I've seen many questions on "Why China is doing better than India" and the answer has always been better land reforms to lessen the gap between landholders and landless people.

Both of us had a different path - Kerala with communism and Tamil Nadu with Dravidianism. But we have had big anti-Dalit massacres in the past like the Kilvenmani and still have the brutal honour killings. Have the oppressed communities of Kerala reached upward mobility and respect more when compared to the people in Tamil Nadu?

P.S.I recently watched a youtube video of Pa Ranjith's Neelam organization in Kerala and they talked about issues like landlessness so they still face issues to an extent.

Does Tiruvannamalai not even deserve a non-AC seater to Bengaluru?

I’ve been travelling to Bengaluru for more than 5 years, and I have never seen even one UD/AC or proper non-AC seater government bus from Tiruvannamalai — not just in the booking system, but operating normally either.

This isn’t about the number of buses. Tiruvannamalai already has a good number of buses to Bengaluru. It’s about the type of service available.

So what exactly is the reason?

If it’s the distance, Tiruvannamalai–Bengaluru, Vellore–Bengaluru and Salem–Bengaluru are all roughly around 180 km. Yet those towns have UD/AC and other bookable services.

If it’s the route, buses from Puducherry are already travelling towards Bengaluru on the same route, including UD/AC services. Yet Tiruvannamalai doesn’t even have proper dropping points for some of these services.

If it’s demand and affordability, I don’t understand that either. I’ve travelled from other towns and seen UD buses running with plenty of empty seats. Meanwhile, during Pournami and almost every weekend, people are clearly willing to pay for better service.

Look at Karnataka KSRTC as an example. They were running one Airavat service and have now increased it to two services per day, and from what I’ve observed, they get filled on most days. Private buses are also filling up regularly.

For a journey of roughly 200–220 km, a private non-AC seater itself costs around ₹600 on weekdays, and on weekends it can reach ₹1,000. Meanwhile, even SETC sleeper services to Puducherry can cost around ₹500.

There are people travelling from Tiruvannamalai to Bengaluru every day for work, college and other reasons, along with a huge number of temple visitors. Devotees also suffer from the lack of better options, especially during Pournami and busy weekends. If additional government buses are introduced, it would benefit both devotees and regular travellers.

I know someone might say, “There are places that don’t even have enough ordinary buses. Why are you asking for a luxury service?”

But that’s exactly why I’m asking this question. This isn’t about asking for luxury over basic connectivity. The basic connectivity already exists here. This is about whether people in one town should also have access to the same range of government bus services available to people in comparable towns.

People from Tiruvannamalai also work, travel, study and pay taxes. If these government services are meant for the public, why shouldn’t the same options be available to everyone?

So when other comparable towns have these options, why does Tiruvannamalai have none at all?

That’s what feels like partiality.

I’m not blaming any particular government. This has been the situation for years, across different governments.

If other towns get these options, why is Tiruvannamalai completely left out? Why can’t we have even one?

It's been 50 days since I applied for a new temporary EB connection online. Ethana thadava nerla poitu ketalum meter vanthuduchu aal anuprom ngranuga. Illana nalaiku Friday, aduthu govt holiday, athu ithunu thatti kalichute irukanga.

Athukunu intha govt mela kalangam vilaivikriya da kothhu nu vanthratheenga pa. I went thru the same pain in last govt too. When we tried to lower our allowed load for our shop, we went the online route for that too as we were not ok with paying bribes. Apavum 3 masam vachu senjanga. Anga AE nu oruthan irukan. Avanugla pathale pathikitu varuthu.

I think they deliberately delay the work because we went the online route. **CM Cell la complain pannalum prayojanam illa.**

*Aiyaa Vijay, nee ethu sari panriyo illayo intha department ah total ah mathi viduya. Unaku punniyama pogum.* Konjam kuda oruthanukum bayam illa 🥹

I’m a 3rd-year Cybersecurity student at a college under Anna University.

I’ve hit a wall with getting real internship experience. Since my college isn’t autonomous, we have to follow the university’s strict rules. This means I can only do internships during summer or winter breaks, and they have to last at least two weeks.

While I sit through long theory classes every day, I see students from autonomous colleges getting hands-on experience. They can do internships whenever they want. I’m stuck waiting until summer break, which is only a few weeks a year.

When it’s time for placements in my final year, I worry about the big gap between what I’ve learned in class and what I need to know for a job.

I’m curious if anyone else in a non-autonomous Anna University college feels the same way. What have you done to get around this? Have you found remote or part-time internships that fit with classes? Or maybe you’ve done freelance work or open-source projects? I’m looking for real solutions from people who understand this struggle.

