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Jul 20, 2020

One Girl, Many Lives, my collaborative fiction book with

, @priyreflects and

, edited by

, is now available on

@KindleIndia

. #AmWriting #Ebook #Collaboration You can order here: amazon.in/dp/B08BBZSLPL? RT, please? :)

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Aaj Tak’s Sunday night programming. Important news

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Listen to Sean Dyche, and then watch the clip from earlier today. Already, Everton mastering the protection of "the V"

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At the Mathrubhumi lit fest today, Shashi Tharoor said that a bulk of the women he has spoken to are opposed to the entry of women into Sabarimala, that they respect the temple's traditions. Meena Kandasamy replied, "You have been speaking to the wrong women, Shashi."

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A young girl in the stands gets hit by a stray ball as teams warm up before Spezia v Napoli. What does Victor Osimhen do? He climbs into the stands to giver her a hug and console her… #TheBestIsYetToCome twitter.com/f_genna88/stat

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Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to 007. - 0 goals - 0 assists - 7 games

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma - Ep 313: The Long Road From Neeyat to Neeti

Here's the podcast episode link. You can listen to the above story from around the 1:29 hour mark.

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Public policy may seem arcane and complicated, a field only for geeks. But all our lives are shaped by it. Pranay Kotasthane and Raghu S Jaitley join Amit Varma in episode 313 of The Seen and the...

Veerappan used to kill Elephants for ivory before he jumped careers to smuggling Sandalwood. He worked in cahoots with forest guards. Thus, a colonial-era property rights violation eventually led to a dreaded smuggling ring in modern India.

Production down, but the demand stays the same, if not growing. Result? We're importing Sandalwood from places like Aus, which have (irony!) used Indian Sandalwood seeds. This disparity b/w demand and supply spurred corruption and led to smugglers like Veerappan.

This disincentivised the growing of Sandalwood in the region. To the extent that production plummeted from ~4000 tonnes around 1965-70 to ~200 tonnes in 2019.

Independent India kept the same system as the colonial state wrt Sandalwood. Even if it was growing in your garden, the majority control of it was with the forest department. Result? No pvt ownership. But if the tree is stolen, you'd be charged with breach of law etc.

But, Tipu refused to trade Sandalwood with the British, declaring the goods a royalty in 1792. After their win in the 4th Anglo-Mysore War, the British took control of the Sandalwood forests, monopolised the trade and went on to make merry.

90% of the world's Sandalwood resources are in TN, KAR, KL. Tipu Sultan ruled over the Mysore region that has significant Sandalwood reserves. The British EIC wanted to monopolise the trade of Sandalwood keeping in mind the high demand for Sandal in China.

Quick story: The connection between Tipu Sultan, Veerappan and property rights in India, courtesy Raghu S. Jaitley,

@pranaykotas

and

@amitvarma

on The Seen and The Unseen #podcast. #thread

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As the panelists concur, the current Indian attack would've probably won us the Nagpur Test. 2017 Dharamsala is an excellent illustration of that. It was probably the most Australian of Indian pitches, and yet! Hoping for a terrific contest this time round too. #INDvsAUS

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This wonderful discussion on the series cleared a few cobwebs and false memories (e.g., Warne didn't bowl well except at Chennai, Nagpur was an unfair pace haven etc.).

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When Australia conquered the Final Frontier - 81 All Out

In the latest episode of the podcast we look back on Australia’s tour to India in 2004-05 – when Adam Gilchrist led the visitors to their first series win in India in 35 years. Australia have won...

Virender Sehwag looks back at his century and a half against Australia in Chennai, 2004

I've devoured almost everything related to the series I've ever found. An early example is the (physical) Cricinfo magazine piece titled "Anatomy of a Classic" on Sehwag's Chennai 155. Few player interviews I've read since have gone as deep.

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The 2004 #INDvsAUS series is one of my freshest early memories of a home Test series. From our remote town, via tv and radio (and Sportstar mag!), me and my brother closely followed the action. I still have summarised scorecards of the matches. #CricketTwitter

Turkish photographer Ugur Gallenkus portrays two different worlds within a single image. Brilliant work

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“And that’s how I met your mother”

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Bitterness and hatred lead, inevitably, to dehumanisation and eventually, fascism. twitter.com/kavisriv/statu

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Red Inker With Jarrod Kimber - Axar Patel's Hang Time with Himanish Ganjoo

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Finally got around to listening to this fascinating discussion between

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and

@hganjoo_153

on the Red Inker #podcast. Helped me understand Axar Patel's craft a little better. #PodcastRecommendations #BorderGavaskarTrophy

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This episode we look at the bowling of Axar Patel under an actual microscope. And I do mean that fairly literally, as we have a scientist, Himanish Ganjoo, to come and take a look at Axar's data. We...

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Incredibly stupid from Casemiro. No need to go all mafia on the opposition player. Smh.

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