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24 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Most clinically and efficiently done, Pakistan! Congratulations! #INDvPAK
The tragicomic thing is that Indian media and social media will still be on the warpath to find a "match ka mujrim" although a very talented Pakistani team comprehensively outplayed India today. What an emphatic end to the streak!
Exactly. Those who actually watch cricket know that this streak was basically a stochastic oddity that was bound to end sooner than later. And that it lasted this long is a freak outlier thing.

The only "lack of intent" on display in the cricket world today is the Indian cricket fan's lack of intent in understanding cricket. #INDvPAK

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26 Oct
Dude chooses Swarajya, of all outlets, as the source for defending himself. Still needs that sanghi validation, even when denouncing sanghis.
BTW, the article @AatishTaseer passionately posts (which I read and scoffed at years ago) as a "mea culpa" is still less about calling out sanghism for the straightforward fascism it is. Blames lack of some mythical "real education". I've rarely read a lazier writer in the Times. Image
"perhaps the cynics are right" and "India will have to make do with the modi they have" are not the anti-Modi statements you think they are, Aatish. You're still trying to blame everyone but yourself and the fascists.
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26 Oct
"Authoritarianism is one thing" is such a telling bit. Aatish was all cool with Modi the authoritarian as long as the authoritarianism was in line with his priorities. What bothers him (and Tavleen) is that this authoritarianism no longer is on their side. Niemoller type.
I remember a similar bit from some Jan 6 right wing terrorists crying "they are treating us like we are black".

Aatish or Tavleen have never had a problem with authoritarianism. They are just shocked SHOCKED that their Muslim heritage is being used against them by the BJP.
Sabka time aayega, Indians Image
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26 Oct
Throwback to the day we visited the most instagrammed game of thrones arrowhead mountain upthread but the highlight of the day were these extremely friendly and hardy dogs playing fetch with some pretty hardcore stuff! They reminded us of Andre the Giant in Princess Bride. 😍😍
It was so cutely bizarre. Extremely friendly, while keeping their distance. Calmly bringing rocks to play fetch with instead of a ball and spiky logs like they are twigs. 😂😂
Alright, let's make this a "dogs from our travels" thread.

Colombia dogs are unlike any I've ever seen. They are everywhere. But not feral or territorial, because locals & govts take care of them. That's true all over South America though.

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25 Oct
Forget puristry. Test cricket even now only exists because of the players who play test cricket. We fans can sit and armchair it all we want. Test cricket will only live until players want to play it. Dhoni walked away from tests for T20s. He could be a pioneer or aberration.
In pure economic terms, test cricket stopped making sense in the 90s. If it was all about the money and what fans want, test cricket would have died by now. We "purists" and "test enthusiasts" love to pretend we are the saviors of the game. We aren't. It's the players.
The last few years have been an absolute golden age of test cricket. In quality of cricket and even general following. But that's by test cricket standards. Revenue wise, test cricket is more an opportunity cost than anything. The only real stakeholders are the players.
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25 Oct
Diwali is around the corner, so prepare for a most bizarre outcome of American "soft power". The made-up "war on Diwali" that Indian fascists have blatantly copied from Fox News types. The war on Diwali is like the war on Christmas. It doesn't exist. It's a fascist tantrum.
The origins of the "War on Christmas" are very recent.
It's simple.
The American constitution prohibits the govt from favoring a religion.
So ACLU and other constitutional rights activists said, it should not be officially celebrated by govts.
Courts agreed. Logical argument.
All that meant was that govts could not say "Christmas display" cos USA has no official religion, but something like "Holiday display" was cool because most people celebrate that time.

Christmas is still THE biggest holiday in America, if not the world. Except in govt offices.
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25 Oct
Every few days, a Puneri kaka will appear in my mentions with some bigoted "observation" with a smiley assuming it will be the last word. And then get upset when me, another Puneri kaka, calls their observation bullshit. And act very offended to be out-kaka-ed. It's hilarious!
Kaka, jar dusre vichaar paTat naahit tar koNi saangitla Twitter var yaayla aaNi mentions madhye shiraayla? Tikde insta FB WA aahet na? Tikde raha!

Ugich ikde yeun dhungaN daakhavla tar laath basNaarach, na?
Bhau, stop trying this aggrieved passive aggressive rhetorical question tactic to deflect from your bigotry. I'm a fellow Puneri brahmin. Won't work with me. And you're no Savarkar or Godse to get away with that tactic.
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