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[Retweeter @kitutweets]

@SrBachchan Where’s your conscience now, @SrBachchan

[atul kasbekar @atulkasbekar]

What’s abundantly clear is that @ShreyasIyer15 needs to be in the Indian team next time we are out on the pitch in national colours

He’s been an absolute rock of assuredness and class this IPL.
And that catch…!!!
My word 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[David Portier @davidportier]

Dear restaurant owners:

We all hate the QR code menus. Stop.

-everyone

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

Drowning to death is one of the worst ways to die. It is not instantaneous. It is not painless. You want to breathe but you can't. You are haplessly flailing, trying to find that elusive way to survive but there isn't any. First you try fighting the water and stop it from going into your body. But the water will always win. It will get in, via your mouth and penetrate your lung. It does it while causing you immense pain. And only after this ordeal, you die.

This is what Yuvraj Mehta went thru on Saturday when he accidentally overshot a 90 degree turn and fell into a commercial plot filled with water.

But what happened was no accident. It was a murder. One more murder by our apathetic, corrupt system.

First accused are the road designers who thought it was ok to build a road with 90 degree turn in an area which is known for heavy fog for the last 400 years

Then there is the traffic police who didn't mark this sharp turn with barricades, signs, speed breakers or any other stuff that warns someone of this danger. Our govts are so in love with speed breakers that they put them on National Highways. But they forgot to put one in a place where it was absolutely necessary

Then there is the irrigation department. Apparently the area is at the confluence of the Hindon and Yamuna rivers and is prone to water accumulation. In 2023, there was a proposal to build a regulator to prevent this from happening.

For the last 3 years, The UP irrigation dept and Noida Authority were fighting with each other on who should install it and in their bickering, nothing was done. This resulted in the flooding of the barren plot, which drowned Yuvraj.
Today, both are blaming each other for the mishap.

Then there was the absolute lack of response from the authorities on the distress call. Apparently they didn't enter the water because it was too cold. And by the time they did, Yuvraj had died a hideos death

If this war, people who refused would have been summarily executed for cowardice or dereliction of duty. But here they would've been given chai and samosas.

Which brings us to the most galling part.

None of the above guys will ever be punished. Some low level guy will be made the sacrificial lamb. The higher ups will be "suspended" where they will chill at home with half salary. They may even go to the Maldives and post photos on Instagram

One inquiry will be done whose report shall never be released. Because it will never be made

A deliberately weak case will be filed on some private entity which will then go on for the next 150 years.

After a month, the T20 world cup and everyone will forget him. Just like we have forgotten the deaths of the people who died in Indore or those who were burnt to death in the bus fires.

The involved officers will be reinstated, given new departments to ruin and after some time promoted. The Noida Authority guy will even become the State Chief Secretary

Everyone responsible for murdering Yuvraj will take index linked pensions and free health care for life and live in luxury and happiness forever

While the parents of Yuvraj Mehta will never recover from this tragedy and live their life regretting not sending their kid abroad, where he might have survived.

[Yashvi @BreatheKohli]

I think BCCI should have that meeting with Kohli regarding future......of Gambhir.

[Suraj Kumar Talreja @suritalreja]

I am genuinely surprised why more people in India aren’t talking about this openly.

If you want clean drinking water, you have to buy a water purifier and then pay 18% GST on it.

If you want clean air, buy an air purifier again, 18% GST.

If you want 24×7 electricity, don’t rely on the grid buy an inverter.

If you want quality education for your child, forget government schools, you have to go private, where fees run into lakhs.

Government schools are not even a serious option for most middle-class families.

If you want good healthcare, you go to a private hospital and once you step inside, your bank balance starts bleeding. Many families literally take loans to survive medical emergencies.

Now leave all this aside.

Even pure food is hard to get.
Paneer is adulterated.
Dal is artificially coloured.

Street food?

Nobody knows what’s being mixed dirty hands, sweat, sometimes worse. We just hope nothing happens.

Try walking outside:
• Footpaths barely exist.
• Vehicles come from all directions.
• People don’t follow lanes.
• Potholes everywhere.

One wrong step and:
you might get hit by a vehicle, or
you might fall and injure yourself

And who takes responsibility?
No one.

Ask questions and suddenly you’re:
• called deshdrohi
• told to “go to Pakistan”

Why should expectations from my own country be compared with Pakistan?

When India plays cricket, do we compare ourselves with Kenya or Zimbabwe?
No.

We compare ourselves with Australia, England, big teams.

Then why, as a country, shouldn’t we compare ourselves with: China, the USA, Japan, Australia other large economies?

People say “India is Vishwaguru.”

If that were true:
• why are so many millionaires leaving India?
• why are top celebrities and athletes settling abroad?
• why do people with money still choose foreign education, healthcare, and passports?

Loving your country doesn’t mean staying silent.

Asking questions is not anti-national.

Expecting clean air, safe roads, honest food, affordable healthcare, and quality education is not a crime.

Patriotism is not blind worship.
Patriotism is demanding better because we believe India deserves better.