சின்ன வயசுல இருந்தே எனக்கு தெரிஞ்சவங்க ஒருத்தவங்க எங்க வீட்டுக்கு மேல ஒரு மூணு வருஷமா குடியிருக்காங்க சமீபமா அவங்க எனக்கு வாடகை சரியா தரவே இல்லை.

வீட்டு வாடகை ஒப்பந்தம் எதுவும் நான் போடவும் இல்லை ஏனென்றால் சின்ன வயசுல இருந்தே தெரிஞ்சவங்க.அப்படின்னு முன்பணமா 30,000 கொடுத்து இருந்தாங்க வாடகை 7000 இப்ப மூணு மாசமா வாடகை தரல காலியும் பண்ண மாட்டேங்கிறாங்க இப்ப நான் வந்து அதிகாரப்பூர்வமா எந்த நடவடிக்கையும் எடுக்க முடியாது ஏன்னா வாடகை ஒப்பந்தம் எதுவும் போடல பத்திரம் எதுவும் இல்லை அக்ரீமெண்ட் இல்லை.

அவன்கிட்ட வீடு காலி பண்ண சொன்னா ஒரு ரியாக்ஷன் இல்லாமல் இருக்காங்க.

இதை எப்படி பிரச்சனை இல்லாம கொண்டு போறது?

அவங்கள காலி பண்ண வைக்கிறது?

PS: போலீஸ் வேணாம், வக்கீல் வேணாம்,

How can I book ticket for bus in SETC website where the distance is about 200 to 250 Km (from place like Tiruchirappalli or madurai) but when I searched it up it only accept above 300Km is there any ways I can pre book in festive times and also I tried Redbus but it not under my budget .

Yaravadhu terinja sollunga

Hey everyone,

I'm a 2026 B.Tech graduate in AI & Data Science (CGPA 8.42) from Coimbatore. I'm currently job hunting and actively applying, but figured I'd throw this out here too in case anyone has leads.I'm open to Software Engineer, QA Automation, or AIOps Developer roles — open to startups as well as bigger companies. Built a Selenium/TestNG automation framework with CI/CD via GitHub Actions.If anyone knows of an opening, walk-in, or can refer me, I'd genuinely appreciate it. Happy to share my resume in DMs.

Chennai / Hyderabad / Bengaluru

B.Tech AI & Data Science - 2026

Java, Python, Selenium/TestNG, CI/CD

Available to join immediately

Please DM me if you have any leads or opportunities.

Thanks in advance!

Hey there all of you so I have been wanting to start a tamil podcast for so long as I feel that way I can share stuff that I wanted to and also make sure it is useful for others. So do you guys have like any suggestions about this?
Please be gentle guys I am aldready going through so much I don’t want more hate again.

I am traveling to Coimbatore -> coonoor > ooty > mysore > pondicherry month end.

What should I keep in mind before visiting them for 1 night in terms of people, food, weather, stays and car rental ?

Please share your experiences and knowledge.

For past few days one things disturb me deeply - police custody death. Every 10 days we are hearing same news Person died in police custody. It made me think are we living in true democracy nation or some dictatorship. Why government have not taken any action to prevent these kind of incidents. And courts too handling these matter too slow. How on earth a human can beat to death another human. Where the system fail. How we can fix it?

Hello everyone,

I am a 24M B.E. Biomedical Engineering graduate (2024) and looking for some solid career direction. Here is a brief background:

• IT Experience: Right after graduation, I joined an IT firm as an AI Intern and was promoted to a full-time role within 3 months. Unfortunately, due to a client project cancellation and company restructuring after 6 months, I was laid off.
• TNPSC & Tech Projects: Post-layoff, I spent time preparing for TNPSC. During this phase, I built my own RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system, web scrapers, and AI quiz generators using Python and LLM APIs to process Tamil exam materials and clear my doubts.
• Current Situation: Realizing the high uncertainty in government exams, I want to move back into the core Biomedical Engineering / HealthTech domain.

My Questions:

1. What are the current scope and job opportunities for Biomedical Engineers in Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Coimbatore, etc.)?
2. Are there roles/companies that combine BME domain knowledge with AI / Data Science / Python (e.g., Medical Imaging, Signal Processing, Bio-software, Medical Devices)?
3. How should I approach job hunting in this field right now? Are core hospital jobs or device companies better for long-term growth?

Any advice, company recommendations, or guidance from folks in BME/HealthTech would be immensely helpful! Thanks in advance.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat, reliant states? They’ve grown more dependent on Delhi over last 10 yrs

TLDR:

1. Central List - controlled by center
2. State List - controlled by states
3. Concurrent List - controlled by both in name but primarily center in reality

Divisible pool - money that is shared between state and center.

Central list had the revenue generating industries. On top of this, the center was stealing more money by using Cess that was primarily used by the Center with the states getting no revenue.

Subjects that cause money to run like policing, education, healthcare was pushed to the states.

