Venkat Nag Kolachalam

@vincimax I know because I am from Bellary and my people live with dignity. Though they are cab drivers they will still have a dignified lifestyle. This is just to portray others to second class citizens and Banglorians as some sort of first class.

@VKolachalam No it is not. How is that people who don't even follow me end up commenting here. I don't need to lie and I don't have a blue tick for engagement farming or impressions

Yesterday I met a cab driver. Perhaps late 30s. He is from Bellary. He has a sedan car. The car is his house in Bengaluru. Eats in darshinis. Takes bath at public conveniences. He has screensaver of a picture of his wife and him in front of a temple. Stuck at a traffic signal.

@Ananth_IRAS @rajscd This is like enjoying mediocrity…likening India’s poor infrastructure and being in love with that.

@rajscd Well, it is also a test that doesn't test your preparation levels, but also the testing conditions. One may even need to work under such conditions for a while, even in service.

The concept of a paper being TOUGH is very relative. It will be tough for everyone then, and the cut-off will be lower. Whether it is tough or easy, it will not have an impact on the number of candidates who would be selected for the Mains. But that having been said, yes, the UPSC exam isn't for the faint-hearted. #Upscgspaper #UPSCPrelims

@Ananth_IRAS It is for illogical illiterate brains…world has evolved much more than those 10-15 books and newspapers….thinking that it requires bravery just to attempt this exam shows how narcissistic you babus are…

@rashtrapatibhvn Madam President you are supposed to condole only selected Indians, as she said in the past, Indians - includes only SC/ST, Dalit, Tribal and minorities.

The news of the tragic loss of lives in an accident in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is very distressing. I extend my deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones. I pray for speedy recovery of the injured.

@saranstm It’s a very old trend…probably you know new immigrants to USA.

There is a new trend among Indians and Indian Americans in US. They have started to buy 100, 200 acres of lands, mostly farm lands in Belize. My friend (Indian American) informed me that his couple of friends bought lands and wanted him to buy too. A 200 acre land costs around 150,000 to 200,00 USD, (about 1.47 crores to 1.94 crores INR roughly)

@KumarXclusive These are the type of people who brought shame to highly respected Indian diaspora.

🚨 DHS might have watched this video and decided to change the H-1B Green Card rules 😄 NEW: DHS says anyone applying for a Green Card may have to return to their home country for consular processing. 🇺🇸✈️

@Tejasvi_Surya Instead of beating around the bush, why don’t you simply say Bangloreans should have more stake in state governance and others be submissive to you?

One of the most important outcomes of delimitation would have been correcting India’s deeply flawed urban representation. Since 1971, India has transformed. We have urbanised rapidly. Our cities now drive jobs, growth, innovation and aspirations. But our Parliament and State Assemblies still do not adequately reflect urban India. This is why our cities lack the political capital needed to improve quality of life, public transport, housing, infrastructure and livability. By stalling delimitation, the Opposition has not only done a disservice to women and to the interests of southern India. It has also done a grave disservice to millions of Indians living in our cities. Weak urban representation means weaker cities. Weaker cities mean poorer livability, slower growth and lost opportunities for India.

@svembu Why are you hell bent on destroying lives of NRI? This is narcissistic behavior, just because you don’t get to live there, you are not tolerating to see other Indians in USA.

Once again, my appeal to Indians in America on a visa. Please come home. Even if you feel it is hardship and sacrifice, self-respect should dictate your course. Let's make Bharat proud 🙏

@VamseeJuluri All that she mentioned is probably contribution of a single community, who are in today’s India being treated unfairly.

bravo....

@ErikSolheim Elections are festivals in India. The electorate gets informally paid to participate in voting. That’s the reason for high turnout’s. “Nothing more nothing less”. Elections should be measured by Quality not Quantity.

In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy! During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape. May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy? Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process? In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people? The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings. It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world. Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges. Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy? India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

@TweetzBallari @Comm_Ballari That stadium area starting from BUDA complex, once used to be a lake called Nalla Cheruvu. It was like the 7th or 8th largest urban lake in Madras Presidency. While the government is supposed to clear lake encroachments, they themselves have encroached a lake and run it dry.

Condition of Ballari district stadium post rain visuals #KarnatakaRain #Ballari

why this, why this, why this kolaveri di? his excellency is a natural poet and has flow... should be doing more cool stuff than this!

@VamseeJuluri Ha ha…he sure can…

A must watch documentary by DH, the plight of people in “Greater Bellary Mining Region” is beyond scale and unseen anywhere in the world. @ErnestScheyder @NKolachalam

@TweetzBallari @BallariSp @BTrafficbl48782 @BallariSp

@BallariSp @BTrafficbl48782

“Why this, why that, let me tell you this”. This is National Embarrassment, Cross Cultural Communication and Global Communication Etiquette’s, are basic skills for a Diplomat. @IndLibertarians @VamseeJuluri

@sandeep_PT All he has read in his lifetime is UPSC Lakshmikanth..he is truck there.

Elocution competition starts at 10 am in common hall of Vikas UPSC Coaching. Are you prepared with your speech on "India the golden bird"? Good. Start. 2.5 min.

@bellaryvartha @CMofKarnataka @KarnatakaVarthe Prioritize welfare of all Kids sir. They are just kids, please atleast have sympathy on them. Let them all feel equal.

ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲನಾ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಸ್ಸಿ-ಎಸ್ಟಿ ಆಯೋಗದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಡಾ.ಮೂರ್ತಿ. ಎಲ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಪರಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಜಾತಿ-ಪಂಗಡಗಳ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡಿ bellaryinformation.blogspot.com/2026/05/blog-p… @CMofKarnataka @KarnatakaVarthe #Ballari

@venkat_fin9 @IncomeTaxIndia Perfectly put !

Dear @IncomeTaxIndia, stop taking income tax even before salary is credited to my bank account. Who worked the whole month, you or me? Have some common sense. At the end of the year, if I owe taxes after expenses, I will pay them, just like corporates do. Why is the salaried middle class treated differently every single time? Stop this nonsense. Enough of squeezing honest taxpayers. @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman