Swaroop Shetty

When a bangalorean and mangalorean discuss about language imposition. Hindi Imposition? Na! We're still processing Kannada! Filtered coffee? Please, I’ll take my neer dosa any day—it's the only thing that doesn’t get filtered out! #tulupriorities #SaveTulu #tuluvites

Funny how those who block replies crying about lack of 'coruage'. Funny how it's only 'civil' when people are nodding along to your glory story. The second someone disagrees, it's 'abuse' and block button. That's not a fragile ego at all, right?

You're sitting in your comfortable AC railway bungalow defending the same system you cleared decades ago, while current aspirants are getting crushed by it. But sure, keep telling them they just lack responsibility. Thats too much fragile ego.

You flexed your 1990s struggle, gave everyone lectures on 'personal responsibility', and the moment people pointed out that competition, resources, population, and stakes have completely changed, you immediately pulled the 'apples and oranges' card and started blocking.

@Asmeena76 @Ananth_IRAS @rishilectual Spoon feeding? Aaj ke aspirants YT pe 50 different teachers ka contradictory gyan sunte hain, 10 lakh log ek saath compete karte hain, Prelims mein 0.5-1% selection ratio, aur aap bol rahe ho 'AC room hai toh aasan ho gaya'? Hum aapki tarah chote taalab me machli nahi pakad rahe.

@Ananth_IRAS @rishilectual Adding one thing more, that time we were not spoon feeding generation, all facilities available for today's generation AC Rooms, PG etc.

Yesterday wasn't a very good day, not because I got trolled for this innocuous post of mine, but also because I had to block a large number of handles as they were getting personal, making wild allegations and were abusive. But @rishilectual brilliantly put my post in perspective. And hence I have copied his post - "Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but saying "the paper was easier back then" is technically incorrect. Every generation faces its own distinct challenges. Those who prepared decades ago had no easy access to the internet or study resources. A trip to Delhi was almost mandatory for serious UPSC preparation. So while the questions from that era may appear straightforward in hindsight, having that level of knowledge without modern resources was a genuine challenge in itself. Today's generation has cheap, abundant access to courses, videos, and study material. But that abundance has created its own problem, filtering signal from noise. And because quality resources are now accessible across economic backgrounds, the competitive pool has widened significantly. More aspirants can handle straightforward questions, so examiners are forced to raise the difficulty to maintain the standard of selection. The 2024 paper was an outlier, and if past behaviour is any indication, UPSC will course-correct next year just as it did after the 2023 paper. Hopefully, they bring more rationality to the process going forward. But comparing UPSC papers across decades is comparing apples and oranges. It wasn't easy for Ananth Sir back then, and it isn't easy for this year's rankers either. Every generation deserves to be judged on its own terms." I rest my case. #UPSCPrelims

@Ananth_IRAS @rishilectual You cleared it in 90s when the population was smaller, competition was literally 1/10th, and cutoff probably meant noth. Now with lakhs fighting for same seats, you're out here giving gyan like you invented perseverance. Congrats on blocking people who hurt your fragile 90s ego.

@VarierAravind Highest literacy, highest migration, and still begging for a model that works anywhere except in theory.

The CPI(M)-Kerala should first quit the CPI(M), which is headquartered in Delhi, and launch a full-fledged state-based political party called the CPK (Communist Party of Kerala) by inviting the CPI-Kerala to quit the CPI, which is headquartered in Delhi, and merge with the CPK. NOTE: “Communism with Kerala Characteristics” should be the ideology of the Communist Party of Kerala (CPK), adhering to:👇🏻 1) Economic Pragmatism 2) Export-Oriented High-End MSMEs 3) Strategic Capital Investment by the State Government 4) Revival of Kerala as the Maritime Trade Capital of South Asia 5) Kerala Spatial-Structural Order

Students paying the price again. CBSE's hurried OSM rollout, surprise score drops, and chaos forcing re-evaluations. Add NEET leaks & poorly tested language mandates, those at the helm keep experimenting with our education system while youth bear the brunt.

@DineshDrushya In tulu, we call mother as appe and fathrer as amme.

Is there any backstory why some Kannadigas address their father as Anna? My mom called her father Anna and my dad called his father Appayya. Both of them are from Malnad.

