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Anantha (#DestroytheAadhaar)
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Bright day or dark night, no kasamusa escapes my sight! I loiter on the & podcasts & have lotsa #AnanthaProblems!
Chennai, Indiameterpodu.inJoined April 2007

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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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Dear , 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.
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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! 🤷🏾‍♂️
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[Breaking] Ministry Of Electronic, NIC And NeGD Have No Information About Who And How Created Arogya Sethu App: CIC Summons CPIOs @GoI_MeitY livelaw.in/top-stories/br
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Ok. Searching for my best "Shot by me. Drop yours." entry, I found a couple more worthies. 1. When got to 14000 Test runs & I was there, waiting for that moment. 2. That time when was lit like the angel he is. I need to get both these autographed someday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 😳🙊
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Telengana model is spreading. What next? Cordon & search ops at the dead of the night?
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Replying to @cddarth_ve and @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.
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Do these channels have access to WhatsApp chats of the judges? I mean, how are they able to get these listings at short notice?
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SC to consider tomorrow the petition filed by Arnab Goswami, Republic TV Chief, against the privilege notice issued by the Maharashtra Assembly. Petition listed before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India. @republic @OfficeofUT
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We are a nation of symbols. Symbolisms matter more than actually doing something. That's why politicians can get away with catchy sloganeering and doing the opposite once the mics are removed from their faces.
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Little guy is unconvinced regardless of sister and brother in law's explanation. And he has the last word, stumping his parents - "God is a myth. Believe in science. Dont believe myth." Did I tell you he is just 5?
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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.
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Dudes talking about how a flag hoisted on a empty flagpost on the Red Fort grounds has desecrated India's democracy are ignoring their PM openly lying from atop the ramparts of the same Red Fort for like half a dozen years now.
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I've thought about this a lot - if someone can be tempted away from your religion by the prospect of a rice bag, then it is *on you and your religion*. You are at fault. You know, you could fucking come forward & help these people. Instead you insult them. So why wont they go? t.co/URAZBv1nGL
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I call bullshit on this. Indians have "heard" because from middle school onwards, history books mention all these dynasties as part of the social sciences syllabus. But Indians don't "know" a lot because they are asked to just mug up dates for the exam.
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