Reminiscing about good old days as the BGT is starting today down under. I used love 3:30 am matches down under as compared to 7:50 am matches in the time zones like Perth. The anticipation to wake up in the middle of the night to find players all geared and charged up, fully awake, while we were half asleep used to create excitement that was and is unmatchable in test cricket. But can’t complain. This OPTUS stadium is beautiful and magnificent. Will be great next two cricketing months down under. #BGT2025 #INDvAUS #INDvsAUS
An American student casually urinates in a public place in downtown Orlando while a police officer stands by and watches. No outrage. No lectures about culture. No sweeping stereotypes about Americans.
Yet when Indian tourists visit the US, spend money, buy tickets, support local businesses, and capture memories on camera, they're routinely subjected to racist rants and moral lectures about "civic sense."
Why is it that the actions of one American are treated as an individual mistake, while Indians are collectively judged, mocked, and stereotyped for things they often haven't even done? The double standards are impossible to miss.
India is a unique nation where everybody wants to send their kids to private schools & then to govt colleges.
How this perception switch happens is a classic Indian policy mistake.
In China, the most sought after schools & colleges are govt run.
One of the most horrific experience of buying an Iphone at Unicorn which is an authorised Premium Retailer of @Apple
I walked into the Hazratganj,Lucknow store of Unicorn knowing exactly what to buy. Asked the sales guy to get the same billed. In the next 2 mins the phone was at the billing counter with a phone cover & screen guard accessory.
I simply asked him to remove the same, but he did not budge insisting its under some offer & cannot be billed without the same. After arguing for 5 mins he gave up & asked the billing person to bill the same. Dont know how the system could now bill just the phone. I just got it billed & paid.
After the billing , the sales guy asked me to open the box which was absolutely okay. Following which he insisted that the phone needs to be switched on & activated in the store itself. I didnt want to activate or switch it on there at the store, since it was meant to be gifted.
He had the audacity to say ‘You cannot take the phone out of the showroom without activating’. The phone has been paid for & now belongs to me, how can a sales person just do this?
I put my foot down, that i will not activate or switch on the phone. Either you cancel the transaction or let me take the same.
After 20 mins of policy lecturing by the apple team & the store manager, I was finally able to take the phone without activating.
I just want to ask @AppleSupport that is this a Global or National level policy by you? If not why such policies are being enforced to the customer at a local level which is spoiling the while experience of buying an Apple Product
I will insist, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi needs to be fast-tracked for T20I and ODIs. Doesn't matter who you drop. Trust his talent, give him the break and also a long rope. What he can do, no one can. This isn't a gamble, it's a sure shot.
Ashwin on Hardik Pandya controversy 🚨
"You tell me mam, If rajat had been booed at Chinnaswamy, if the youngsters under him had acted shady, if Kohli hadn't made him feel comfortable in that dressing room, would RCB be in this position now?
To win a trophy, you first need a good environment. Kohli and DK have done a great job in providing that space to rajat, something the MI management failed to do."
If Rajat Patidar had performed like this as captain of Mumbai Indians, he would have been playing for team India already.
If he still doesn't make it to the Indian T20I setup then big shame on selectors.