The Week India – June 30, 2019

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I am passive-aggressive, too.

So I may not tell you how cool

I think you are, but I defi nite-

ly think it. And thanks for the

great-skin-gene.

Ira Khan,

daughter of actor Aamir Khan,

on Father’s Day

I never dived [on cricket fi eld]. In those

days, diving was for riff -raff.

Ramiz Raja,

former Pakistan cricketer

I usually get fl ustered when my wife

and I have a fi ght. It bothers me and

I take time to get over it. It is once in

a couple of months. But when we do

fi ght, ours last a long time, like 15 days.

Shahid Kapoor,

actor

I think we should rethink our cur-

rent stance of not even exchanging

greetings or making eye contact with

Pakistani leaders at international gath-

erings. Diplomacy is about policy, not

the truculence of school children.

Pavan K. Varma,

JD(U) leader and former diplomat

We are throwing out our garbage and

the BJP is collecting it. But joining

some other party won’t save anyone

from corruption probe.

Mamata Banerjee,

West Bengal CM, on Trinamool

Congress leaders joining the BJP

MILESTONES

NEW MONEY

Facebook has unveiled its plan to

bring cryptocurrency payments into

the mainstream with Libra, which

will let you buy things or send money

with nearly zero charges. Libra will

have a public launch in 2020 and

has the backing of the likes of Visa

and Uber.

SAVING THE OCEANS

Environment and energy ministers of

G20 countries agreed to adopt a new

implementation framework to tackle

marine plastic waste on a global

scale. Under the new framework,

G20 members will promote a com-

prehensive lifecycle to prevent plastic

litter discharge to the oceans.

GOOD SHOT

Toronto Raptors became the fi rst

team outside the US to be NBA

champions. The Canadian team beat

Golden State Warriors 4-2 in the best

of seven fi nals. Raptors is the only

active Canadian franchise in the NBA.

14 THE WEEK • JUNE 30, 2019

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WORD PLAY

When rain stopped play 35 overs into Pakistan’s innings against India in the ICC World Cup, the

battle was all but over. Pakistan needed 171 runs from 15 overs to win. When play resumed 40

minutes later, the revised target was 136 off 30 balls. What remained was garbage time, the

fi nal minutes of a game in which one side has an insurmountable lead, resulting in the players

slacking it off. Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-captain Sarfraz Ahmed was, perhaps, the fi rst to fore-

see that the match would go to garbage time. He was caught yawning behind the stumps even

as Indian batsmen were raining blows on the hapless Pakistan bowlers.

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I have seen many people who

have settled with their high-school

sweethearts. Th ey are lucky because

their relationships lasted, mine did

not. I wish I had that high-school

sweetheart, too.

Kiara Advani,

actor