Bright day or dark night, no kasamusa escapes my sight! I loiter on
@theotherbanana
& have lots of
#AnanthaProblems
!
(Note: I'm *NOT* lyricist Anantha Sriram!)
The greatest trick the BJP & the IT cell ever pulled was convincing the world that Rahul Gandhi is dumb & that Modiji is an educated savant. Pity that a lot of even otherwise intelligent seeming folks have fallen for one or both of the above in the past 6 years.
Some of you 2010 Twittee folks know that my wedding reception doubled as a tweetup. She was invited just like a number of you were. She couldn't make it. It would have been an unexpected pleasant surprise if she had. Few days later, she emailed me this.
@raghunath7
@suchitrav
Uncle. Please sit down. We are going to be around for a good 20 more years post your departure for whichever hell you are headed to. Also, how would crying reduce burning moments? Get off WhatsApp immediately.
Whoever you are, if you are a BJP supporter, I'm judging you for the fascist enabler that you are. I'm sure it doesn't matter to you that I do, but it does to me.
Dei uncle. You and your columnists were responsible for the spread of that particular canard with multiple articles and 50 word edits. Fuck off da dei.
Ambimamas that denounced the Congress on the basis of a CAG report that was proven to be based on thin air are now dismissing the BJP's own electoral bonds scam with a "oh all parties are in it". Votha dei. Brown nosed shitty bastards.
1. This is severely lazy.
2. Atleast spell his name right, even if you are in a hurry to be the 1st with your dumb joke.
3. This entire line of comedy must die.
4. Fucking North Indians
70+ old Amma wants me to teach her how to use her SBI online banking account so she can check on her stuff by herself.
How do I tell her that entering the cutting edge SBI's site requires jumping thro 6 fire lined hoops that require 8 OTPs in 30 sec intervals to get through?
I've ordered in samosas (three different fillings) multiple times for the fam & found all of them mixed up in the package. We couldn't ever identify what is what until one of us took a bite.
And then yesterday, M found this stamped on the edge. GENIUS, I tell you.
Govt claims SC mandated Aadhaar-sim linkage. Telcos harass & coerce consumers. Lots of people give in to threats. One telco even creates payment bank accounts linked to Aadhaar without consent & diverts money, but goes unpunished. Govt accepts it lied about SC mandate. Now what?
Dear
@RahulGandhi
, kindly issue a statement immediately, preferably via a video, condemning all the molestation that happens in the name of Holi. At least then, your sleeping shadow (and troll-in-attendance) Smriti Irani will wake up & call a press conference.
I've said this before and will say it again - any Indian govt IT effort thrust on us is actually driven by bad actors who carefully keep their work out of the guardrails offered by law. This means no one is accountable for anything, no post facto finger pointing, Nothing! 🤷🏾♂️
@rsprasad
Hi
@rsprasad
uncle. Happy New Year! How are you? Was any FIR filed against Airtel? Remember how they put money into payment bank accounts without user consent? Can you please ask
@ceouidai
/
@ceo_uidai
uncle to inform us about it?
Dear young ones of
#2020Twitter
, let me tell you something that
#2010Twitter
knew very well. Twitter isn't about who follows you. It is about who *you follow*. Don't lose sleep about folks that unfollowed. Instead be selective about who *you follow* (& amplify).
#kthxbye
Anyways,
@Twitter
@TwitterIndia
I've reported that cadaver feeding vulture in every possible category available on your "Report Tweet" feature. Do the needful?
Incidentally,
@Twitter
&
@TwitterIndia
, while every other item is present in direct or indirect form on your "Report Tweet" options, that 2nd item can't be found. Can you please add it to the options so it makes it easier for us to report such cretins.
So today the Chennai High Court heard a petition filed on my behalf (and a few others) against mandatory Aadhaar to file ITR. And the court ruled to allow the manual filing of ITR sans Aadhaar.
#DestroyTheAadhaar
Ok. Searching for my best "Shot by me. Drop yours." entry, I found a couple more worthies.
1. When
@sachin_rt
got to 14000 Test runs & I was there, waiting for that moment.
2. That time when
@arrahman
was lit like the angel he is.
I need to get both these autographed someday.
I have left WhatsApp groups where everyone will laugh at jokes made at the expense of the Opposition and/or snide remarks or slurs about Muslims but the moment you joke about the BJP, you will get a "please no politics" response from everywhere.
In the current times, "apolitical" BJP supporters are the worst ...
they don't want to talk about politics
and come elections, they vote for BJP without thinking twice.
Most of these "apolitical" lot belong to that higher middle class cum privileged caste.
So echoing the sentiment that many Indians dont consider Dalits, Muslims & tribals to be human, makes him stupid? I mean, is THAT it? I can't find anything else of note. If this it, he's actually speaking the truth, dude.
May all govt officials who are part of this EPFO nastiness rot in hell. I've first hand experience with how they refused to correct mistakes in their systems cos I didn't have Aadhaar. I was physically in front of them & there was nothing in their system preventing a change!
This is totally scary. This is accumulation of savings for a lifetime and the middle class relies on this. But to see that rejection of claims is being made by system due to discrepancy between PF and Aadhar is just barbaric! God help us all!
Daily I see someone here ask these questions - “Why does Tamilnadu alone oppose NEET, when other states don’t? Is it just politics?”
