Facetious Filibuster

Reading Udhayanidhi Stalin reminds me of Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Avni empathises so deeply with Manjulika's injustice that she slowly becomes her. She doesn't leave Avni until she has killed the Raja she sees as the root of all pain. The Self-Respect Movement at its best was an appreciable reform in Tamil Nadu. But at its worst, Dravidian ideology instills a perpetual victimhood where you start seeing your own countrymen as oppressors, forgetting that even they are blends, just like you. Dravidian ideology's fascination with Islam isn't new. Even Periyar met with Jinnah in 1940. Dravidistan and Pakistan were sister secessionist projects with the same separatist logic. When Udhayanidhi today says Dravidianism and Islam are "fundamentally the same," he's showing us what ideology does to the spirit at its worst, it kills your empathy willing to see things destroy in the name of justice. The movement that began wanting to liberate ended up importing the very supremacist frame it was fighting. Such ideologies should not longer have grounds in India. We need to pave the path forward together. Let Manjulika leave.

I want the Indian state to assure that: 1. There are no legal consequences for speech beyond a. Direct call to violence b. Civil defamation c. Giving away nuclear codes 2. The state gives ample protection in the form of law and order by protecting the so-called "offenders" who have "hurt sentiments" of humans on behalf of gods. I do not care about the social consequences for uttering words that are deemed offensive. You can boycott their channel, stop talking to them, abuse them verbally in the most profuse manner as long as the point one standard is followed. Social consequences are a trade off we should be fine with. I want freedom to say things like Udayanidhi Stalin. I want to say what he says about other religions, especially Islam that I feel very threatened and offended by as a disbeliever. Hindus think they can restrict an Udaynidhi Stalin. No you ignoramouses you will never achieve that target. Demand parity with Udaynidhi. Demand the right to Blaspheme all day and every day.

Congress leader JMH Aassan Maulaana has crossed every red line. He is openly celebrating that Tamil Nadu will never accept Sanatan Dharma and that NDA’s defeat is Sanatan Dharma’s defeat. This is not an individual’s madness, but Congress’s official ideology now. The party has fully transformed into Muslim League 2.0, working day and night for the Muslimization of India.

It is striking how a call to 'eradicate' Sanatana Dharma inside the Tamil Nadu Assembly by the Leader of the Opposition is met with such silence. Compare this to the massive national backlash when a minority individual is denied a rental apartment in any building. The double standard is deafening.

Expected him to cook that ricebag Udhayanidhi Stalin kudi , then I realised Vijay himself is converted 🙂

ye kaam UP ya Bihar me BJP CM karta toh sab usko anpadh, gawaar bol ke poore state ke logo ko gaali bakte. usko sikhaate ki kaise constitution me likha hai scientific temperament promote karne ke liye. lekin tamil nadu me ye step kaafi progressive, inclusive aur smart hai 🫣

हमारा धर्म अमर है क्योंकि यह किसी पुस्तक या पैगंबर पर नहीं, बल्कि आत्मा के उन शाश्वत नियमों पर आधारित है जो कल भी सत्य थे और आज भी हैं ~ स्वामी विवेकानंद

सनातन धर्म वह है जो न कभी पैदा हुआ और न कभी नष्ट होगा ~ यह अनादि है, अनंत है और शाश्वत है।

What a shame @TCS ! The NCW Fact finding committee has found serious procedural lapses in ensuring women employee safety. As per the Press statement: - There was zero formal complaint mechanism in the Nashik BPO - The office was controlled by the senior employees who are now under arrest and the employees who raised their voices against them faced transfer and termination. - CCTVs though installed in the office but were non functional. - Zero compliance with the POSH Act.

