Madras 28

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

Got one more case today. Several media houses sued for covering the story of a dance choreographer facing POCSO charges.

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[Sowmya Ramesh @swmyrmsh]

A metoo accused who has sexually abused several minors is being celebrated and has been given the jnanpith award.

Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organisation, based in India founded in 1944 covering subjects like religion, philosophy, logic, ethics, grammar, astrology, poetics has been giving out this award.

What a shame and fall!

@Vairamuthu Shame on you!

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

Years ago I had made a video about a man extorting and blackmailing women.
His name was Kasi (a) Suji. Plus he had a typical incel behaviour, abusing women who dressed a certain way, and many of us called him out.

Thankfully a couple of the girls who got blackmailed reported him and I am grateful to the judiciary in Tamilnadu (Nagercoil) for sentencing him to life.

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

2022: Shraddha Walkar butchered by her boyfriend Aftab Poonawala, pieces scattered.

2025-26: Court permits him to skip hearings due to dental appointment, mental health check & now to take MA Sociology exam.

Gems of our judiciary 🙏🏽

[kishore k swamy 🇮🇳 @sansbarrier]

Tn and most importantly tn media should learn from Karnataka how to handle a celebrity funeral. How decent and civilised their behaviour is.

[Poongulali @poopoonga]

More than everything, I remember the way she refused this award despite all the criticism she got for it ..lots of self respect in that refusal
RIP

https://t.co/tH99NY2ERc

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

China just put a Govt servant to death for bribes. I wish the entire Indian corrupt lot goes there and dies instead so that the rest of us could have a country in safer hands.
China also made home owning possible. Stop crying: they have done a lot of things and we could learn instead of bootlicking rapist and corrupt netas selling our land water and soil

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

She was a Goddess.
I once had the chance to sing with her in a show in Australia perhaps 20-23 years ago.

She sang a song live on stage where she sounded like a child, like a woman AND a Man.

I was backstage and was wondering who the male singer was until I learned she was singing it all.

Her work in Malayalam and Kannada and Tamil and Telugu.

She is a singer I look up to.

She will perhaps be Singara Velane Deva to Muruga up there.

[Jojjabijjan  Sreenivas || ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ் @i_sreenivas]

I’m travelling on a train right now and there are like 10 kids in the coach. All of them have unsupervised mobile access. I repeat UNSUPERVISED mobile access.

Parents just gave the phones to kids and they are all in a different world.

It’s irritating for me because
1. They all have it in loud speaker
2. Most of them are accessing Instagram and YouTube. The content they consume is terrifying.

New age parents. Please don’t do this. 🙏🏻

[Chennai Updates @UpdatesChennai]

The atrocities are increasing with each day passing. Looks like these people are elected only for putting up banners & posters across the city 😤. Pathetic @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ @BussyAnand @AadhavArjuna

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

People who spread hate based on lies will have no action taken against them and here is proof.
The fake tweet of Varaha Warrior Fact Checked as Fake by the Ap Govt official handle and yet the tweet has not been taken down.
No community notes either.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

No need to reach out to me, please. I limit all my communications exclusively to Twitter.

I only interact personally with people in my close circle of friends and relatives.

I’m more of an introvert. I’m not very good at socialising or making small talk, so I’m usually not eager to meet or get to know new people.

[Ivan Perisic @Diamondkaapu]

@podadeypoda Because it is not out in the open and it is not the place of a person to comment on it when both have been completely silent about it. It is not hard to understand.

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

Remember the row over Isha Foundation’s Coimbatore Yoga Center? The courts allowed Isha exemption from environmental clearance.

Documents accessed by @DeshmaneAkshay show how the Modi govt’s intervention helped.

https://t.co/8uxpSvKdzE

[Thinakaran Rajamani @thinak_]

Flex banners erected at the bus stop opposite the Sankarankovil Court have completely blocked the waiting area, forcing passengers to stand on the roadside and raising safety concerns - from our photo journalist @KARTHIKALAGU86

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

Some Telugu Social media users have been wishing death on my kids because they are ‘Anti Feminist’ and hate women (with a voice) in general.

My husband left Twitter a few days ago after he got a tweet from a male(?) or a female (?) who said “Let’s all pray together that Rahul’s son must die.”

We have twins - 3 years old. A boy and a girl.

Because I keep calling this out and they get support from MRAs and incels, propaganda continues for hate on my children for which I WILL Respond in the same tone.

People like this, people who support people like this need to be deleted here.
Someone who harbors this amount of violence against children is no less than a sociopath and I dont wish them healing. I wish they delete.

[TVK Pulse @TVKpulse]

Dear Minister Keerthana, I think you're still missing what people are actually concerned about.

The issue was never about English.

The issue was about how the child was handled in front of cameras and the comment you made about last-bench students.

From watching the full video, it felt like you expected the girl not to answer. But when her teacher asked her the same question in a way she was comfortable with, she answered. She also answered the next question. That clearly shows the problem wasn't a lack of knowledge—it was nervousness.

Any child surrounded by a minister, officials, cameras, and media personnel would naturally hesitate. That's basic child psychology.

In your explanation, you shared how you struggled with English after entering the corporate world and how people mocked you. If you've personally experienced that pain, then you should understand how such moments can affect a child's confidence.

Everything happened in front of cameras. Whether intentional or not, the child became the subject of a viral debate.

You also said that the viral video was recorded by the media and not by your team. But with due respect, I don't think that fully answers the concern.

The inspection was conducted under your leadership. If media personnel were recording school children during the interaction, why wasn't greater care taken to protect the child's privacy and confidence? When children are involved, everyone present—including the minister—has a responsibility to ensure they are not unintentionally exposed to public scrutiny.

I want to repeat this once again:

English is not the problem.

The way the child was handled is what people are questioning.

My intention is not to criticise your efforts to improve government schools. In fact, encouraging students to speak English confidently is a positive goal. But confidence cannot be built by putting children in uncomfortable situations before cameras.

I hope future school inspections focus on encouraging students in a way that boosts their confidence rather than making them feel like they are being tested in front of the whole world. That's the real concern many people are trying to express.

[Subhakeerthana @bhakisundar]

When you've messed up, the least you owe someone is an honest apology. No explanations, no context, no defence. The more you talk, the worse it sounds, and the less they believe you.

[Inimitable Mrs G @TruthNo_7]

Her ungrammatical statement in an interview : "Myself Keerthana" is ridiculous.
Picking on a child for reels is all time low.
For her er question "What is your father"?
The answer should be :
"My father is a man" 😜😂😂

[Bhuvana Seshan @bhuvanaseshan]

A, E, I, O, U are called **vowels**. As a general rule, we use the article "an" before words that begin with a vowel sound, not simply a vowel letter. There are exceptions though ... for example, "a university", because the pronunciation begins with a "yoo" sound, making it a consonant sound.

அப்பறம் அது HANDS OFF இல்ல. Hats off.....

@Keerthana4VNR ma'am,

Language exists to help us communicate. Making mistakes, especially while speaking a language that isn't our mother tongue, is part of learning. It is never a reason to shame or humiliate a Class 2 child.

Let's encourage children to learn with confidence, not fear.

Well, Iam a communication coach, I would be more than happy to help.