Here is a worthy answer -
(P.S: If you are not FB, see screenshots)
I've been extremely lucky over the past year. While anxiety levels are shooting through the roof, I've managed to fight sorrow. Until today. Fuck this. Goodbye
@surekha
.
But it seems better things happened in Delhi. While the Chennai order today only granted relief to individual petitioners like me, the Delhi HC has directed I-T dept to make changes to the ITR website to allow filing I-T returns without Aadhaar card number for everyone.
She didn't have to. And I never replied. I later told her that that email deserved a reply when M & I hit an anniversary landmark. And it is one of those emails whose contents I think about *every day*. In fact, just this afternoon, it made me have a heart to heart with M.
This guy's stories are so fantastical that by the time he leaves us, he would have spun enough yarn to rival the entirety of Tom Hank's filmography for their unbelievability.
Dear legal journos on TL, with just 5 weeks to go before the end of the financial year, we are gonna be swamped with coercive messages abt PAN-Aadhaar linkage. So
Can you please help publicize the Guj HC judgement in the Bandish Saurabh Soparkar v. Union of India 2020 case?
One of the reasons I wasn't driving cars in India is because my foul mouth runs wild when I drive. And on a bike, only the girl has heard me. But today, in one lane in Mangadu, the word "mayir" came out for the 1st time in front of Amma & MiL. 😳🙊
You know how badly we are screwed by this KYC theater when the company that I haven't bought anything from since before the pandemic wants me to update KYC.
I was in a prominent, posh & expensive restaurant in Chennai waiting for a friend. In an adjacent table, there were 6 women dressed in micro minis. There was a scribbling board in the restaurant. I ignored everything & ordered the chef's special Chandni Paneer. You should too.
Actually you don't, even if you are an Indian citizen. Just take the effort to say no firmly and offer another ID. Regardless of how many times you are asked. Personally I always say "I don't have Aadhaar." And it works every time, even to get a new sim.
So bae had a dream last night that *she* was eating at Sangeetha's. And she decided to make that dream come true. For both of us. Idly + 4 chutneys and sambar. 💞🥰💕
With start of online schooling, new category of
#ananthaproblem
has been created. Teachers from a new age school are emailing to complain about my (non existent) kids slacking. Same school also informs me of homework that my (once again, non existent) kids need to complete.
#FML
WOW! A fake account impersonating a bank replies to a customer first, sharing a fake customer care number. Only then the real bank steps in!
#ItHappensOnlyInIndia
@rameshsrivats
Ramesh - how do you differentiate between political views & hate speech?
This is the first result when I type "what is hate speech?" on Google.
Sterlite is owned by Vedanta, whose contribution of funds to both INC & BJP in violation of FRCA laws led to both parties colluding to retrospectively change those very laws & let themselves off the hook. So don't expect anything to happen, except lip service.
#NeverForget
Folks that tout Aadhaar linkage as a silver bullet don't understand how Aadhaar works. They aren't underprivileged enough. Or they are too young to have experienced exclusion due to failure of biometrics based authentication.
Finally, this is why I'll always hold Twitter close to my heart, even if I have to leave some day. This is a gift from the world's best
#TwitterSecretSanta
ever... You know who you are! 🥰
A scrap book full of Thalaivar pics with notes from the photographer itself!!!!
Heard a youtuber mention about (actor) Abbas working in a gas station in NZ & ended up spending 30 mins listening to an interview with him where he names actor Vishal as the guy that made him take the decision to leave show business. Shitty world.
Today is yet another deadline on the Aadhaar-PAN linkage. Those of you that have not linked yet or (if you are like me) not enrolled into Aadhaar at all, what is on your mind?
Also it is ok to make a Hindi film with Tamil characters and not have everyone dressed like how Mehmood dressed up in Padosan. Looks like Bollywood hasn't still woken up yet to the "sangeethification" of weddings down South.
Anyone who says "Only those who don’t value relationships lose friends because of difference in political opinions" doesn't get it that relationships are based on shared values. Now honestly I don't share any values with the guy who posted this on FB in the middle of a pandemic.
@gauravsabnis
For these guys, cutting edge means blunt knife.
In '03, in the US, I'd pay the toll even while driving at 55-60 mph through a toll booth. And atleast half the lanes would still take cash. Here every lane is Fastag & you queue up for 5-10 mins like you are paying cash in 1955.
I am never good at expressing grief. I have a good few cries bottled somewhere inside me that are overdue. I dont think I will cry today, but the sadness is still there. I dont think a hour goes past without me humming a SPB number. So I dont know how I am gonna take this.
Only Sanghis, tambrahm ambimaams and Bhakts still believe the lies that are fed under the name of the infamous "Gujarat model". Go to any town in Gujarat & people will tell you how to get the good stuff.
@cddarth_ve
@ChennaiTraffic
Sidharth thank you for your cooperation with our Police Officers during night. Facial Recognition System is being used during night hours to verify the persons moving around at night hours. This system is very useful in identifying the criminals instantaneously. Nothing to worry.
Seeing North Indians re-discover Simran & weeping knowing that they probably have not seen her in movies like Kannathil Muthamittal. But then, I tell myself that it's better they are noticing her in Gulmohar than in Rocketry.
Full Disclosure:
@gradwolf
is a dear friend. But just like I can openly say that I dont read his (or any other) movie reviews, I will say that I will read everything else he writes about cinema. Here's his ode to Dhanush.