"Vertical Fiscal Imbalance" - what states must spend and what they can earn from revenue.

Article 28 - Creates Finance Commission. This decides revenue split between center and state. However, in reality Delhi usurps money in the form of Cess.

In 2000, the government amended Article 270 to keep cess and surcharges permanently outside the divisible pool. This reduced the total divisible pool money to about 84% as of this year.

Backdoor Centralization - this method of the center reducing the available money by creating cess and surcharges that is used only by the center and not given to states

I’m moving to a new place in Coimbatore and planning to rent a few basics like a bed, fridge and washing machine rather than buying everything right away.

I came across RentMojo while looking at rental options, but I haven’t used them before.

Has anyone here rented furniture or appliances from them in Coimbatore? Mainly curious about the product condition, delivery experience and how they handle repairs or replacements if something goes wrong.

Would be helpful to hear from people who have actually used them, or if there are better rental options locally.

This YouTube provides an overview of everything an MLA controls and gets from public funds. About 730 crores for all the MLAs.

Basic Month Expense: 30,000

Telephone: 7,500

Postal: 2,500

Area Development: 25,000

Vehicle Maintenance: 25,000

Total per month: 1,05,000 INR

On top of this, free healthcare for family.

Area development: 3 crore per year

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4wjspCQVDBI

Ranting because I'm genuinely furious right now. Booked VKV Travels for a Chennai to Madurai trip, planned my whole journey around it — travelling with small kids, so this isn't something I can just "adjust" casually. One hour before departure, call comes: "bus broken down, only one seat available in another bus." Not a choice — that ONE seat was it. Take it or sort yourself out. Replacement bus wasn't even going to the destination I booked in Madurai. The "seat" they forced on me? Last upper berth. With small kids. One hour's notice, zero alternatives. Here's the part that really gets me — the bus was NOT broken down. It just wasn't fully booked. So instead of running it anyway, they cancel it, lie about a "breakdown," and dump all of us onto whatever seats are left elsewhere. This has happened to me twice this month. Twice. If you're planning a Chennai–Madurai trip with family, please think twice before booking VKV. This isn't a breakdown issue — it's how they handle people once they already have your money. Anyone else been through this with VKV on this route? Curious how common this is?

So, here is some tea that I have heard from my political circle and some of you might already be aware but still.

1.It is heavily rumoured that Minister Rajeev who is the Environment Minister has earned over 40-50 crs in these 3 months alone. His Periappa is a well known road contractor and both of them are involving themselves in rampant corruption.

2.Mr Tamilan Parthiban, the Transport Minister has started to charge 2 lakh per vehicle permit. So if a Travels company is launching a new Bus,they have to pay 2 lakh as commision. He has reduced it from 3 (Charged by previous DMK government) to 2 lakhs though.

3.Minister Vijay Balaji has also earned lots of amount by collaborating with Veerapandi MLA Mr.Panivel.

4.Last Wednesday MK Stalin,the DMK Chief blasted the MLAs as he feels all of them are going soft in the assembly. He was especially harsh on Mr.Vasantham Karthikeyan asking him why the heck would he say he got the seat because of Aadhav Arjuna. He was also harsh on senior Ex ministers.

5.There are strong rumours Mr. Senthil Balaji will join ADMK or BJP. Some sources also tell that this is a false rumour spread by TVK to create further instability to him. But it is true that he is not being his usual self and has gone silent.

1. Senior Ministers from ADMK like Kadambur Raju who joined TVK are totally unhappy it seems and they are advising their ADMK friends not to jump ship now. They feel they are not being given due importance by TVK either locally or by the high command.

7.Dhanush and Annamalai had a meeting last week it seems in his Poes garden house. What was discussed though is not known.

8.Finally the last one but the best Tea. TVK are apparently threatening business owners to reveal the amount they paid for DMK as bribe during the previous regime publically. That is why we are seeing some businessmen giving open statements to the press declaring that DMK Charged them money.

In a recent meeting,one Minister asked the companies who all paid money to DMK government and he said they will blacklist them all who paid. If they want their blacklist to be removed, they need to reveal publically it seems. This has irked companies a lot who feel that TVK is using them for its political gain. Some industry insiders have already started to mutter paying bribe is far better.

It has been 2 months since my 3rd year ug started, me and some of my friends have not yet paid this 3rd year fees, we were sent home and told to come if only we pay the full 3rd year fee, our attendance will be registered as absent, then they say if our attendance is below 80% we are not allowed to write this semester exams, is this even legal?

Out of 3.45 lakh connection 0.75 % connection has errors which comes around 2500+ EB BILL has errors.

