Witnessed something amazing at a wedding I attended today. The priest asked the bride to touch the guy's feet and she outright refused. She said she doesn't believe she's any less than him. And the hall broke into applause with all women cheering for her. Such a goosebumps moment
If someone deserves an award, it's the marketing team of RRR. They somehow managed to package this subpar movie as revolutionary, made the world turn around and take notice.
Rewatching Pokiri as an adult, I'm horrified by the normalization of rape culture. The heroine is constantly harassed by all the male characters, but it's somehow okay when the "hero" does it. Thread 🧵
All those idiots coming up with defenses like "all top chefs are men" and "chefs are mostly male", fucking learn the difference between paid and unpaid and forced labor.
She literally says "before taking medication, try alternate therapy" to her millions of followers when she isn't a qualified medical professional. And the Doctor rightly called her out.
Dear Doctor, it would have been really nice if you had invited the Doctor she had tagged in her same post to a debate and engaged with him. We would have all learned a lot from it. Would have helped us make up our minds about this alternate therapy. She is science illiterate like
Kamal is fucking unbelievable. He first praised Vichitra for telling her story, and then praised her again for not using names. WTF! He thinks it's "decorum" if the perpetrators are not named and shamed. This is exactly how perpetrators escape from any sort of accountability.
10pm. Walking alone with my dogs without fear. This is why I love living here in the US. Can’t imagine doing this freely in India. Here, it’s normal. There, it’s non-existent.
CT Scan Brain in Chennai: ₹ 1,500
CT Scan in US of the A: $2,758
I am NEVER going to an ER or a hospital here anymore.
It would've cost me lesser to travel to Chennai, go to Aarthi Scans in Vadapalani, get scanned and come back.
That hashtag. I guess this is what their heroes teach on screen : being disrespectful to women and using sexuality as an insult. And there are likes and retweets for this.
Have spent just a little over 24 hrs in Bangalore and I'm already losing my mind in this traffic. How do y'all have the energy to plan outings in Bangalore? Or just function on a day to day basis here?
Chennai >>>>>>>>> Bangalore
Film Actors: Movies are an art form. It’s an entertainment form. Please do not mix politics with movies.
Also film actors: Ban IPL. We don’t need entertainment when Kauvery issue has not been resolved.
Let’s see if they maintain this stand during their films release.
#thread
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We have communicated our decision to withdraw from participating in the Music Academy’s conference 2024 & from presenting our concert on 25 Dec.
We made this decision as the conference would be presided over by TM Krishna.
#madrasmusicacademy
#respectcarnaticmusic
That Samyuktha Hegde video is so gut wrenching to watch. India is just a terrible country for women with just anyone and everyone moral policing. Indian culture is one that doesn't respect a woman's basic wishes and desires.
@chilluvandu
It was so magical how all women started cheering for her. So many screams and claps. For standing up for herself. For taking a stand. For refusing to bow down. For demanding to be treated as an equal.
During Cauvery Problem: Cauvery is important. Farmers are important. IPL cannot happen in Chennai now. Ban CSK games.
During Sterlite Problem: Protests are wrong. TN will become graveyard. I request the Karnataka Film chamber to allow the release of my film next week.
Can't even begin to fathom what the Doctor must have gone through when her worst fears came true. India is not a country for women. You aren't safe anywhere.
From the hero's lecherous stares to the house owner's inappropriate touching, the heroine is made to feel uncomfortable throughout the film. It's deeply disturbing that these actions are treated as comedic or romantic.
I mean, PSBB outsourced their 11th and 12th physics to a narcissistic egomaniac tuition teacher who charged separately. And was still being called Top School in Chennai.
Just heard about
@ikamalhaasan
's schedule the last 2-3 weeks and shocked at how much he's working at his age. I feel I have already reached a stage where all I want to do is lie down and stare at the ceiling and stop running. I'm not even 30. 😓
The "love track" between the hero and heroine is built on harassment. He constantly invades her personal space, stares at her, and makes her feel uncomfortable. This is not romantic; it's predatory.
This is a typical privileged Brahminical perspective on PSBB. This isn't about your experience. It didn't affect you because of your caste and class privilege. And gender privilege. So stop invalidating the experience of thousands of others who have suffered because of the school
Ni Enna da award return panradhu? You don't deserve it and you wouldn't have received it either for the disgusting person you are. Screw your and the money you're throwing.
One year of meat eating and pork is still my favorite meat very closely followed by beef. Started with eating chicken and have to say it is the most underwhelming meat.
The biggest perk of living in Seattle/Pacific Northwest is the abundance of beautiful national parks and state parks. Last season I did a few hikes to get the best of the Seattle spring and summer. This year I wanted to keep track of the hikes I am doing. So here's a thread:
I took 4 cabs yesterday. Spoke to the drivers. All of them more or less shared the same opinion. “Yaar vandhaalum paravala. Andha Modi vandhuda koodaadhu Tamil Naatukulla.”
What is with this whole “what have we become” nonsense? Didn’t you realise it when 1984 happened? 1991? 1992? 2002? All this wasn’t enough for you realise how bloodthirsty we are?
#WATCH
: Union Home Min Amit Shah says,"Diversity of languages&dialects is strength of our nation. But there is need for our nation to have one language,so that foreign languages don't find a place. This is why our freedom fighters envisioned Hindi as 'Raj bhasha'."
#HindiDiwas
So many new followers. Most of them from DMK. Y'all are not going to like my opinion on your party turning blind eye to crimes against women selectively and their pandering to the disgusting piece of shit called Vairamuthu.
I pity all you Bangalore folks relying on the few small lakes and parks around here that close by 6pm for "fresh air". And to get there also, you have to wade through 30-40 mins of traffic minimum even if you live 5km from the lake.
Chennai beach FTW 🌊✨
Chennai>>>>>>>>>>>
Scene 1: The heroine is introduced at her workplace. The hero stares at her, making her feel uncomfortable. She explicitly complains, but his behavior continues.
Written by my grandmother in 2018, a year before she lost her life battling cancer.
Translates to:
I won’t lose my mental strength at any stage. I’ll do my duty and won’t think about results.
She followed this all her life.
Sanghis are bringing their beef ban tactics to the USA. This is a post from the Bay Area which has a huge desi savarna population. All the classic sanghi whine tactics.
Sanghism is going to be felt in America. Cisco case, purging caste from textbooks, and now, beef vigilantism.