Joy Bhattacharjya
@joybhattacharj
Work in sport. Quiz. Read. Write. Try to think.
On Engineers Day, retweeting a story about my father and a dam. In 1976, my father's company, Hoogly Docking & Engineeering, was slowly bleeding to death. The problem was the dry dock, where ships could be built and repaired, was not working as the lock gates were damaged.
About the tongues we speak, and that glorious cacophony of languages that is our motherland.
Mother tongue, father tongue: Or why our family of four self-identifies with three separate mother tongues. My (somewhat self-indulgent) piece in today’s @EconomicTimes m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-com…
How our pre-conceptions literally colour every thing that we see online, both literally and metaphorically. The picture you see below does not have a single trace of red in it. But yet, almost all of us see the Coca Cola can in red.
There is no red in this picture; your brain is filling in the red color. The picture is made entirely of light blue, black, and white.
107 years ago, an Indian teenager who came back from the dead to shoot down 10 German fighter planes in 13 days was finally downed by the Fokkers of Jagdstaffel 29. India's first ace, Lieutenant Indra Lal 'Laddie' Roy. Distinguished Flying Cross, 40 Squadron RAF. Indralal Roy was…
If Indian sport has to grow, the broken broadcasting model has to be sorted. Today, bizarrely enough, the smaller cricket leagues and other sports are subsidising Indian international cricket, the IPL and big ticket ICC & ACC events Let me explain. The rights fees for the likes…
We follow him even after posts like this. Happy birthday @ovshake42, one terrible pun a month is enough!
Some of us sing Chakravarthy Chakravarthy Varun Chakravarthy to the Vicco Vajradanti tune. Some of us sing bhabhi tum khushiyon ka khazana, Theekshana Theekshana Theekshana. But deep down we know nothing matches Mulder, Mulder, meethi baaten bolkar dil tu chura le gaya...
Post to be repeated every year! 75 year old Oinam Rashi Devi from Manipur in action during the 35th National Masters Athletics Championship 2014 in Coimbatore. Photo source PTI
Happy birthday @bhogleharsha. Thirty odd years since I first worked with you. It's been a pleasure and a privilege!
On this day 49 years ago, Nadia Comaneci of Romania got the first perfect 10 in gymnastics, in the uneven bars event at the Montreal Summer Olympics. The scoreboard had only one digit before the decimal and actually showed it as a 1.0. One of the historic moments in sport!
On the morning of Dec 14th, 1971, six Sabres attacked Srinagar airport. Only two Gnat fighters had time to take off, and one lost visual contact after gaining height. The other, flown by Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon took on all the Sabres, hitting at least two before he was shot down.…
Urgent help needed. Is there anyone who loves and can foster and even adopt a 5 month old stray in Delhi? Please RT.
Delighted to see the India U16 Volleyball team defeat both China and last year's Asian silver medallists Uzbekistan to qualify for the U17 Volleyball World Cup in 2026. Indian volleyball is truly taking wings. Exciting times ahead!
I think Rayan Arkan Dikha, the aura farming kid from Indonesia looks really cool. But it is a sign of the times that on a boat where 20 or 30 guys are slaving away with oars, the only person to hit international headlines is the one person actually doing nothing to win the race.…
Looking forward to reading it. And he also presented me with four other books he authored. I am specially delighted to get hold of the CK Nayudu biography!
It was wonderful to meet @joybhattacharj and present my book Fab Five. Thanks for the time Sir!
Great test match. Superb from Jadeja, and loved the fight in this Indian team. With experience, this Indian test team will be world beaters, they are just starting off!