Currently, this is happening all around the world • Several states in the US have encouraged citizens to work from home. • South Korea asked citizens to use washing machines and vacuum cleaners only on weekends to reduce electricity demand. • Pakistan Super League matches were played without crowds to reduce energy consumption. 4 days week, schools closed • Sri Lanka declared Wednesdays as a national holiday to conserve fuel. • Bangladesh ordered shopping malls to close by 7 PM and banned decorative lighting to save electricity. • China encouraged citizens to switch to electric vehicles (EVs). • Thailand advised citizens to set air conditioners at 27°C and avoid wearing coats and ties to reduce cooling demand. • The UK reduced highway speed limits to 80 kmph to improve fuel efficiency. • Germany introduced car-free Sundays to conserve fuel. • Spain mandated early closing hours for offices to reduce electricity consumption. • France banned short domestic flights where the same journey by train takes less than three hours. • Brazil encouraged citizens to use public transport more frequently. • Italy mandated a minimum AC temperature setting of 27°C in public buildings. • The Philippines implemented work-from-home measures and reduced operations in shopping malls to save energy. This is happening all around the world. All countries have increased prices of petrol and issued mandatory harsh measures. India is the only country in the world where no harsh steps have been taken Understand the global crisis Don't fall for Congress ecosystem agenda Support your country

Talked to a friend in Germany. He is saying fuel prices have gone 40% high. We have entitled folks who curse the government despite it tried to absorb price fluctuations. Such entitlement is extraordinary.

Something extraordinary happened in the last 48 hours. I shared an appeal for International Chandramauli Charitable Trust run Gurukul in Kashi. My followers came together and raised almost 10 lakh rupees for the cause. I don’t quite know how to thank people who open their wallets and donate their own hard earned money simply because they trust my word? No verification, no second opinion. Just faith in me and my credibility! This is not the first time either. My followers showed up to sponsor tickets for Veer Savarkar and The Kerala Story. They showed up to raise money for the family of the driver killed in the Palghar lynching. They showed up for handloom weavers during Covid. They showed up to support Dakshin Vrindavan. And now for the ICCT Gurukul. They even show up each time I share an appeal for a medical fund raiser. Every single time I have stood behind a cause, people have stood behind me. Most of them I haven’t when met in person. I have tears in my eyes even as I type this. I am grateful. Yes, very very grateful, but more than that, I am careful. I feel the weight of peoples’ trust every single day. And I like that weight on my shoulders. It keeps me on the right path. Not many people have this kind of power in their words. I do. And I am aware it comes at a price, my reputation and credibility. So let me assure all of you again. I will never betray the faith people have placed in my words. I will never collect money for personal gain, and I will never ask people to contribute to any cause before I have made the first donation myself. This is not a promise I am making today. It is one I have been keeping for years. I wear your trust like an armour that protects me from the trolls and haters. So thank you! Shefali Vaidya cc @lucysanskrit @chandramauli999

Finally went to Avijit Sarkar’s house, 5 years after he was lynched during post poll violence in 2021. Even today, his brother runs a shelter for rescued strays. He has built a little memorial to the murdered puppies right next to Avijit’s memorial. 3 murdered puppies were laid to rest under a Tulsi plant. Bishwajeet told us how Avijit’s killers’ family still lives next door to them, but they never hurt them even when BJP came to power. Because violence is NOT ‘political culture of Bengal’

Appealing for Work From Home (WFH) won’t change anything. If the govt genuinely wants it, it can strongly push or effectively enforce WFH in sectors where physical presence isn’t essential. It’s common in the West but not in India because Indian companies still operate on a “presence equals productivity” mindset, where managers feel employees work seriously only when they are physically visible. If an employee isn’t exhausted by traffic, long hours, and physical attendance, they assume no real work is being done. There’s also a deeply ingrained feudal mindset where control, surveillance, and making juniors “feel the grind” is treated as management instead of actual productivity. Otherwise, WFH can solve many problems for both individuals and the country. It reduces traffic, pollution, fuel consumption, stress, travel time, road accidents, and daily expenses for individuals while improving work-life balance. For India, it cuts crude oil consumption and import bills, reduces pressure on dollars, inflation, and urban infrastructure, while easing overcrowding in metro cities and saving huge amounts of productive time otherwise wasted in commuting.

