Parth Trivedi

A Sailor,A Traveller! 41 Countries & counting.

[Vineeth K @DealsDhamaka]

THE COBRA EFFECT

During the British Raj, officials grew concerned about the rising number of venomous cobras in Delhi. To tackle the issue, they introduced a bounty for every dead snake.

At first, the policy seemed successful, many cobras were killed.

But soon, an unintended consequence appeared. Enterprising locals began breeding cobras to claim the reward. Once the government realised this loophole and scrapped the bounty programme, the breeders released their now-worthless snakes.

The result? The cobra population surged to even higher levels than before.

This episode is remembered as the Cobra Effect, a classic example of how well-meaning incentives can backfire, producing the exact opposite of the intended outcome

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[Mr Sinha @Mrsinha]

I know a lot of South Indian restaurant owners in Surat, and hardly any of them speak Gujarati.

They communicate in Hindi, and no Gujarati takes offense. In fact, far from being offended, they happily speak Hindi with them and enjoy the interaction.

Before you come up with "they learnt the local language," let me tell you, Hindi isn't the native language of Gujarat.

Gujaratis are okay with it because they know learning every language isn’t possible. So, let’s communicate in a common language and stay united.

Leave restaurants aside, even in banks and other gvt offices, there are a lot of Hindi-speaking employees, and nobody cares.

Does it make the Gujarati language extinct? Is their culture ending? Lol, no. It’s flourishing more than any other regional language…

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@MissPatarPatar Can’t agree more….but still I end up going there somehow…

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Harsha Bhogle said, "I remain the teller of the story. Not the story itself".

Harsha with the gift of the verse made cricket more romantic and interesting.

While cricket was played on the field, he served it in his own flavour in our drawing rooms.

1. When Geoffrey Boycott once said Sachin may be a great batsman but he never got his name at the Lord's honours boards, Harsha said - "So whose loss it? Sachin's or the Honours Boards'?"

2. Explaining how Cheteshwar Pujara is a fine Test player but the T20 format doesn't suit him - "Pujara is a classical musician in the era of Yo Yo Honey Singh."

3. After Dhoni sent a Mitchell Starc delivery to the boundary - "He had all the time in the world. He could have read a newspaper."

4. On a Tendulkar straight drive against Ishant Sharma in the IPL - "Open the textbook. Turn to page 32".

5. About Rahul Dravid's devastating form - Ask him to walk on water and he would say, 'How many kilometers?'

6. About Glenn Maxwell’s batting - "He just loves to storm through. I guess if he had a car, he would probably start it in 4th gear."

7. After Sehwag was dropped yet again during a tour of New Zealand - "Its that kind of a day, Sehwag can walk blindfolded across a busy highway today and not get run over."

8. When Michael Clarke got caught at slip but was still waiting for the umpire’s decision - :I think he is waiting for tomorrow's newspaper to declare him out."

9. During Sachin’s last Test match against the West Indies - "Sachin playing well and looking positive. I think that couple of fours he hit settled the nerves. Dont know about his nerves, I am talking about the nerves of each and every person in the crowd."

10. Looking at the pitch in a recent England tour: "Looks like Suarez was here".

11. India's last man Narendra Hirwani was coming into bat when Bhogle was asked by his co-commentator Ian Chappell whether Hirwani could bat - "If you make a team with all the No.11s of all the teams, Hirwani would still come at No.11 in the line-up."

12. What a way to welcome Sachin when he was coming in to bat in a Test match!
"Eruption of joy in the fall of an Indian wicket would only mean one thing".

13. When India's 11th man, Varun Aaron, was coming into bat - "Cricket is the only sport in the world where you are absolutely horrible at something and you still need to go out and do it."

14. Dhoni was whacking one shot after another until Sachin got on strike and caressed a delivery towards covers - "We have a surgeon at one end and a butcher at the other."

15. After Dhoni lost the toss yet again - "MS Dhoni has yet again called for heads to the coin which has two tails."

16. While co-commentating with Rahul Dravid in a Test match that India was losing to England - "The only man who can save the match is the man sitting next to me."

17. After a diving Kieron Pollard could not take a catch - "If Pollard can't reach it then it's not a catch."

18. When Sachin got out off Michael Vaughan's off-spin in 2002 - "Oh what a shame! It's like a soldier who survived the war when all the bullets were flying by his nose and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town."

