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@VamsiChandran @sgurumurthy Some times you can destroy people by allying with them

Gurumurthy says BJP decided that its first task is defeat Dmk. Who is the 'BJP' he is referring is it the party high command or the group influencing it. Can @sgurumurthy ji make Modi give a commitment that Bjp will never ally with Dmk? When Modi himself is not keen to defeat Dmk who is that who says bjp's priority is defeat Dmk.

@zeneraalstuff Due to reservation we are overproducing educated people . Due to shrinking birth rates and lack of demand for STEM they have shortage of people . Our labour market cannot absorb the educated people we produce easily. If they won’t emigrate we may need more GCCs.

The NRI question is a complex one that needs careful and serious thinking, not hot takes 1. Vast majority of NRI IT types are status quoist and wouldn't be as successful or no wealthy India since we neither have wealth generation capacity in the country nor the opportunities

@marcosagusstinn For that you need an unifying factor- something like Sanathan dharma ( ethics for eternity )

@7h_anand It’s very simple. A civilizational battle is being fought through the ballot box. Unless you win elections you cannot bring about change. Anyone who has done advocacy in an adversarial situation will know this.

In the last 10-12 years, we’ve normalised Modi’s grotesque state election campaigning features to an extent where now nobody even questions why the sitting PM is on a boat in Hooghly midst a global crisis, burning Manipur, LPG shortage, migrant crisis, workers’ protest etc. etc.

@MRVChennai They have no mechanism to take feedback. When you give feedback they don’t like , they smear. This may explain why they have never had two consecutive terms

Did the yesmen & eco system mislead the regime? Why did it not capture the ground signals? Who failed?

@sumitjha__ Total Ayyangar/ iyer households in Telegana is 19018. table shows they have among lowest girl child marriages . Where did you come with this data of 21.2%

The community nobody was watching The state average for girl child marriage in Telangana is 5%. OC Iyengar/Iyer communities record 21.2%. Five times the state average. The survey found that the communities leading on education and wealth record the highest rates of girl child marriage. Scheduled Tribes, the most deprived group, record the lowest at 3.8%. Child marriage in Telangana is not where the state has been looking for it. thesouthfirst.com/telangana/tela…

Why does a caste census matter? India last counted its castes in 1931. But Telangana decided to do it in 2024. State surveyed 3.55 crore people across 242 caste groups, door to door. I read every page. More I read, More convinced I got why it's needed. Here is what I found

@sumitjha__ Total Ayyangar/ iyer households in Telegana is 19018. table shows they have among lowest girl child marriages . Where did you come with this data of 21.2%

@sumitjha__ Is the full original report available online ?

One survey. Multiple stories. One conclusion. Caste in Telangana is not a relic. It determines who eats, who learns, who migrates, who owns, who borrows and who gets to say it does not exist. Telangana counted its people BY CASTE. Now it has to decide what to do with what it found. And there are a hundred other numbers hiding inside which tell a thousand more stories about the reality of our society. To know those stories, we need the caste census.

@JP_LOKSATTA @PMuralidharRao You should post about your experience with trying to bring in proportionate representation and how Congress blew that opportunity also

Now that the 131st Amendment Bill failed, allocation of Lok Sabha seats will be based on 2026 census data. As per current estimates, seven States will likely lose 35 seats: AP (-5), Telangana (-3), TN (-10), Karnataka (-2), Kerala (-7), Odisha (-4), and WB (-4). Four States will likely gain 34 seats: UP (+12), Bihar (+10), MP (+5), and Rajasthan (+7). BJP is widely believed to be the potential beneficiary of redistribution of seats to States based on 2026 population. In a stunning act of self-denial, the NDA government came forward to freeze the current share of States based on the 1971 census data. There could be many reasons for BJP committing to such a freeze - putting the nation above the party, paving the way for expanding their footprint in the South, or avoiding a divisive issue when the nation has to focus on growth and prosperity in the face of global challenges. Whatever be the motivation of BJP, the seven States that lost share of population are offered an unexpected gift. You don't look a gift horse in the mouth! Surprisingly, the parties which have great stakes in the South and East have scored a spectacular self goal. This is a classic case of cutting the nose to spite the face. In 2001, as the freeze in seats was expiring, I was deeply involved in persuading the then Vajpayee government to continue the freeze in the number of seats allocated to States for another 25 years. An unwieldy coalition and the economic challenge posed by external sanctions after the Pokharan explosion demanded national unity, and the parties responded with the 84th Amendment. Now again a priceless opportunity arose, and the Opposition squandered it without any strategic thinking. If political animosity makes you oblivious of your own interest, or larger interests of fostering unity and focusing on growth and harmony, it is a sign of dysfunctional politics. I appeal to all parties to come together and find a harmonious solution to the thorny problem of seats allocation in the face of demographic imbalances. National unity and our quest for opportunity and prosperity for all demand a fair and swift resolution. In the long run migration will resolve the imbalances. Already millions of migrant workers are building and sustaining the economies of several States in the South, West and North. That is why, despite low fertility rate, Maharashtra's share of the population is increasing. In the US, dramatic internal migration changed the demography and representation over the years. People move freely to States where there is growth and jobs are created. In a century, Florida increased its representation in the US Congress from 4 to 28, California from 11 to 52, Texas from 18 to 38, and Washington from 5 to 10. Owing to outward migration, New York lost seats, from 43 to 26, Pennsylvania from 36 to 17, Illinois from 27 to 17, Ohio from 22 to 15, and Missouri from 16 to 8. We should make it easy for people to migrate to other States and recognize and respect their constitutional rights everywhere and make their life easier and safe. That will resolve our demographic challenges. Most states reached low fertility levels, and Bihar, UP, MP, Rajasthan and Jharkhand too are going to reach there in a few years. We need a reasoned and pragmatic approach to grow together and become strong. Let us persuade parties to shed inflammatory and divisive rhetoric and focus on quality education and skills and opportunities for all.