I watched @narendramodi ji’s Hyderabad speech very carefully. His appeal for economic self-reliance, sustainable living, and reduced import dependency was much needed, and people listen to him. But his govt and the @BJP4India state govts should lead by example. Here are a few of my asks from the govts. 1) Shift to online inaugurations of ALL projects. No city needs a massive VIP entourage and 30 police cars blocking traffic every 15 days because a minister has to come to inaugurate a bridge/road/tunnel/hospital. This is also non-essential travel. VIP entourages are going out of hand and that’s a waste of public money. 2) Most politicians, from all parties, spend huge amounts of money on lavish weddings. There should be a ceiling on that first. At least here @BJP4India can take the lead. 3) Prioritising Made-in-India and locally manufactured products is a very necessary ask, but again, should be started from the top. What stops @BJP4India politicians from wearing a made-in-India watch, carrying a made-in-India phone, wearing made-in-India textiles? People listen to you @narendramodi because you usually practise what you preach, but what about the rest of your govt and the state BJP govts? When will they walk the talk?

Why the PM said what he said in Hyderabad today about WFH, saving petrol, avoiding destination weddings, not buying gold for a year, etc. India imports massive quantities of both crude oil and gold, and both are paid for in dollars. In a period of geopolitical instability, if crude oil prices rise sharply while gold imports and luxury foreign spending continue unchecked, it puts enormous pressure on India’s foreign exchange reserves, trade deficit, rupee stability, and inflation. Oil is a necessity. Gold and luxury foreign expenditure are lnot. From a policymaking perspective, reducing non-essential dollar outflow during economic uncertainty becomes strategically important. If people don't save fuel, keep buying imported gold at record levels, and spend heavily abroad, the pressure eventually hits the rupee itself. A weaker rupee makes imports more expensive, fuel prices rise, transportation costs go up, and eventually the price of almost every commodity in the economy starts increasing. So his appeal is logical for collective good.

@bharatvarsha03 TBH he looks a bit creepy himself.

This is the judge who granted bail in just 6 days to the 57 year old accused of raping a 3 year old girl in Janakpuri.

@Manik_M_Jolly You just can't beat natural talent.

They created one superhero from Islamic world and his super power was to blow up 🥲🤭

Her name was Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. She was born on August 16 1904 in Nihalpur village, Allahabad. At nine years old she wrote her first poem. It was published in a national magazine. At 16 she married and moved to Jabalpur. At 18 she was pregnant and leading protesters through the streets of Nagpur holding the Indian flag. She was arrested. She became the first woman satyagrahi to be sent to jail in India. She delivered her first daughter Sudha safely at home after her release. Then went back to the streets. In 1942 the British came for her again. Her husband had already been arrested. She had five children. The youngest was a toddler with a cleft palate who could barely speak. She prepared her eldest daughter to look after the younger ones. Left food for them. Then walked to prison carrying her sick youngest child in her arms. Inside jail she gave up her own food to prisoners facing harsher punishment. She was released months later with a life threatening condition and underwent immediate surgery. She later described all of this with humor. She said the garlands placed around her neck on the way to jail were so many that she made a pillow of them in her prison cell. They reminded her of the flowers on her wedding night. Between arrests, pregnancies, court dates and protests she wrote 88 poems and 46 short stories. Her most famous poem was Jhansi Ki Rani. The one every Indian child has read in school. Khoob ladi mardaani woh toh Jhansi wali Rani thi. She wrote it about a queen. She lived it herself. On February 15 1948 she died in a car accident near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, while returning from a legislative assembly session in Nagpur. She was 43 years old. A mother of five. A poet. A prisoner. A freedom fighter. Today is Mother’s Day. Most Indians know her poem. Almost none know her name. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.