sign Leandro Trossard.

Trossard only has one year left on his Arsenal contract, after agreeing new terms in August 2025 that granted the forward a significant pay rise but did not extend his stay at the Emirates beyond the already-set expiry of 2027.

Full story from @gunnerblog and Adam Leventhal ⬇️

https://t.co/qYkIGSbaqH

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

During my undergrad, my roommate (@antagonist42) told me this interesting fact that Dr. House was based on Sherlock Holmes and Holmes himself was based on a real Dr. Joseph Bell, Doyle’s professor at Edinburgh, whose uncanny diagnostic deductions inspired the whole detective.

[Hugh Laurie @hughlaurie]

Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.

One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what??

The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.

Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

Amy Lawrence - as poignant as ever.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Mikel Arteta spoke for everyone on planet Arsenal when he tried to sum up the feeling at the end of it all.

“Pain,” he said. “That’s it.” But if there is one feature of his reign in recent seasons, it is a willingness to absorb it, learn from it, pull everyone even closer together, and throw it all into the mix to fuel the drive for an antidote.

Defeats, as the watching Arsene Wenger mused, leave a scar on your heart. This will take some time to heal, then Arsenal will dust themselves down and go hunting again.

📝 @amylawrence71

FREE READ: https://t.co/x4BcBzCX7C

[Met (C) 🏆 @AFCMet]

I do think Football social media caters for a totally different audience nowadays.

There’s no nuance or genuine discussion. It’s all just baiting reactions from people.

Maybe I’m too old

[That Guy @ThatGuy28780245]

No amount of online trolling can make me unhappy with this season❤️

Fricken love this team.

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

Gutted that I cant be at the parade tomorrow to celebrate. But to sing North London Forever amongst 60K+ fans at the Emirates while watching Kai scored the goal that clinched us the titles shall remain a highlight of my life.

Thank you @Arsenal. Thank you @m8arteta

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

@abhinav_txt @dk_fakegod He plays for Spurs. There arent much worse decisions in Football.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

A season to be proud of.

We pushed the boundaries over land and sea, and couldn't have done it without your support. Thank you, Gooners ❤️

[Saurabh Wardhane @cyclopssid]

This.