AKILASH SETHURAMAN

[Kirubakaran Rajendran @kirubaakaran]

The moment you land in Chennai Airport, you will experience a Safari ride which even Masai Mara won’t give you.

Once you Land, Find your Bags, then Find the buggy stand. Join the queue. Wait. Watch others also wait. Buggy arrives. Buggy takes you on a scenic tour of the entire airport campus. Finally drops you at the taxi counter.

Then you realise, you have to take an elevator to get your Ola/Uber. Now find the elevator. Elevator fits exactly 4 people and your luggage does not count. Wait for the next one. Reach the taxi stand. Join another queue.

This whole journey will be longer than your actual flight duration.

If India ever ranks its worst airports, Chennai does not just top the list.

Chennai is the list.

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@chennaicorp @COPTBM @Tambaram_Corp @UpdatesChennai @ChennaiREUpdate @TheHinduChennai @TOIChennai
There is zero safety for commuters/pedestrians.No walkable https://t.co/Q1oEWo0vyR foot over bridge.Everything is in sad shambles, in a arterial road next to a major hospital.

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

The sad state of Chennai's so-called "IT Corridor" Pallavaram-Thuraipakkam 200 ft Radial Road, Echangadu Junction. Every weekend, exams at Fortune Towers choke the ENTIRE road. No parking. No traffic arrangements. Pure negligence.
@CMOTamilNadu @ChennaiTraffic @chennaborationcorp

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@JioCare
Very poor customer service , have raised issues with my modem multiple times everyone starts the same process from start and no action being taken. This is the worst customer service team I have dealt with so far.

[FOMRRA @fomrra]

This is also true of most offices on and off OMR... It's like they "bought" the road also. 🤷‍♂️ it's time @COPTBM and @ChennaiTraffic take action on these "encroachments".

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Pugalventhan Venkatesan @pugalventhan_91]

This is situation of #AmbedkarNagar junction near #perungudi station #MRTS road.

Why @chennaicorp takes no steps to fix this?
Why the quality of this cut and cover is so poor that gets damage?

Immediately fix this with good quality.
@kgbias @mkstalin @ThamizhachiTh @Arappor

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

India's badminton player Chirag Shetty said, "Thomas Cup is equivalent to winning the World Cup. When the government honours World Cup winners, they should've also recognised my efforts. I've nothing against cricket, we all celebrated India's win, but the state government didn't even felicitate me, let alone giving any cash rewards". (TOI).

[Garv Malik @malikgarv]

Chatbots don’t solve 99% of your customer problems.

They just prevent them from reaching you. Customers eventually give up, either accept or move on.

At best they solve 20% and push away 79% customers

[Pratip Vijayakumar (He/Him) @thatpalaniguy]

I'm going to get a lot of beating but I'll put it out here.
Compared to Bangalore, Restaurants in Chennai cost a bomb. Lot of thindi places in Bangalore are cheap while we don't find such places here, even if it is there couple ah poi saapuda mudiyadhu. Such a shame.

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Big win! FSSAI just passed two major rules for juice companies
1) No using 100% fruit juice
2) Fruit juices will be forced to use “Sweetened Juice” for juices with more than 15grams of sugar per kg of juice.

For many years companies like Real Juice and Tropicana have been using ‘100% juice’ for juices which have roughly 20% orange juice concentrate, and this new FSSAI rule will start forcing the brands to be more honest.

Millions of Indians falsely believe packaged juices filled with sugar to be healthy and I am happy to see FSSAI finally cracking down misleading ads in packaged juices.

My message to all major food brands- Start making your ads honest before you are forced by the government or the public to do so!

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Google's new AI search results are having quite the week. Here's a thread with some of my favorite answers:

[Notsniag @gainstonMK]

Respected sir,
@MEAIndia @India_in_Iran @DrSJaishankar @PMOIndia @narendramodi
@AmitShah
@CMOTamilnadu It's been 12 days since the 16 Indians caught in msc aries. As the days passes the crew will be more anxious and be under more stress and mental issues. Please recue them soon🙏

[Notsniag @gainstonMK]

Respected @India_in_Iran @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia it's been a weak since msc aries had been taken into Iran custody. Still the 16 members are being held there with only 30mins of communication provided to them. When the Iran govt is so much cooperative why is this been delayed

[Star Sports @StarSportsIndia]

"It's affecting him, it's affecting his cricket and something needs to happen" - #KevinPietersen on Hardik's last over vs @msdhoni and the ups and downs of his captaincy!

📹 | Watch the legends of the game, #SunilGavaskar and @KP24 talk more about @hardikpandya7's leadership!

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[Notsniag @gainstonMK]

It's high time all the nation should come together to rescue all the Indians in Iran along with the 17 taken hostage in msc aires @PMOIndia @narendramodi @DrSJaishankar @RahulGandhi @CMOTamilnadu @MEAIndia @India_in_Iran

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@TimesNow @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @PMOIndia @shipmin_india @dgship_goi
@DrSJaishankar
@CMOTamilnadu
@mkstalin
One of my friend is stuck in the ship. Request your utmost intervention to help them out.

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@NDTVProfitIndia @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @PMOIndia @shipmin_india @dgship_goi
@DrSJaishankar
@CMOTamilnadu
@mkstalin

One of my friend is stuck in the ship. Request your utmost intervention to help them out.

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@timesofindia @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @PMOIndia @shipmin_india @dgship_goi
@DrSJaishankar
@CMOTamilnadu
@mkstalin
One of my friends is stuck in the ship. Request your utmost intervention on this matter.

[AKILASH SETHURAMAN @AKILASH]

@the_hindu @dperi84 @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @PMOIndia @shipmin_india @dgship_goi
@DrSJaishankar
One of my friend is part of the crew and needs your utmost intervention to help them out.