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🚨 Tamil Nadu has registered double-digit economic growth of 10.83% for FY26.
Hello Aravind, Saadar Pranam 🙏 Let me take this opportunity to educate you on how the constitution in the #Ambedkarite State of India works. A small thread - In India, a socialist ambedkarite state by #constitution, there is a process called Positive Discrimination. Using this process we, the people of India and its representatives, have decided that the better performing so called "forward" entities will help uplift the underperforming so called "backward" entities. So what we decided is that we will allocate resources from the state of India to these underperforming entities by taking it from the better performing entities, even if it means that they have to reluctantly sacrifice what they deserved. The pain of this #apartheid policy from state is supposed to be ignored for the forward entities. This is what we have established, learnt and accepted in the last 75 years. So now, using this as a premise, we designed the #Reservation ecosystem, #StateTaxdistribution, #Delimitation and several other polices. Southern states, especially #Tamilnadu, has been the greatest supporter of such policies when it came to reservations. So much that it went ahead and increased reservations to 69% whereas it was limited to only 49.5% in the rest of the country. The argument made was that this was on the basis of #population. Recently, #castecensus was conducted in Bihar and a resolution was passed to increase reservations based on the population and economic condition of all the castes. Here again, the entity with lesser population and better economy was asked to make the sacrifices. Their pain, social ostracization, systematic discrimination and state enforced apartheid was supposed to be ignored. They were told to suck it up. So, if TN is receiving less for what it contributes, We should not really care, simply because it is helping other states. Forward Category states are helping the backward category states. It is affirmative action after all. Infact, based on the calculation for state tax distribution, we should increase the burden on Tamilnadu by 39.39% (as they have done with reservations, since increasing reservations to 69% from 49.5% is a 39.39% increase). So since TN received ₹33 for every ₹100 it gave, it should be revised to ₹20 per ₹100 (a 39.39% decrease). It is only fair keeping in line with the policies made by #Tamilnadu government itself. You cannot be crying about state tax distribution unfairness while increasing reservation and enforcing state-enforced apartheid on the GC (General Category) and systematically enabling #discrimination. The only solution for TN here is - TN should roll back their 69% to 49.5%, propose a bill in parliament to get rid of the entire concept of reservation. Then, and only then we can take the whining of state tax distribution from TN seriously. Until then, like we tell the GC castes - Suck it up!! PS. oh yes, #delimitation is coming. Same premise. Jiski jitni sankhya bhari, uski utni hissedhari😆 #MeToo_UNless_UR_a_Jew Elon Musk's X Bin Laden Rajasthan #MadhyaPradesh Kashmir #Armenia #Congress The Economist #NarendraModi #TelanganaElection2023 #TheFruitsOfCalvary #விவசாயிக்கு_குண்டாஸ் Gavin Newsom #पेपरचोर_कांग्रेस गीता वेद #PragatiKavaliCongressRavali #JhoothKiRani Sanskrit सुधीर चौधरी Sanatani Puja Jay Shah Man City Global South
I stayed in India for 8 years after graduating. In those 8 years I ran a mildly successful startup, creating 70+ jobs, and a lot of taxes since we were profitable. My Whatsapp inbox from my teaching time is full of thousands of messages of people getting prestigious high paying tech jobs. After that as an engineering leader at various orgs, hired at least 50+ more people. Paid multiple crores of personal income tax as well. I did more than my fair share of creating employment, creating human capital and contributed enough to pay off my subsidised education (I’ll not deny I got more than good enough education both from school and university, both of which are partly paid for by the government) In those 8 years, of my closest 10 friends, slowly slowly I found 8 of them now have moved outside India. More than half my college group is outside. And eventually on the balance of things, it really started feeling like I’m getting the short end of the bargain and those others who left were getting a better deal in life. I had always assured myself that a) I can always go out whenever I want, I am here by choice b) I’ve consciously stuck to faster growth roles orgs but if I ever wanted to, I can go to big tech too Finally a switch clicked in the head saying if you’re so sure of (a) and (b) why don’t you really just go and see. You can always come back. In the long run I might be proven wrong (I’m aware of stories of one health scare or racism incident or ailing parents that pushes the pendulum back for many), but for now my lived experience only taught me exactly opposite of what Vembu has said below. In fact if 10 years ago I would have even slightly been convinced by the below tweet, today I’m convinced even less by it. From my perspective of the things I sought in life, the equation has only gotten worse not better.
So here is my take on @svembu sir's call to Indians in US 1) The call apparently isn't meant for pansies who cant stand the heat. So sit there. 2) It is also not meant for those holding regular jobs there, with the only reason being dollar value. If you come back home, you will fail here. That country does pay mediocrity. Sit there, earn and send the money home. 3) It is meant for exceptionally talented guys who can disrupt the status quo back home and be real changemakers in whatever the firld they are in. I agree the ease of doing business is a pain in India. Good to have a discussion out on the real pain points of change making. The country too must be proactive in head hunting the crucial entrepreneurial talent back home and I am hopeful there will be changes. But in short, this move is for heroes as of now. Along with that heroism, you need strategy, grounded thinking and thoughtful networking. Also, I really hope Vembu sir excludes that Hotmail guy in his invite. PS : I might be one of those blessed ones who (and spouse) found a better mix of opportunity-purpose back home after a reasonably rewarding stay outside.
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
Open letter to Indians in America. -- Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat: Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way. Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned. You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict. Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect. Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself. As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal. Respectfully Sridhar Vembu