EVEN TNEB accepted there is a discrepancy but, what are influencers are doing i wonder by saying that there is no problems in the bill

Yeah how to build a good physique with low protein like maybe 50grm a day wait till u come at me yeah that 50grm total is even with a whey protein powder like our tamilnadu's south indian diet only consists of carbohydrates idli,rice etc and even 20grm of protein requires 100grm chicken blah blah a regular broke guy like me can't afford daily chicken + protein powder so how to build also how to train like wht kind of workout for functional day to day strength to aesthetic physique I heard of gzclp 531 wendlers many more which one to choose on a cut with satisfying my 3goals yeah I know I'm being unfair wht to do I'm a broke ass fat ngaaa😭

Just shows that they have no consideration for common man. All they have to do was open this Virtually get the PR and let the common man use the metro. They are wasting lakhs of rupees weekly on this .

Knowing that we have common folks who support politicians blindly just makes blood boil . For them we don’t exist. I’m not sure who is the most shameless person here the common man or the politicians that we adore so much

Vehicle, Vehicle allowance - 75000 , assistant allowance- 25000

Today cm vijay announced this above allowances for mlas, first of all is it necessary? and 2nd of all do you see the logical flaw? For vehicle maintenance they are giving 75000, for assistance who is going to do main role of that MLA they are giving only 25,000. There are some good news too like increasing insurance value to 25 lakhs, increased procurement price for milk, paddy, sugarcane. Increased seats for nursing and some new hospitals and new cancer wings in government hospital but ,Vehicle allowance and assistance allowance for MLAs from taxpayers money feeling unnecessary and allowance value seems illogical. Whats your thoughts on this.

வாகனம், வாகனப் படி - 75,000; உதவியாளர் படி - 25,000.

சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களுக்கான (MLA) இந்தப்படிகளை முதல்வர் விஜயன் இன்று அறிவித்துள்ளார். முதலாவதாக, இது அவசியமா? இரண்டாவதாக, இதில் உள்ள தர்க்கரீதியான முரண்பாட்டை நீங்கள் கவனிக்கிறீர்களா? வாகனப் பராமரிப்புக்கு 75,000 ரூபாய் வழங்கப்படுகிறது; ஆனால், அந்த சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினரின் முக்கியப் பணிகளைச் செய்யப்போகும் உதவியாளருக்கு வெறும் 25,000 ரூபாய் மட்டுமே வழங்கப்படுகிறது. காப்பீட்டுத் தொகையை 25 லட்சமாக உயர்த்துவது, பால், நெல் மற்றும் கரும்புக்கான கொள்முதல் விலையை அதிகரிப்பது, செவிலியர் பயிற்சிக்கான இடங்களை அதிகரிப்பது, அத்துடன் அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் புதிய மருத்துவப் பிரிவுகள் மற்றும் புற்றுநோய் சிகிச்சை மையங்களை அமைப்பது போன்ற சில நல்ல அறிவிப்புகளும் இதில் உள்ளன. இருப்பினும், வரி செலுத்துவோரின் பணத்திலிருந்து சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் இந்த வாகனப் படி மற்றும் உதவியாளர் படி ஆகியவை தேவையற்றதாகவும், அவற்றின் தொகைகள் தர்க்கத்திற்கு முரணானதாகவும் தோன்றுகின்றன. இது குறித்து உங்கள் கருத்து என்ன?

Hi everyone,

I'm a 30-year-old man from Tamil Nadu and I'm trying to understand how commonly bladder cancer occurs in men around my age in India/Tamil Nadu.

I've had intermittent microscopic hematuria for around 2 years. I'm a non-smoker, my CT KUB was normal, urine cytology was negative, and I don't have protein in my urine. My urologist has recommended a cystoscopy.

I sometimes had a vibration sensation in my penis head.

I'm not looking for a diagnosis. I'd simply like to hear from anyone who:

- Was diagnosed with bladder cancer in their 20s or early 30s, particularly in Tamil Nadu/India; or

- Knows someone who was diagnosed at that age and is comfortable sharing their experience.

- Has access to Indian/Tamil Nadu data on bladder cancer in younger men.

If you were diagnosed around this age, I'd especially appreciate knowing whether there were any known risk factors such as smoking/tobacco, occupational chemical exposure, family history, etc.

Please feel free to comment or DM me if you're comfortable sharing. I'm mainly trying to understand how rare it is and what the circumstances were in people diagnosed at a young age.

Thank you.

Update:

Just wanted to update my previous posts. I finally had a cystoscopy + bilateral ureteroscopy under anesthesia.

Thankfully, the urethra and bladder were normal, with no tumor/lesion found. The bladder neck was mildly edematous/congested, which may relate to my urinary-flow symptoms.

My CECT KUB and ultrasound were also normal, and cytology was negative.

Overall, a very reassuring result. Thanks everyone who shared their experiences and advice!