Sudarshan Satalkar

Advocate, Bombay High court

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

*You can only celebrate your country’s goals*

Me celebrating Cabo Verde’s goal against Uruguay at midnight (I can’t even spot them on the globe):

https://t.co/lAwLSL1HXo

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Yes the great European Champions like Spain who couldn’t beat Cape Verde.

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

This is going to piss some people off but I have to say it:

I HATE this World Cup expansion bullshit!

It’s nothing more than a thinly veiled DEI quota system that handed extra slots to weaker confederations in the name of continental “representation.” So the result is that FIFA has flooded the tournament with sides that simply don't belong at this level.

We've seen some predictable massacres already: Germany 7-1 Curacao, Canada 6-0 Qatar.

Neutral fans don't want to waste three hours watching some random minnows getting absolutely obliterated while the real football happens in the later stages. We want competitive football, tactical depth, and genuine drama, not charity games. Some of these teams are so bad they might as well be a Sunday league pub team XI.

Worse still, these lopsided results distort individual accolades. A Canadian striker bags a hat-trick against feeble opposition and suddenly his stats look inflated enough to compete with the game’s true greats. It cheapens the Ballon d’Or and every serious achievement in the sport.

I’d much rather see proven European nations with GREAT football traditions such as Italy, Poland, Greece etc. earning their place through genuine qualifying battles than watch these quota teams embarrass themselves on the biggest stage.

This bloated format in the name of inclusivity is diluting the World Cup’s prestige. FIFA thinks "Africa needs three more spots" or "let's throw CONCACAF another bone" and in the end? Great European and South American teams get excluded and the overall quality of the tournament just drops.

The DEI racket ruins EVERYTHING.

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

@kavish_arora11 They need to start Yamal

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Beautiful to read this after Cape Verde 🇨🇻 hold the European Champions to a point

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🚨 Joint-statement from Cape Verde, Curaçao, Uzbekistan, Congo, Haiti, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire expressing their “profound disappointment” following the recent comments made by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin arguing the expanded World Cup will create “uninteresting” games.

“We respectfully but firmly reject these comments.

“For our countries, there is no such thing as an unimportant World Cup match.

“For Cape Verde, Curaçao and Uzbekistan, qualification for the FIFA World Cup represents a historic achievement and the realization of a dream shared by generations.

“For nations such as Congo and Haiti, returning to football’s biggest stage after a long absence carries a special meaning for millions of supporters who have waited years, and in some cases decades, for this moment.

“To suggest that these matches are somehow less important is deeply disappointing and fails to recognize the efforts, sacrifices and aspirations of players, coaches, clubs, football leaders and supporters across the world.

“Behind every qualification stand years of work and investment. Behind every national team stand entire communities and millions of people who see football as a source of pride, hope and unity.

“Football does not belong to a select group of nations. Its strength comes from its universality. The FIFA World Cup is the world’s greatest football competition precisely because it brings together different cultures, different histories and different football journeys.

“For many countries, participation in the FIFA World Cup is not only a sporting achievement. It is a moment that inspires a generation, accelerates football development and creates memories that last a lifetime.

“We believe that every nation that qualifies deserves respect. Every team has earned its place on merit. Every supporter has the right to dream. Every match carries meaning for millions of people around the world.

“We therefore reject the UEFA President’s comments and reaffirm our belief that the growth of football must continue to create opportunities, inspire new generations and strengthen the truly global nature of our game.

“Every team qualified on merit.

“Every match matters.”

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

This spell from Robinson has been fantastic. His disciplined line is what test cricket is all about.

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

@abeyshekh

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Today I am Parisian @PSG_English
#uclfinal

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

@ceedrocks @indianrailways Swaad agaya par train hi nahi aaya

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

I’m never travelling by a special train of @indianrailways again.

The train was horrible and 6 hours late. Worst experience.

