Indian Politics and Democracy


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Imagine my friend starts a local club called the Nobel Society, gives me an award, and calls me the Edward Jenner of Cyberabad.

Then, my supporters start claiming I’ve won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Eventually, the state govt adds my achievement to textbooks, and the Civil Services exam starts asking questions about it. Absurd, right? Well, something like this has happened.

In 1970, Periyar was honored by UNESCO with an award, the citation of which said: “Periyar, the Prophet of a New Age, Socrates of South Asia, Father of the Social Reform Movement, Arch Enemy of ignorance, superstitions, meaningless customs, and base manners.”

The information was included in State Board school textbooks, examinations, and even in State Public Service Commission question papers.

But here's the catch : The award was not given by the UNESCO you know, but by a local Tamil Nadu club that calls itself UNESCO Mandram. They say they are volunteers who work to promote UNESCO's ideals and values in civil society.

This false information is still mainstream. In 2021, a plea was filed in the Madras High Court to remove it from the textbooks. Don't know what happened to that.
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Hi guys,
Are we really making progress in the in basic areas and basic requirements or lagging?
 
Anants said:
@crazywithmath yeh rishta kya kehlata hai...
:playball:

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Modi loves the Bureaucrats in his cabinet just like Antonia Maino loved to have Manmohan Singh as the PM. Bureaucrats are good managers, but they are bad leaders in general. They are agreeable towards their "masters". Hence they pose zero political threat to the supreme leaders.

I think that this Starlink deal has got stuck in Modi's throat like a bone. Being a corporate dalaal, he thought that this too would pass, but it did not.

He has come to fear that his image of a staunch nationalist will get eroded due to the kind of SM coverage this deal will receive from his core support base.
 
Anants said:
@crazywithmath yeh rishta kya kehlata hai...
:playball:

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Feel bad for the intern managing ministerji's SM.

DingDong said:
Modi loves the Bureaucrats in his cabinet just like Antonia Maino loved to have Manmohan Singh as the PM. Bureaucrats are good managers, but they are bad leaders in general. They are agreeable towards their "masters". Hence they pose zero political threat to the supreme leaders.

I think that this Starlink deal has got stuck in Modi's throat like a bone. Being a corporate dalaal, he thought that this too would pass, but it did not.

He has come to fear that his image of a staunch nationalist will get eroded due to the kind of SM coverage this deal will receive from his core support base.
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Bruh, calm down. The avg Indian voter has never visited xitter. Heck, he/she does not even know what Starlink is. This won't affect Ji's 'nationalist' image one bit.

Starlink's approval is stuck because the gormint is wary of them - as simple as that. Not everything is an election issue.
 
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I speak from my own experience in India too. I have some limited experience with Indian healthcare sector. Your doctors spend 1 minute with a patient and then prescribe medications that treat absolutely nothing (Librium (chlordiazepoxide) for stomach pain? lol what?). Insurance companies in the US overcharging is meaningless. We are developing decentralized medicine in the US. If you know where to look you don't need insurance (the government mandates it though unfortunately).


Edit: Since you may not know from my previous complainings: When I went to Kedarnath, the Gujarati pujaris themselves were demanding bribes from me for a Rudraabhishekham. By the way after extorting me for 8500 Rs (5000 rs + 3500rs bribe) I got to spend a measly 5 minutes with the Shivalingam with 0 Sri Rudram.
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Benzos are supposed to be muscle relaxants too thereby easing pain . Though I must add they should be prescribed as last resort unless condition warrants otherwise & only on PRN basis unless it is working & condition warrants daily administration .

My experience in Har ki Pauri , Mathura , Vrindavan has been quite similar . Plain extortionists playing with your psyche/fear of supurnatural . Worst experience was in Gokul . Sort of local syndicate , every player had a cut .
In contrast , my experience at two South temples was quite the opposite . Though both were famous at regional level not national .
 
I have been strictly adherent to 'vocal for local' unless ofc there is no local (or quality local) . So Starlink would be out for me unless at some point in future , it is able to throw all our players out of the ring . I hope so not .

Also , my concern is it might not just be us retail consumers but something else pertaining to national integrity . I hope so not .
 
crazywithmath said:
Feel bad for the intern managing ministerji's SM.



Bruh, calm down. The avg Indian voter has never visited xitter. Heck, he/she does not even know what Starlink is. This won't affect Ji's 'nationalist' image one bit.

Starlink's approval is stuck because the gormint is wary of them - as simple as that. Not everything is an election issue.
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You wish.

More than 50% people who were discussing 2G scam and Coal scam in 2014 didn't know what 2G spectrum was or how superficial the calculation done by the CAG was regarding coal block sale. Those were scams but not in the scale it was projected to be But still everyone and their mother decided that ciorruption was a too big a problem under UPA and kicked UPA out to usher in Modi.

In 2014 there was few people with internet and yet the damage was catastrophic for UPA and congress more specifically. Now multiply the effect hundred times with resdy availability of interent and social media penetration at every level. Heck, a rumour started by INC about caste quota removal by Modi lost BJP sole majoeity in 2024. A rumour conutered by all pro BJPians at every stage and still UP bled seats horrendously. What can runour about F35 and Starlink being shived down India's throat can do to the core voters?

