Swanand Deshpande

Accountant , Valuer , Rationalist, Believes in inner peace, astroscience enthusiasts..

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@prakdadlani *not defending

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@prakdadlani Well defending india dev story but definitely china has advantage of density India - 492 per sq km vs 151 of china. It was never ruled by anyone like india for years.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@viks_0505 @cosmic_wisdomm Bhrigu Samhita and bhps

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@Dear_Men_Life With Venus - mars conjuction in his kundli.. I have no doubts abt his lust and sex obsession

[Sreejan Choudhary @sreejan_c]

Rafa cannot be an inspiration. And I mean that seriously.

Watched the RAFA series on Netflix with my daughters this week. The 9 year old was okay and maybe even excited. The five-year-old had to be - let's say - firmly encouraged to stay seated.

I kept pausing to tell them where I was when some of these matches happened. The 2008 Wimbledon final - Nadal winning his first on grass, at dusk, in what many still call the greatest match ever played. The 2012 epic, which for a lot of people remains the most complete - for me a complete heartbreak. The 2022 comeback - a man who had been told his foot condition might end his career after his first few grand slams, winning not only his 14th Roland Garros but his second AO.

Each of those matches is etched somewhere specific in my memory. The emotions came back watching the documentary like they hadn't gone anywhere.

My daughters of course couldn't relate. They will grow up creating their own moments and their own memories. I hope sport is part of that and maybe even their own matches, who knows.

But I kept coming back to the thought I mentioned at the beginning as I watched the series.

Rafa cannot be an inspiration.

Nobody can look at what he did - the physical punishment, the sheer doggedness, the way he kept coming back when his own body was the opponent - and think: I can do that. He belongs to a handful of people across all of human history, in sport or any other field, who achieved what they achieved.

Holding him up as a template is almost unfair to the rest of us.

But here is what the documentary does show: At the absolute pinnacle of human achievement, he felt self-doubt. He wanted to give up. He lost hope. He questioned himself in ways that will feel familiar to anyone who has ever tried to build something or push through something hard.

And that is the more honest inspiration.

Court Philippe-Chatrier has the words engraved: "Victory belongs to the most tenacious." But the tenacity that matters to most of us isn't the tenacity to win the tournament. It's the tenacity to win your own inner doubts. To show up when everything in you is arguing for staying put.

Showing up isn't just how you succeed. Showing up is the success.

My daughters will figure that out in their own way, in their own time. I just hope they have their own version of those matches to look back on when they need reminding.

Well done Netflix. Made me cry.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

Sounds like an Indian not Arabic

[taran adarsh @taran_adarsh]

A spiritual alignment... #Ilaiyaraaja joins #ValmikiRamayana... Music, now an offering.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@manishbatavia @mumbaiheritage Highly overrated

[Rakesh Kalotra @Rakeshkalotra9]

If You're Struggling With Overthinking in Life,

This Scene From the Ramayana is For You.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@BigTrunkComm

[Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 @priyankac19]

The best 3 minute video you will see. Thank you @goeltmt @raogajraj and also the ad agency that came up with this.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

Intelligence does not always lead to riches. Stupidity does not allows lead to poverty.only the wise know the way of the world. # mahabharata quotes # bhishma.

Also suggest importance of Ketu planet over mercury planet.

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@manaman_chhina Very sick attitude

[Financial Times @FT]

CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman joins FT editor Roula Khalaf to explain why most of the tasks accountants, lawyers and other professionals currently undertake will be fully automated by AI within the next 12 to 18 months https://t.co/yYKzS7NIOP

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@shree_2_2 Ketu mahadasha is missing

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@justshailendra

[HASHIRAMA (आचार्य) @Thesage_lord]

Astrology is called "Eyes of Vedas"

And I don't think this is how you should use those eyes

[Nikhil Jha @NIKHILLJHA]

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[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@paakittadnya @DGPMaharashtra These buggers do not have guts to do anything such in bhindi bazaar area..

[Swanand Deshpande @swanandde]

@SandeepMall @x_rahulraj Too good

[Raaggiri रागगीरी @Raaggiri]

प्रख्यात पत्रकार प्रभाष जोशी कहते थे-पंडित कुमार गंधर्व सिर्फ गायक नहीं हैं। कबीर पर उनका अधिकार हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी से कम नहीं है।कबीर को गाकर जैसी व्याख्या कुमार जी ने की है वैसी कोई कर नहीं सकता।
#Raaggiri
@hemantsharma360 @YRDeshmukh @hvgoenka @saurabhtop @deshpanderahul

[Keh Ke Peheno @coolfunnytshirt]

Indian mountaineer Rohtash Khileri creates history. Becomes the first person in the world to remain on Mount Elbrus for 24 continuous hours without oxygen support in extreme conditions.👏🏼🇮🇳