19. When the batsmen are scrambling for singles and twos at the end of an inning - "It's like the end of a scrabble game at this stage, India will take whatever they can get."

20. What a way to sum up why we call Dravid The Wall! - "Is there a more calming sight in the world than Rahul Dravid taking guard."

21. And this is what he said during a lecture at IIM-A and someone asked him what his CGPA was as a student - "I learned this very early in my childhood.
Remember the good, forget the bad."

[Rishabh Srivastava @AskRishabh]

Man went like subtitles

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

When Chandrayaan 2 partially failed, there was no uproar in India, as to why a poor country is spending so much on risky space missions. In fact, everyone's heart went out for K. Sivan and Team ISRO, hoping they would succeed the next time. This is not normal in many parts of the world. This is not normal in a poor country.

Even countries far richer than India have made tradeoffs when it comes to funding for their space agencies. It would have been easier sell that idea in a poor country, at many times across decades. Especially when India was much poorer than it is today. But we didn't even consider it. ISRO has been at it consistently, with modest resources and big dreams.

Thousands (especially children) gathered once again, to cheer for ISRO at the launch of #Chandrayaan3. People shared the visuals with pride on WhatsApp groups, even if they fully didn't understand the nitty-gritties of the mission. Religious groups are doing poojas and hawans for the success of the Vikram Lander. Again, this spirit - to cheer for science, has faded away in many parts of the world among the common public.

India must never lose that spirit of wanting to test the boundaries of scientific advancement. It has thrived in India since ancient times, it is thriving today, and may it thrive for centuries to come.

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

He broke a security guard’s skull with a pipe. Fathers asks why did you
do it?

“He called me saala” 🥲

[Sameer Allana @HitmanCricket]

Indian Captaincy & Vice Captaincy Game Of Thrones post COVID (please add if something missed)

2020: BCCI names Australia squad, doesn't include Rohit Sharma without any explanation (later told he was injured), announced KL Rahul as vice captain for T20Is & ODIs

2020: Rohit passes a fitness test and will play last two Tests in Australia as vice captain under Rahane

2021: Rahane is hailed for his captaincy in BGT, and continues as vice captain after Captain Kohli returns

2021: Shikhar Dhawan captains Indian side in Sri Lanka Tour for limited overs series

2021: Kohli decides to step down from T20I captaincy post T20 World Cup

2021: Rohit Sharma becomes full-time T20I captain after being limited-overs vice captain for years

2021: Virat Kohli removed from ODI captaincy

2021: Rohit Sharma becomes full-time ODI captain, KL Rahul named limited overs vice captain

2021: Ajinkya Rahane removed as Test vice captain, KL Rahul becomes new vice captain in Tests

2022: KL Rahul captains India in absence of Virat Kohli in Tests

2022: Virat Kohli steps down from Test captaincy

2022: Rohit Sharma becomes Test captain, KL remains vice captain

2022: KL Rahul named captain for South Africa home series, however he gets injured. Rishabh Pant captains India in the T20I series. Hardik becomes vice captain.

2022: Hardik Pandya named captain for T20I series against Ireland.

2022: Jasprit Bumrah captains India in final England Test after both Rohit Sharma & KL Rahul are injured

2022: Shikhar Dhawan captains India in ODIs against West Indies, Shreyas Iyer is vice captain

2022: Hardik Pandya named vice captain for T20I series against West Indies after KL Rahul is ruled out.

2022: Hardik Pandya continues to be T20I vice captain for India in Asia Cup and T20 World Cup while Rohit Sharma is captain

2022: Hardik Pandya takes over T20I captaincy post T20 World Cup, Surya becomes vice captain

2022: KL Rahul named vice captain in ODIs against Bangladesh with Hardik rested

2023: Hardik Pandya named vice captain in ODIs

2023: KL Rahul removed as vice captain in Tests, no vice captain named

2023: Hardik Pandya captain India after Rohit takes leave for an ODI against Australia

2023: Ajinkya Rahane becomes vice captain in Tests

2023: Jasprit Bumrah named captain of T20I side against Ireland with Hardik rested

2023: (Unconfirmed) Hardik Pandya likely to lose ODI vice captaincy to Jasprit Bumrah according to reports

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Harsha Bhogle said "I remain the teller of the story. Not the story itself".