Btw, BSNL had already launched satellite internet connections in India. Given time Jio & Airtel too will catch up. Starlink is actually a security threat for India. US cannot be and shouldn't be trusted. More so when a feckless person like Musk is selling something, first reaction should be not to buy that.
 
Krur_Singh said:
Benzos are supposed to be muscle relaxants too thereby easing pain . Though I must add they should be prescribed as last resort unless condition warrants otherwise & only on PRN basis unless it is working & condition warrants daily administration .

My experience in Har ki Pauri , Mathura , Vrindavan has been quite similar . Plain extortionists playing with your psyche/fear of supurnatural . Worst experience was in Gokul . Sort of local syndicate , every player had a cut .
In contrast , my experience at two South temples was quite the opposite . Though both were famous at regional level not national .
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Mallus said South Indian temple experience is exact opposite. Btw the Mallus were the most angry at seeing the police take bribes

Edit: "Exact opposite" meaning in line with your experience. They said that North Indian temples are horribly managed and it's misfortune. South Indian are very well run, for now, and that I shouldn't be disappointed just based on this
 
DingDong said:
Interesting observation. Elitism no longer pays off in India. People of India have stopped "hero worship", particularly the right-leaning people.

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Rise of China and PLA armed forces increased some awareness among our junta. They can't hide behind we can fight with whatever we have instead of arming ourselves whatever products we have completed test and waiting for induction in mass numbers. Also continous crying for Imports also questioned now.

Good thing to see.
 

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Teacher Arrested In Salem For Supporting Centre's Three-Language Policy


In a blatant act of suppressing dissent, a teacher in Salem has been arrested for expressing support for the three-language policy on social media.


Kaliyuga Kannan, a resident of Gorimedu, Salem, who runs a tutorial college and a NEET coaching center, had posted about Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s statement, encouraging students to learn multiple languages to enhance their skills.


Kannan also voiced his support for the central government’s trilingual policy while criticizing the Tamil Nadu government’s contradictory stance on the issue.


Following his post, the cybercrime police registered a case against him under five different sections, including charges of disturbing public peace and defamation. He was subsequently presented in court and remanded to Salem Central Jail.


His sudden arrest, particularly during the ongoing public examinations, has left his students shocked and concerned.


Speaking to the media, the daughter of Kaliyuga Kannan, who was arrested, expressed her distress, saying, "My father had posted on Twitter in support of the three-language policy. For that, the cybercrime police arrested him around 2 PM. Even though we assured them of our full cooperation, they were treating him harshly. We demand justice for this! How can someone be arrested over a simple comment? We are two daughters still studying. With the 12th exams approaching, do they realize how many students rely on my father?"


With inputs from @TamilJanamNews


#DravidianModel #TamilNadu
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This is a test not just of the people of TN but of their youth especially the students. Previously I'd posted how BDS is a worthless degree in cities like Chennai given dentists there are a dime a dozen but also how MBBS doctors working one shift barely make 40-50,000/- pm. They need another side business to make serious money if they don't have a plan for further education or to migrate abroad.

You can extend this logic to engineers ,STEM graduates, other professional degrees etc. In fact even if these graduates were familiar with Kannada or Telugu leave aside Hindi, they stand a better chance for employment in neighboring states.

All this is due to the simple reason that This churning out more professional degrees than they can employ within the state. Hence while OTOH we're seeing North & East Indian States being under served by medical doctors given the sheer paucity of them, OTOH we're seeing a glut of the same in TN.

If the students of TN let this one pass they're digging their own grave. It's bad enough they got a bunch of thugs who took them for a ride once, if they do it twice you know what they say - fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

In fact Annamalai should do a pro Hindi agitation against the Gulti MK much like the latter mobilised the students in the anti Hindi agitations in the 1950s which brought them to power in the 1960s. They're still cagey about the whole language issue where they should be utilising SM to raise awareness & organise students highlighting the afore mentioned points.

I'm of the belief TN has changed. All it needs is for someone to call the bluff of the ruling party & elites.
 
Azaad said:

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This is a test not just of the people of TN but of their youth especially the students. Previously I'd posted how BDS is a worthless degree in cities like Chennai given dentists there are a dime a dozen but also how MBBS doctors working one shift barely make 40-50,000/- pm. They need another side business to make serious money if they don't have a plan for further education or to migrate abroad.

You can extend this logic to engineers ,STEM graduates, other professional degrees etc. In fact even if these graduates were familiar with Kannada or Telugu leave aside Hindi, they stand a better chance for employment in neighboring states.

All this is due to the simple reason that This churning out more professional degrees than they can employ within the state. Hence while OTOH we're seeing North & East Indian States being under served by medical doctors given the sheer paucity of them, OTOH we're seeing a glut of the same in TN.

If the students of TN let this one pass they're digging their own grave. It's bad enough they got a bunch of thugs who took them for a ride once, if they do it twice you know what they say - fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

In fact Annamalai should do a pro Hindi agitation against the Gulti MK much like the latter mobilised the students in the anti Hindi agitations in the 1950s which brought them to power in the 1960s. They're still cagey about the whole language issue where they should be utilising SM to raise awareness & organise students highlighting the afore mentioned points.

I'm of the belief TN has changed. All it needs is for someone to call the bluff of the ruling party & elites.
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Old thread but highlights what I've written about.



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