@indiantweeter @AryamanBharat He was a visionary stealth Urban planner. We didn’t understand at that time.

Meet Dr Dutta Samant, the man who promised revolution to 2.5 lakh workers of mumbai textiles mills led them to a strike which went for over an year and half. Most of the mumbai mill owners took their business elsewhere leading to unemployment for over 1.5 lakh mill workers.

@aajtak This incident reveals something else too - that the person may not have been requisite equanimity to be a judge.

ट्रोलिंग से टूटीं मेरठ की प्रणिता, रिटायर्ड जज पिता बोले- तलाक के बाद बेटी को सदमे से निकालने के लिए बजाए थे ढोल Pranita Meerut Divorce Case: मेरठ की प्रणिता और उनके पिता रिटायर्ड जज ज्ञानेंद्र शर्मा का मामला अब एक कानूनी और सामाजिक विवाद में बदल गया है. तलाक के बाद 'ढोल-नगाड़ों' के साथ बेटी का स्वागत करने वाले वीडियो के वायरल होने के बाद सोशल मीडिया पर प्रणिता को काफी ट्रोल किया जा रहा है, जिससे उनका मानसिक तनाव और बढ़ गया है. पूरी खबर : intdy.in/oc3h4m #Meerut #PranitaCase #SocialMediaTrolling #MentalHealthAwareness #DivorceCase #ViralVideo

@sreeramjvc After Jio dropped telecom prices this is possibly the first real election in TN with full social media impact. Social media negates all strengths of the incumbent.

If you can’t read the signals from the ground even now then either you are blind or you are completely politically ignorant or you are so biased that you don’t want to see. Tough to cap the upper limit now.

How many times has the US been an intermediary in a War in the past 250 odd years- Perhaps Hardly How many times has the Soviet Union/ Russia been an interlocutor since 1917 not to talk about Tsarist Russia to end a war - Perhaps Never How many times has China been a go between in a conflict since Millennia - Hardly ever. Big and confident powers are actors not brokers. Small or Middle Powers seeking recognition through mediation . That should explain Pakistan’s role in the attempted arbitration between Iran and the US . History is instructive. People should read

@mosquitomani Usually you don’t debate with your voters. You listen …

பிரச்சனை பிடிஆர் இடம் இல்லை அஇஅதிமுக ஆட்சியாக இருந்தால் அவரால் சிறந்த எம்எல்ஏ வாக செயல்பட்டு இருக்க முடியும் டம்மி பாவா சுடாலின் ஆட்சியின் விளைவால் அவருக்கு கெட்ட பெயர் பாவம்... #நல்லாட்சினா_எடப்பாடியார்_தான்

@YRanaraja Can you post the link which has the link of people/orgs who fund the organization you work for? Thanks.

Dear India, While you boast about becoming the fourth-largest economy, South Asia is on the verge of becoming one of the poorest regions in the world, largely because you are unable to resolve even basic issues with Pakistan. Your career diplomats sit at mediation meetings and begin by labeling Pakistan a terrorist nation, next time, try starting with “good morning.” Not that we care, but your actions are impacting the entire region, which is on its way to becoming the poorest in the world. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Yours sincerely, South Asian Countries

@Gautamtales @Kal_Chiron The real question is who is trying to fill technology gaps of India. Foreigners won’t fund these. Foreigners are willing to fund businesses in India that are based on Indian consumption not strategic gaps. Sequoia has to exit China for this reason.

@Kal_Chiron e-commerce, IT and all other dynamic sectors are also dominated by Baniyas because balls are required for risk taking which many other communities dont have - what they hv is spite and jealousy and plenty of free advice to offer who take risks

This is a problem. Indian Baniyas are looking for buying stuff off the shelf than have money invested in R&D

@PMOIndia please look at policy or encouraging plug in hybrids .

@KannadigaSpeaks If large % of any workers cohort in any particular field is migrant, those dealing with them may have to learn their language out of their own self interest.

And some People in Karnataka want us to learn the Migrant Language

@avataram Those who have never experienced failure till late in life get hit hard by their first big failure.

@PMOIndia we have abundant solar energy. We are not pricing energy between 9 am & 4 pm based on solar costs or geopolitical costs ( real full cost of energy ) . We should use this crisis to price energy based on TOD & aggressively switch part of cooking energy to electricity.