If this made you uncomfortable, maybe it needed to be said.

Share it.
Talk about it.
Silence won’t fix anything.

[Abhinav A. Bindra OLY @Abhinav_Bindra]

Lionel Messi is one of those rare athletes whose story transcends sport. His journey from a child fighting physical odds to a footballer who redefined excellence has moved millions across the world. As someone who has lived the life of an athlete, I hold profound respect and admiration for what he represents perseverance humility and an uncompromising pursuit of greatness.

Yet as his recent visit to India unfolded parts of it felt chaotic and left me quietly uneasy. It compelled me to pause and reflect not in judgment but in genuine concern about what we were really trying to achieve.

I fully understand the economics of sport. I understand commercial realities global branding and the magnetism of icons. I do not fault Messi in any way. He has earned every opportunity that comes his way and admiration for greatness is natural even beautiful.

But admiration must also invite introspection.

As a society are we building a culture of sport or are we simply celebrating individuals from afar.

Millions were spent for moments of proximity photographs and fleeting access to a legend. And yes it is people’s money earned honestly and theirs to spend as they choose. Still I can’t help but feel a quiet sadness wondering what might have been possible if even a fraction of that energy and investment had been directed toward the foundations of sport in our country.

Playgrounds where children can run freely. Coaches who can guide young talent. Grassroots programmes that give opportunity to those who may never otherwise be seen. Spaces where sport is not a spectacle but a daily habit a teacher and a source of dignity.

Great sporting nations are not built by moments they are built by systems. By patience. By belief in the ordinary child with an extraordinary dream.

Icons like Messi inspire us and that inspiration matters deeply. But inspiration must be met with intent. With long term commitment. With choices that reflect not just what excites us today but what will strengthen us tomorrow.

If we truly wish to honour legends like Messi the most meaningful way to do so is not through grand gestures but by ensuring that somewhere in India a young child has a field to play on a coach to believe in them and a chance to dream.

That is how sporting cultures are born. And that is how legacies endure.

[Abijit Ganguly @AbijitG]

Anyone with basic brains can figure out what Indigo did was very intentional. This was not sudden disruption, this was almost a planned strike to strongarm the government into giving it what it wants. What people went through doesn't matter to them, it's just collateral damage. And the fact that govt let this happen is on them. The fact that we essentially have monopolistic/duopolistic situations in so many major sectors is on this Government. But what to do, let's look for ways to blame RaGa on this too.

[Saurabh Sinha @27saurabhsinha]

Kids waiting since 4 am for their @IndiGo6E flight at DEL T1
Hungry, tired & sleepy

[The Protagonist @protagonist_xi]

Indian men need to start in jail and prove their way out.

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

Test cricket is the greatest sport in the world

[vir sanghvi @virsanghvi]

Oscars: So symbolic of the all-round crappiness of @JioCinema & now @JioHotstar that even though every other streaming service deletes the ads when they stream a recording of an awards show, these guys are making paying customers watch all the ads during the Oscars recording on their streaming platform
No one is going to drink @GlenfiddichSMW again after it put its name on
this sponsored greed fest. At least an hour of ads & promos. Shame on @reliancejio

[Abhishek ✨ @ImAbhishek7_]

Stock markets are collapsing, people are losing money but our alarming issues are

Rohit Sharma's belly

Tamil vs Hindi

Zelenekyy vs Trump

Ranveer & Samay Raina

The same people held 10 press meets and blamed Soros, Congress when markets fell for a day after Hindenburg News

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

India played at a different level today and, to be honest, it wasn't ever a contest. #PAKvsIND

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

RT if you want this water supplied to Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Ministers Residence and UP CM's residence everyday.

[Prashant Kanojia @KanojiaPJ]

What a lack of Journalism we have in India. Look at how this BBC Journalist questions Chandrachud and he fumbled and rattled by the straight question.

[shishir hattangadi @shishhattangadi]

What is this nonsense about going back to playing first class cricket. Eashwaran with 27 first class hundreds averaging 48 and Sarfraz Khan with 16 first class hundreds averaging 65 have been in Australia since the start of the tour and serving drinks.

[Kunal Purohit @kunalpurohit]

The cost of mindless exercises like KYC verification:

A 59-year-old stood in the queue for 3 days outside his Indian Bank branch in UP's Sonbhadra. 4th day, he collapses and dies outside the bank, waiting for his KYC verification.

Bank had said no fund transfer without KYC.

Worse, when he collapsed, the bank rushed his family out of the branch rather than helping him. @RBI @FinMinIndia

https://t.co/qAW8xbAvVm

[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

No team can win with its top most players and leadership acting clueless at best and rash at worst. And no team should win if its hero-worship culture makes questioning the ‘heros’ impossible.

#INDvsAUS

[Sayantan Ghosh @sayantansunnyg]

One of my most favourite photographs... three of India's greatest filmmakers in one frame.

Shyam Benegal interviewing Ray for Benegal's documentary 'Satyajit Ray' (1982). Standing next to Ray is the cinematographer of the film, Govind Nihalani.

Go well, maestro. #shyambenegal