@AbhishBanerj Albania's full religious ban occurred in 1967, she came to India in 1929.

Fun fact "Mother" Teresa is from Albania, a tiny country in Europe Communists banned Christianity in her native Albania So she came all the way to India to preach her religion Here in Calcutta, the Communists helped her spread her religion THAT is how ruthless politics is Politics is never based on emotion.

@AwanishSharan Sir aapka 'mentally tough & emotionally balanced' wala gyan sunke lag raha hai aapne paper nahi dekha, sirf trending hashtag dekhkar gyan pelne aaye ho na?

In my opinion UPSC wants such candidates who are ‘Mentally Tough’, ‘Emotionally Balanced’ and capable of doing better in any situation or circumstance. #CSE

All good things comes to an end....so accept it and move on with regular business.

Not every voice that feels like home has a honest heartbeat. Moving on in silence. #ShadowsAndScreens #Hewrtbreak

@VikasSaraswat Bhai tu pehle apna past dekh, Aukaad dekh ke baat kiya kar. Apna muh band kar aur wardi walon ki thodi izzat kar liya kar.

Manoj Narvane would be good teaching English literature or Philosophy at Fergusson College or Elphinstone. He did not deserve to be in Army and much less be a COAS. What kind of screening and vetting does the institution has that he went on to rise to top position.

@aroorprashanth I have friends who did the other way round.

Everyone name 1 person you know who moved to Kerala from somewhere else.

Good morning 🌞🤗

@VarierAravind Please correct 10th line:- I am a Tulu nativist in Tulu Nadu.❌ I am a hypocrite who silently supports Kannada language chauvinists imposing on Tulunadu. ✅ Tulunadu sees your sham clearly. There is no excuse for a double-standard bastards like you. #stopkannadaimposition

I don't know about others, but I am well aware of the fact that:👇🏻 1) I am a Kannada nativist in Karnataka. 2) I am a Tamil nativist in Tamil Nadu. 3) I am a Telugu nativist in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. 4) I am a Marathi nativist in Maharashtra. 5) I am a Kerala nativist in Kerala. 6) I am a Gujarati nativist in Gujarat. 7) I am a Punjabi nativist in Punjab. 8) I am an Assamese nativist in Assam. 9) I am a Bengali nativist in Bengal. 10) I am a Tulu nativist in Tulu Nadu. 11) I am an Odia nativist in Odisha. 12) I am a Mizo nativist in Mizoram. 13) I am a Bhojpuri nativist in Bhojpur. 14) I am a Marwari nativist in Marwar. 15) I am a Haryanvi nativist in Haryana. And so on... NOTE 1: I am an Indian patriot and NOT an Indian nationalist. NOTE 2: The fundamental responsibility of an Indian patriot is to safeguard the unity and integrity of the different linguistic civilizations of India.

@VarierAravind You're not a language activist. You're an opportunistic hypocrite playing double standards. Practice the linguistic dignity you selectively preach, or admit your activism dies the moment it exposes your own side. Intellectual dishonesty at its finest. Shame.

Firstly, speak in Malayalam during public interactions rather than Kannada if you plan to build your political career in Kerala. Secondly, I respect Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) because they would surely call out Malayali politicians in Karnataka who try to speak in Malayalam rather than Kannada during public interactions. Thirdly, I find it absurd to see you demand that the UDF implement the free bus scheme when their Chief Minister is yet to be sworn into office on 18 May 2026.

@VarierAravind Your "principles" are selective, silent cheerleader for kannad imposition. What hook does they have that you ignore KRV's linguistic thuggery. Why you have not dared to openly criticize them and tell us to rise back, just because they are your ally for anti "hindi" imposition ?

@VarierAravind Your only support separate Tulunadu statehood was for namesake. Ever dared to about our self respect? You cozy up to the very group that defends Kannada dominance over Tulunadu and blocks genuine linguistic autonomy there. This is peak hypocrisy and a fully compromised position.

@VarierAravind Please spare us your fake linguistic equality lectures. You scream when any kannadiga speak Sanskrit. You then call Sanskrit a "foreign" language and call for their self respect? Yet you openly respect and cheer Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, the gang of Kannada chauvinist bullies.