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@rathnn @joybhattacharj https://t.co/gHUwV6PsBu

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@rathnn @joybhattacharj Great interview. Couldn't stop laughing whenever I read it.

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@sridharfc Hahaha you will be stamped as an anti national urban Naxal!!

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@IndianGems_ So says a man who heartlessly abandoned his wife and autistic son in US and ran away and hid in our country which he had abandoned for greener pastures much earlier. Hypocrite.

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@ssarathy @AnanthOnTrack And Frank Worrell retired in 1963, passed away in 1967 to blood cancer. Some bullshit is being peddled.

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@pareek_mohit26 @dmuthuk Do you know Malik Kafur and his plunder of Madurai? I don't think so. Read history.

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@Sachins2301 @praddy06 Pretty common in July as Mumbaikars will confirm. You can't see the sun come out for days at a stretch.

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@dmuthuk Many scholars have pointed out that he anticipated problems such as "money power" in elections decades before they became a major issue in India.

Cpurtesy: ChatGPT

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@dmuthuk backers instead of the electorate.
Simple, inexpensive campaigns are essential. Rajaji urged that elections should depend on a candidate's character, reputation, and service to the public—not on posters, publicity, or lavish campaigning.
His warning was remarkably prophetic.

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@dmuthuk Rajaji believed many capable and public-spirited people would avoid politics if elections became too expensive.
Political parties become dependent on financiers. He foresaw that parties would rely on donors rather than ordinary citizens, making governments answerable to financial

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@dmuthuk corruption. He warned that a candidate who spends heavily to win office would naturally try to recover that money after being elected. This would encourage bribery, favoritism, and misuse of public office.
Money discourages honest candidates.

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@dmuthuk 1925).
Here is a detailed summary:
Democracy should not become a contest of wealth. Rajaji argued that if candidates had to spend large sums to get elected, only the wealthy—or those backed by wealthy interests—would be able to contest elections.
Election spending leads to

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@dmuthuk Rajaji's 1925 article is not very long, but it is one of the earliest and clearest warnings in India about the corrupting influence of election finance. It appeared in Young India, Gandhi's weekly journal, and is reprinted in Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari, Vol. III (1923–

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@wmakarand Already the knives are out for Samson

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@jaydeepbasu Jaideep what's the point when all and sundry know which party this head joker belongs to.

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@virenrasquinha @neerubhatia3 @FIH_Hockey Viren, just check newspapers in UK. There is absolutely no coverage of field hockey. Even The Times ignores it. I doubt whether any newspaper in UK employs hockey correspondents.

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@sgurumurthy Why are you upset? Our two nations means US and India. Oh you wanted him to say Bharat!

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@joybhattacharj Board of Control for Cricket in Bharat will follow soon.

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@IB_Commentator @CourtsideFilms @jagmeett_singhh Along with Pradeep Srivastava, he formed a formidable frontcourt for both India and TISCO. �
Even after turning 50, he continued playing basketball for TISCO, reflecting his longevity and fitness. �

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@IB_Commentator @CourtsideFilms @jagmeett_singhh Key facts:
He played for the powerful TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) team in Jamshedpur, which dominated Indian domestic basketball.
He represented the Indian national basketball team for nearly 15 years and was a key player in several Asian-level competitions. �