Harsha with gift of the verse made cricket more romantic and interesting.
While cricket was played on the field, he served it in his own flavour into our drawing rooms.

1. When Geoffrey Boycott once said Sachin may be a great batsman but he never got his name at the Lord's honours boards, Harsha said - "So whose loss it it? Sachin's or the Honours Boards'?"

2. Explaining how Cheteshwar Pujara is a fine Test player but the T20 format doesn't suit him - "Pujara is a classical musician in the era of Yo Yo Honey Singh."

3. After Dhoni sent a Mitchell Starc delivery to the boundary - "He had all the time in the world. He could have read a newspaper."

4. On a Tendulkar straight drive against Ishant Sharma in the IPL - "open the text book. Turn to page 32".

5. About Rahul Dravid's devastating form - Ask him to walk on water and he would say, 'how many kilometres?'

6. About Glenn Maxwell’s batting - "He just loves to storm through. I guess if he had a car, he would probably start it in 4th gear."

7. After Sehwag was dropped yet again during a tour of New Zealand - "Its that kind of a day, Sehwag can walk blindfolded across a busy highway today and not get run over."

8. When Michael Clarke got caught at slip but was still waiting for the umpire’s decision - :I think he is waiting for tomorrow's newspaper to declare him out."

9. During Sachin’s last Test match against the West Indies - "Sachin playing well and looking positive. I think that couple of fours he hit settled the nerves. Dont know about his nerves, I am talking about the nerves of each and every person in the crowd."

10. Looking at the pitch in a recent England tour : "Looks like Suarez was here".

11. India's last man Narendra Hirwani was coming into bat when Bhogle was asked by his co-commentator Ian Chappell whether Hirwani could bat - "If you make a team with all the No.11s of all the teams, Hirwani would still come at No.11 in the line-up."

12. What a way to welcome Sachin when he was coming in to bat in a Test match!
"Eruption of joy in the fall of an Indian wicket would only mean one thing".

13. When India's 11th man, Varun Aaron, was coming into bat - "Cricket is the only sport in the world where you are absolutely horrible at something and you still need to go out and do it."

14. Dhoni was whacking one shot after another until Sachin got on strike and caressed a delivery towards covers - "We have a surgeon at one end and a butcher at the other."

15. After Dhoni lost the toss yet again - "MS Dhoni has yet again called for heads to the coin which has two tails."

16. While co-commentating with Rahul Dravid in a Test match that India was losing to England - "The only man who can save the match is the man sitting next to me."

17. After a diving Kieron Pollard could not take a catch - "If Pollard can't reach it then it's not a catch."

18. When Sachin got out off Michael Vaughan's offspin in 2002 - "Oh what a shame! It's like a soldier who survived the war when all the bullets were flying by his nose and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town."

19. When the batsmen are scrambling for singles and twos at the end of an innings - "It's like the end of a scrabble game at this stage, India will take whatever they can get."

20. What a way to sum up why we call Dravid The Wall! - "Is there a more calming sight in the world than Rahul Dravid taking guard."

21. And this is what he said during a lecture at IIM-A and someone asked him what his CGPA was as a student - "I learnt this very early in my childhood.
Remember the good, forget the bad."

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

I think we need a "queue revolution" in India. Come on @IndiGo6E , @airvistara. Make your ground staff insist on it. Everyone benefits. Have you noticed that people who break queues are the angriest at being reminded of their existence?

[Movies with Milan 🍿 @MilanBarsopia]

Who needs Shark Tank when you have these films and shows that will give the drama behind the startups!

A thread 🧵 /1

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@MilanBarsopia @thatpisceangirl

[Saket Badola @Saket_Badola]

#Ospreys are amazing birds !! 🥰
Video: Mark Smith

[Aditya Saha @Adityakrsaha]

Never take a haircut before a big day, event, celebration, etc.

I repeat, never.

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@floydian_sleep @harshrtrivedi

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@harshrtrivedi @faahil Hahahahaha

[DK @DineshKarthik]

Found this in archives 🤞😛

#MIvDC

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