Prasad Damle

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[Prasad Damle @prasaddamle]

Be Alert and Be Aware

[Being Political @BeingPolitical1]

"For me my nation comes first" 🫡🔥

Teacher Neha Mathpal shared her views on Sonam Wangchuk and it is eye opening.

Every student should watch this.

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

When I was a kid I used to travel a lot from Mumbai to Chennai, and because of our economic status and timings at that time, a lot of it was on the sleeper class of the Madras Mail.

Now when I say a lot of time, it actually was a lot of time. Because the Madras Mail took two nights and about 50 stops to cover the 1300 kms between the two cities.

Considering the fact that the Southern Railways usually doesn't get the good coaches and the mail category of trains in Southern Railway used to get the coaches rejected by the other more glamourous trains, the coaches of the Madras Mail in terms of quality, used to tend towards the category of absolute worst.

And when you account for the fact sleeper coaches are usually at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to quality, it was worse than the usually what Indians would call worst.

I remember the coaches at that time used to have this a sad red / brown / maroon. Whatever colour it was, it used to instantly vaporize all the happiness that you had within you. The paint used to be peeling off, the window bars and shutters were usually rusted and the so called "cushion" gave you more pain than actual cushioning.

Then you had your non-working taps, an overflowing dustbin and the washrooms would be so amazing, that they made today's Indian Railway washrooms look like those of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.

Safe to say that when you arrived at the station and looked at the train, you would instantly go into depression and immediately start questioning the extent the sins of your past life, which has brought you to a situation where you need to spend two nights in the Madras Mail.

And then for me it got worse.

Because the Indian railways had a special grouse against our family. They always used to give us Berth no 71,72 and 73.

For all the rich people out there, in case you don’t know, these were the seats that were right next to the washrooms. If the Indian Railway washroom was the Ground Zero of the Atomic Gas bomb of an Indian stomach, Berth no 71, 72 and 73 were the points of maximum impact of its blast zone.

And we had to spend 30 hours in that zone

So, as a kid when I used to board the train and occupy those seats, let’s just say I was not happy. And given that I was very expressive, my anger and sadness was more visible than the

But when my mom and dad saw me sad and sulking, in an attempt to cheer me up, they used to have this standard quote. They used to say, "Don't worry, as soon as the train starts moving, it will be all right".

And you know what, it used to actually become fine.

As soon as the train moved, we started looking out of the window and were calmed by the fresh breeze. We caught a little sleep, got some things to eat, conversed with our co-passengers, read Tinkle and Chandamama and before you knew it, you started enjoying the journey.

Life suddenly, was not that bad after all.

Today when I look back, some of my happiest childhood memories were from those train journeys and surprisingly, I have zero recollection of the coaches and washrooms.

Which brings me to the realization that the "Don't worry, it will be all right when the train starts moving" thing my parents used to say, actually works for life as well.

Some days in life, I am in a position where everything appears bad, lost and sad. Everything looks bleak with no hope of redemption. I start questioning myself, God and everyone else around me and I feel that I am at my lowest point, I remember the advice my mom and dad gave me from seat no 72 of the Madras Mail.

Just keep your train moving.

Because when the train moves, things actually become all right.

[राजस्थानी ताऊ🆗 @MansaRajasthani]

गजब की “भाषा” शैली 🫡

[Prasad Damle @prasaddamle]

@cricbuzz MOM in wt20 final

[Sony Sports Network @SonySportsNetwk]

Sunil Gavaskar calls out England's "loud talk" 🤫👀

#SonySportsNetwork #ENGvIND #NayaIndia #DhaakadIndia #TeamIndia #ExtraaaInnings

[Prasad Damle @prasaddamle]

@kushal_mehra Probably 2nd to the loss to WI in Mohali 1994..

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@Shebas_10dulkar How can you not consider all other test matches of WTC as ICC matches? All other tests matches of WTC are also ICC..

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@bhogleharsha Not to forget they sent B side for test series against NZ this WTC cycle

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@cricbuzz Major role in GTs 2022 IPL win

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@beastieboy07 @marnus3cricket Probably the only other occassion may not be the history you want to count upon.. Talking of history, recent history of an Aussie premiere batter changing his regular batting position to open in tests hasn't worked well apparently

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@RVCJ_FB Makes no sense.. there are lots of what ifs.. What if the batters did not misjudge that run then run out situation wont arise.. then ?

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@Sportskeeda Similar can be said about 2007 T20 WC also wrt @ImRo45

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@ESPNcricinfo Both

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@GabbbarSingh May be because We are playing test cricket in English conditions.. Even in this IPL his record at New Chandigarh with conditions favouring seamers, is not great

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@cricbuzz This stat probably answers the question why he wasn't selected for England..

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@GemsOfCricket Overrated.. More show off less performance

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@academy_dinda And Pant himself did time wasting in earlier overs to stop batters rhythem.. Didnt care for fair play then

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@Im__Arfan Ideal would be batting first and keeping both Liam and Nuwan as subs.. If required get liam in or if batters perform well get in Nuwan in 2nd Innings..

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@bhogleharsha But in this case, non striker was deemed not out anyway as bowler had completed his delivery stride before taking bails off

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@FarziCricketer If RCB had won against srh they would have been no 1 anyway