Chiththarthan | சித்தார்த்தன் | 'Chitti'

Communications Manager @HCCB_Official | Branding | FMCG | F&B | Retail | Sustainability | History | City | Books | Data stories | Views expressed are my own

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"No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no."

Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds

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சிலிர் காற்றையும் சுக பாட்டையும்
ருசிக்காம உன் மூச்சு தினம் எங்குதோ

Merku karaiyil Andha Vaanam, Aruvi, Prabu Purushothaman

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தஞ்சை மாவட்டத்தில் நடந்து முடிந்த சட்டசபை தேர்தலில் பதிவான ஓட்டுகள் அனைத்தும் வரும் மே 4ம் தேதி 3 மையங்களில் எண்ணப்பட உள்ளது. காலை 8 மணிக்கு ஓட்டு எண்ணிக்கை தொடங்க உள்ளது, @News18TamilNadu

https://t.co/MGbydHBd02

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This is heartbreaking

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

.@bookworm_Kris says it may have lost 4000-5000 books due to heavy rains in Bengaluru today :(

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India’s ready-to-drink (RTD) non-alcoholic beverage market is set for a sharp expansion, projected to grow to $40 billion by 2030 from around $20 billion in 2025, according to a new report by @Redseer

https://t.co/XEchXiS3lh

[Faune 🎨 @thefaune1]

Happy World Book Day ! ✨️ (commission)

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

— Virginia Woolf

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@wwxwashere

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If Nolan’s Odyssey pulled in Achilles, it would be a curveball because Achilles is dead before the poem starts.

The Achilles Scene in the Original Odyssey, in Book 11 – The Nekyia, Odysseus journeys to the Underworld and meets the shade of Achilles. Odysseus tries to comfort him, saying he must rule over the dead.

Achilles shuts that down with this line: "Better, I say, to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron rations, than lord it over all the exhausted dead."
Odyssey 11.489 491, Fagles trans

Odysseus is bleeding sacrificial animals so the dead can speak. Achilles’ ghost drinks the blood, talks to Odysseus, and asks about his son Neoptolemus. It’s bleak. The greatest Greek hero says being the poorest alive is better than being king of the dead.

Why it would be the most surprising include in Nolan’s Odyssey: The Odyssey is post-Trojan War. Achilles died at Troy. Including him means Nolan would have to do a full Underworld sequence. That’s just wild, it’s a horror story in the middle of an adventure epic.

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

What would be the most surprising include in Nolan's Odyssey from the original poem?

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@Djeykarthik @Rainmaker1973 Dabba AI comment

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"No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes."

Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds

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Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. It has been blinding people for at least five thousand years. Ancient Egyptian medical texts describe it. Greek and Roman doctors knew it. For most of human history, crowded civilizations could not escape it.

The disease is simple. A bacterium spreads through dirty hands, flies, and shared cloth. Each infection scars the eyelid a little. After years, the eyelid turns inward. The lashes scrape the eye with every blink. The cornea clouds. The person goes blind.

In the mid‑1990s, trachoma had blinded several million people worldwide. Entire villages had grandparents who could not see the faces of their families.

There was no miracle cure. Antibiotics helped, but they did not solve it alone. What worked was dull, repetitive work. Clean water. Face washing. Latrines to keep flies away. Small surgeries done by trained locals using simple tools.

Health workers went house to house teaching parents to wash children’s faces every day. Again. And again. For years.

By 2023, trachoma was no longer a public health problem in 17 countries. Globally, the number of people at risk had fallen by more than 90 percent.

The bacterium still exists. No vaccine defeated it. Humans defeated it with soap, water, and patience. Millions kept their sight. Almost no one noticed.

[ً @prinkasusa]

Give me the kind of good news from around the world that nobody ever talks about... but should.

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“It's not brave if you're not scared.”

Bounce (2000)

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@WriterLee1995 @Uc_heyy02 Cat is still alive in books

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Complete list of candidates and parties contesting in the 2026 elections for the Thanjavur Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2026.

https://t.co/E6xKKn4XPm

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HCCB commissions high-speed Kinley water production line added in Telangana plant. Avinya Plant (TGF - Telangana Greenfield Factory) is one of @HCCB_Official’s most advanced manufacturing facilities, writes @meenaambwani

https://t.co/NN5zd6fQ1J

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@earthcurated

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India’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector delivered a resilient performance in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2026, clocking double-digit growth across several segments, writes Kishan Singh from @BWBusinessworld

https://t.co/qjKjKhRGZe

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Ananya Panday has been appointed as the brand ambassador and social media manager for @LimcaOfficial. A new campaign titled "Feel the Tazgi" has been launched featuring @ananyapandayy.

[Susana Imaginário @Chronodendron]

I’m so upset…

My Kindle is fifteen years old. It still works fine, and I want no other.

I read a lot, and this is the only e-reader that doesn’t hurt my eyes. None of the new models have a screen that so perfectly mimics paper. And now Amazon is forcing me to buy a new one. 😡

I don’t need a touchscreen or sound, and I definitely don’t want adverts! 🤬

The timing couldn’t be worse either… I can’t afford it right now. ☹️
I guess I won’t be buying more ebooks for a while... I’ll just have to read the ones I already have.