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@JDheepthi @xpresstn @mike_vmm @SAPRAVEENA1 @NirupamaViswa Hello Deepthi, I would like to contribute. How do I get in touch ?

After my story on @xpresstn about the hardships faced by 17-year-old Annapoorani who scored 428 in Class 12 despite all odds, Ethiraj College Chairman @mike_vmm offered her a seat in his college with full scholarship. @SAPRAVEENA1 @NirupamaViswa newindianexpress.com/amp/story/citi…

The Indian salaried class has been methodically stripped of every single inflation hedge available to it, one budget at a time. You tried crypto. They slapped a 30% flat tax on gains, allowed no set-off of losses, and added 1% TDS on transfers. You tried equities. Budget 2024 raised STCG from 15% to 20%, raised LTCG from 10% to 12.5%, increased STT on F&O, and also killed indexation for most other long-term capital gains. You thought fine, I’ll diversify some savings abroad through LRS. They put 20% TCS on remittances above 10 lakhs for investments abroad. You tried Sovereign Gold Bonds, because surely a government-issued, government-backed gold hedge would be the one clean instrument they would not mess with. Then Budget 2026 came along and removed the capital gains exemption for secondary market buyers. And now the final insult. The Prime Minister has publicly asked you to avoid buying physical gold for a year in the “national interest,” because gold imports use foreign exchange. So let me get this straight. A middle class wagie earning in depreciating rupees, watching FD rates hover around 6.5% while real life inflation keeps eating his purchasing power, has now been told: Crypto is taxed like a vice. Equities are more expensive to hold and exit. Foreign diversification gets hit with TCS. SGBs are being wound down and tax-narrowed. Buying physical gold is now unpatriotic. Basically, every single exit from rupee depreciation has been systematically curtailed. You are expected to hold your savings in instruments the government controls, at returns the government sets, for a currency the government is rapidly inflating away. Does this sound like Amrit Kaal to you?

Hi All, If you have come across any bright students coming from poor financial background who have finished their 10th standard this year and scored more than 80%, please ask them to contact the NGO - Prerana (Supported by Infosys foundation). The NGO is conducting a written test and those who clear the test will be eligible for financial help for their further studies. Please ask the students to contact the people mentioned below to get the form: Contact numbers: 1. Ms. Saraswati - 9900906338 2. Mr. Shivkumar - 9986630301 3. Ms. Bindu - 99645 34667 Even if you don't know anyone, please pass on this info, someone might be in need of this. infosys.com/infosys-founda… Thanks Forward it in other groups as well. If it helps even one person, this is good information for poor students

தோல்வியோ, இல்ல அடி வாங்கினதோ இங்க யாருக்கும் பெரிய விசயமே கிடையாது.. ஏன்னா இங்க முக்காவாசி பேர் வாழ்க்கை முழுக்கவே அதால தான் நிறைஞ்சிருக்கு.. உழைக்காத, அறமற்ற ஒருத்தனுக்கு கிடைக்கற வெகுமதியை தான் இங்க யாராலையும் ஏத்துக்க முடியல.. இது வயித்தெரிச்சல் இல்ல, அறச்சீற்றம்..

@JDheepthi Hello Deepthi, how do I get in touch with them to help them out for studies ?

Annapoorani herself has had to work as a house help at two houses besides helping a family with fetching drinking water during the past 3 years. Kamalam said they had no one else to support. They live in a thatched one room house for rent. And can benefit with some help.

“Even if it was work worth Rs 10, I would take it up,” said D Kamalam, 75, great grand mother of R Annapoorani who scored 428 in Plus Two. From washing vessels to cleaning bathrooms and chopping veggies, she did all jobs she found to make sure Annapoorani was in school @xpresstn

Today I reminded my Parents that it’s not their job to make their children happy. It’s your job to teach, nurture, support, and guide humans to be kind, compassionate, respectful problem-solvers.

Tamil parents will veto your career choices, reject your love marriage, and demand a 10-year ROI presentation before buying a new TV, but will casually hand over their state to Vijay just because their kid made a puppy face. Make it make sense 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

Stress is silent killer, but the emotional stress from relationships is way worse. Detach from unhealthy relationship. Detach from unhealthy relationship. Detach from unhealthy relationship. Detach from unhealthy relationship. Detach from unhealthy relationship. Life is all about having good relationship. So don't get into toxic environments and be happy with your real people.

அடிக்கின்ற காற்றில் காகமும் பறக்கும் காகிதமும் பறக்கும் காற்று நிற்கும் வரை பொறு! காற்று நின்றால் தான் தெரியும் பறவை எது காகிதம் எது என்று!

This girl said: The annoying part about being depressed is wanting to talk to someone about being depressed but your depression is also telling you that no one cares and stop bothering people with your problems. & i couldn’t agree more

@revathitweets Pls pls help spreading below awareness so the govt can act. Underride guard, also commonly called a Mansfield bar are sturdy, horizontal steel bars installed across the rear of large commercial trucks and semi-trailers which will help reduce such fatalities to a great extent