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

@one_by_two Reading these kind of headlines while being stuck in a train which is delayed by 7 hours is genuinely surreal

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Absolute robbery

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

We are all with @Heartsfc_ today right ?
@spfl #celtic #hearts

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Rewatching this show for the 4th time
Sorkin really hit this one out of the park

#newsroom

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Centrist failures to address these issues risk further eroding trust in democracy, demanding a more inclusive and responsive approach.
https://t.co/8ajAqUxfZy
- via Thinkly, Big Thinking, Byte-Sized

Excellent Article

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

New found obsession.

[Anuj Gurwara @AnujGurwara]

RANT - after watching this distressing video and the ones of that illegal structure falling on people.

Read at your own risk.

India has - more than ever before - become a nation where only those with access to wealth and power are able to lead comfortable lives within the bubbles they construct for themselves.

Everyone else is a statistic and a temporary headline in the event of a tragedy.

Every common person is only racing from birth to death, navigating through one obstacle after another.

For most people, death can literally happen any time - bad roads, flooding, unsafe electrical poles, fights in the neighbourhood, road rage, animals loose in the streets, contaminated foods, botched medical practices, unauthorised structures falling on their heads, broken infrastructure crashing down during or after construction - or just mobs baying for your blood because you are different.

Regulations are a joke. There is no value for human life. The infrastructure and ecosystem is not designed for those without privilege.

Worse still, the overburdened justice system is not reliable.

The era of leaders is over. Politicians have taken over from the mafia. Most who get into politics don’t do so to serve the masses. They do so to get away from them and elevate themselves above the commoners.

Politics is the most profitable taxpayer funded, tax-free business there is.

Movie stars live in ivory towers right in the middle of a garbage dump. Some of them make more money than most Hollywood actors but live less than 1/10th of their lifestyles when in India.

Surrounded by security, assistants and servants - politicians, celebrities and the 1% secure their own bubbles by hook or crook, evade taxes, exploit every legal & financial loophole and avoid accountability.

Yet, we worship them and place them on a pedestal because we want access to the power they hold.

Because we want to be able to know someone when we are in a police station, a hospital or in court. We want to use a reference to get admission, get a job or just get pension.

The collective self esteem of a billion people is at an all time low and being lowered still to suit the political ambition of a few hundred people desperately holding on to power.

The rich won’t protest societal injustice because they can escape into their bubbles whenever needed and pay their way into convenience.

The middle class doesn’t have the time to protest because they’ve been pushed into being on survival mode all day every day. Time lost is money lost.

The poor can’t protest beyond a point because hunger is real and the above two classes won’t allow them to.

Our children are growing up in an environment of corrupted education and contaminated nutrition. Their physical and intellectual growth is stunted when compared to developed countries.

India’s children swing between malnourishment and obesity. An entire generation ahead will feel the effects of of this sheer neglect of childhood.

We don’t care about our young and our elderly. Women are not safe anywhere. Our teenagers are hooked up to dopamine all day - youth in cities, towns and villages are addicted to porn, violent games and on the hunt for get-rich-quick schemes. I blame the system that doesn’t empower them otherwise.

We are squeezed dry to pay direct and indirect taxes, endlessly waiting for our lives to upgrade a little bit.

Buying a vehicle or a home now is literally a process of extracting blood money. Most of India is one medical bill away from poverty.

We haven’t lost count of human tragedies and disasters. We will queue up in the thousands on bridges and hillsides to offer our prayers to the Gods who look on silently at the destruction our own fellow humans have caused in their name.

This post will be forgotten in a few hours too. You and I will both get busy because life goes on and we must move forward with it.

Let’s get back to election gossip, IPL and Orry. Let’s forget about all this. For just one more day.

End.

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

@abeyshekh I would have given a comeback few years back but now I am just too tired 😓

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

As a United fan it’s annoying how good Mo Salah is
#pl #LIVARS

[Sudarshan Satalkar @Satalkar_98]

Pakistan’s performance today shows the gulf between the top sides and the rest of the world. Pakistan are a good one day side, but they don’t have the experience to handle the pressure like the Indian team can.

The only team that can stop India right now is probably nz.
#ICC