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Rohit Sharma: "Captaining Ashwin and Jadeja in India is like having Cummins and Starc in Australia".
Rohit Sharma's Bold Statement Indian cricket team vice-captain, Rohit Sharma, has made a bold statement about the current state of Indian cricket, comparing the leadership skills of India's spin duo, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, to those of Australia's pace attack, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. According to Sharma, captaining Ashwin and Jadeja in India is like having Cummins and Starc in Australia.
By Alby Aydan3 years ago in The Swamp
Words That Make Every Injustice Instantly Easier to Talk About
Language is hard. It can be both a necessary tool for liberation and also a barrier — something that we go around in circles again and again without making actual progress on a chosen issue. Some people are so focused on how to speak correctly that they never act: trapped in a prison of their own shame and guilt.
By Alex Mell-Taylor3 years ago in The Swamp
The New Cold War: How the Internet is Fueling a Global Ideological Divide
The term "cold war" was first used to describe the political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century. The two superpowers never engaged in direct military conflict, but they did engage in a prolonged struggle for global influence and ideological dominance. Today, a new cold war is emerging, one that is being fought not just between nation-states, but also within the virtual realm of the internet.
By Shaik Safik3 years ago in The Swamp
Explaining How the George Floyd Uprising Was Quickly Forgotten. Top Story - January 2023.
I remember when I first heard about George Floyd's death. My partner had asked if I had heard about this new police shooting of a Black man, and I mistakenly thought he was referring to Tony McDade, a Black Trans man who was murdered two days later. I was confused by people suddenly caring about Floyd when I had already seen the videos that year of so many Black men and women killed by the police.
By Alex Mell-Taylor3 years ago in The Swamp
Children kicked out of school for calling insecure oppressive president names but please visit
Last year a video went viral of a few high school girls insulting President Akufo-Addo. The girls spoke in 2 different languages, some simply insulting the size of his head. Nothing threatening, children being children, living in a country with an over 54% rate increase inflation in December 2022.
By IwriteMywrongs3 years ago in The Swamp