Confessions and realities 42M, 55LPA I am a 42-year-old man with a senior job in IT. I have a house in Chennai, a supportive wife, and two children. On paper, everything about my life looks perfect. I have achieved all the things society says a man should achieve. In my twenties, life felt different. I had friends to spend time with. We would hang out at Marina Beach and Besant Nagar beach, watch movies at Rohini, Udayam, and Kasi theatres, and ride around Mount Road on my RX100. In my thirties, I had colleagues to talk with over tea breaks. We would discuss apartments, onsite trips, and share random stories about life and work. But now, in my forties, life has turned into a quiet routine. My phone rarely rings for anything personal. Most calls are about office work, bank alerts, or someone from home asking me to pick up milk on the way back. The loneliness of a man in his forties is unusual. I am not physically alone, but I often feel like a machine. When I enter my home, I am simply “Appa.” I am the person who pays school fees, fixes the Wi-Fi, and handles repairs. My wife is busy with her work and the kids. My children are teenagers now, living in their own worlds and their own rooms. They love me, but they mostly see me as the person who provides comfort and stability. They no longer see me as an individual. At the office, I am the senior person. I am expected to have all the answers. I cannot tell my team that I feel tired. I cannot tell my boss that I sometimes struggle to keep up with new technologies. I must appear confident and strong, even when I quietly worry about the future. Sometimes I drive home slowly from work just to spend a few extra minutes in the car. I listen to songs from my college days. For those fifteen minutes, I am not a manager or a father. I am simply myself again. I realize that I have not had a real conversation about my feelings with anyone in years. My old friends now exist mostly as names on WhatsApp. We send “Happy Birthday” or “Congratulations” messages, but rarely talk. When we meet at weddings, our conversations revolve around our children’s grades or the cars we drive. We never talk about what we actually feel. The hardest part is that I cannot even complain. If I tell my family that I feel lonely, they look confused and say, “But we are all here with you.” They do not understand that a person can be surrounded by people and still feel like they are on a desert island. Society teaches men that if they provide money and security, they have succeeded in life. But no one teaches us how to deal with the silence that comes with it. I have built a beautiful life for everyone around me, but sometimes it feels like there is no space left for me inside it. And maybe… this is what life in your forties feels like.

Man goes to America. Does PhD. Stays back. Gets job. Starts family. Starts business. Builds fortune. In that order. Years pass. All well. All perfect. Until not anymore. Problems in marriage. On the verge. Desperate to separate. Only one hurdle. California is a “community property” state. Which means that wealth generated during a marriage is generally split 50-50 in a divorce. Whatever man owns of his business, wife gets half of it. Can’t let that happen. Solution? Transfers almost all he owns to siblings in India. Shares, IPR, the works. Keeps only 5% to himself. And then? Back to India. Two oceans away from California laws. Away from American jurisdiction, under banners of “rural empowerment,” “austerity,” and “nation-building,” a new phase of life about to start. Unencumbered with the ghosts from the troubled marriage. But wait...man still married, right? WhatsApp to the rescue. Talaq...talaq...talaq. Sorry, he no Muslim, so no talaq. Just a polite WhatsApp text saying, me want divorce. Finally free. Unencumbered from the woman’s presence, breath of fresh air. New life. New narratives. “The recluse” who owns just 5% of his business! Except, sister safekeeps 47% and brother 35%. Nationalism, austerity, and build-in-India. Potent mix. Man becomes patron saint of Bharatmata’s arrival. But wife unwilling to give up. Stranded with a specially abled son, woman moves court. In California. Court passes verdict. Man guilty of abandonment. Asked to post a billion-dollar bond. Man appeals. Loses. Man tries restructuring business. Court says no. Man must distance himself from the corporate helm at his business to safeguard interests. Steps down as CEO. Steps up as “chief whatever.” Convenient. Effective? Time will tell. But for now... Quite the rockstar in home country. Writing open letters asking Indians to “come back for Bharatmata.” Basking in hero-worship. Might enter politics, the last refuge, you know. Unsolicited advice: Don’t listen to him. He had to, you don’t. There’s a reason you left home. And that reason isn’t just money. It’s a quality of life your folks back home cannot begin to comprehend.

@marxistnila Former jumped directly to advanced treatment without trying out medications first in my case. It depends.

@vinorv2 yess i do. who do u suggest?

chennai oomfs, help me find a good and affordable rheumatologist

@marxistnila I consulted kavitha from kauvery hospital and rajasekhar ashok nagar. You can consult both and go with your gut who suits you. Pls take second opinions if you would feel off with their suggestions.

@marxistnila Let me know if you need help with finding a right doctor. I know how tough to nagivate all this. After 5 years of struggle with multiple doctor visits and I went here after not being able to walk at all, finally in a good shape now.

@vinorv2 thank you!

35 years of experience teaches you one thing: In India, most HR departments aren't there to protect employees, they are there to protect the Management from the employees. ​The latest from the Nashik BPO scandal is a perfect case study. The firm’s HR manager has just been arrested by the SIT. ​Why? Because she allegedly: Ignored emails reporting sexual harassment. Told victims that abuse is common in MNC culture. Advised women to stay cool while 6 team leaders allegedly ran a predatory racket. ​This is TCS - India's biggest MNC ecosystem. If this chalta hai attitude is the standard at the top, imagine the horror in the smaller firms. When you see a He/Him or She/Her in an HR head profile, take it as a signal. Often, the louder the feminist or progressive labels, the lower the actual empathy in the office. ​​The Nashik Police and the SIT are doing a commendable job. The media is needs to report this case with a professional, factual lens rather than a secular filter that often obscures the truth of religious coercion. ​Let this be a final wake-up call for Corporate India: Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) under the POSH Act are a legal mandate, not a suggestion. As more women enter the workforce, the era of HR being a management puppet must end.

@DealsDhamaka Hi Vineeth,could you please check your dm

Sources say that Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned

@nsarathc Hi Sarath, could you share the gsheet template ? I care more about data privacy, hence using these apps are a big-no.

This note from Rajeev Thakkar ji gives me confidence that I'm doing a meaningful thing in using just two apps: 1. Google Sheets (to track asset allocation & decide where my current installment should go); and 2. MF Utility (to execute the decision arrived at, in Step 1).