The rich, so-called "upper middle class" of India did not care when government schools, hospitals, etc went to the dogs. They did not care about bigotry or bulldozer. They sent their kids to fake "dummy" schools that skipped actual learning and prepared them for MCQ competitive exams like IITJEE and NEET instead.
But their kids do take the NEET and CBSE. Many fancy schools are still CBSE-affiliated, and only the ultra rich tier 1 city elites go to IB schools. ICSE too isn't too common outside the big cities with British legacy.
This is their Niemoller moment but they are too dumb to understand that they are responsible for this.
Outstanding reportage on the CBSE issue from @MeSanjayy, and good of the HT to put it as the front page second lead. It deserves this importance.
We essentially have a PR & propaganda machine masquerading as the union government. From Sindoor to CBSE, their only weapon is PR.
The company that did OSM for CBSE in 2026 - COEMPT EDUTECK, Hyderabad.
CEO - VSN Raju - 1 connection on Linkedin
MD-M Anantha Chary - CMD at Elbit Medical Diagnostics, does not even acknowledge COEMPT
Who awarded the tender to this nameboard company?
Read this story. Carefully.
CBSE called for OSM tenders thrice. Zero bids the first time. No qualified bidder the second time. And finally, the technical bar was lowered until COEMPT could clear it.
Scanning resolution cut. Robotic scanner requirement dropped. CMMI certification lowered from Level 5 to Level 3. Penalties for errors in answer sheets removed.
TCS, India’s biggest IT services company, qualified in the third round too. TCS lost. COEMPT - a company with a spectacular track record of failure - won.
And what are CBSE students complaining about today? Badly scanned answer sheets. Missing pages. A broken evaluation portal.
Teachers had warned CBSE that the OSM system needed at least a year or two for further preparation before nationwide implementation, yet it was rushed through.
So I ask again - who wanted COEMPT to win? Who lowered the bar, step by step, until this company could clear it?
Pradhan ji and CBSE say “due process was followed.” That is not an answer, that is not accountability. The question is whether the contract was honestly awarded to the best company which could do the job correctly.
The futures of 18.5 lakh children were handed to a company that could only qualify after the rules were bent for it.
To the BJP Ministers attacking me for asking questions - I have, from day one, demanded an independent judicial probe. Expand it from CBSE to every contract awarded to COEMPT. Our youth deserve the truth.
And Modi ji, your silence on the CBSE debacle and inaction against the Education Minister tells the country what you actually care about - not the futures of lakhs of students, only the survival of your own government.
#CBSEToolkit. After mismanaging the entire system, CBSE has now switched to damage control mode. CBSE is sending scripts to school principals to defend the On Screen Marking system. Principals making insta reels repeating the same lines given by CBSE.
1. Principal DPS Siliguri
What is Sanatan Dharma?
TVK Minister Ramesh goes to a government hospital. He sees ward boys taking 50rs bribe and immediately suspends them.
TVK Minister Ramesh goes to a temple. He sees "Archakas" taking 4000rs bribe. He asks them to write a letter of apology and lets them go.
So tell me, should this disparity be eradicated or not? Was Udhay right or wrong?
My name is Ram.
You called me by a Muslim name because I called Narendra Modi a fraud, a weak leader.
You calling me Abdool will not make me less Hindu.
Nor do I feel insulted.
All I see is a low-IQ insecure bhakt who fears that every Hindu will understand the truth about Narendra Modi the way I do today. Cope.
தேர்தலுக்கு முன்னாடி தவெகன்ஸ் பொது மக்கள்கிட்ட சேகரிக்குற மொபைல் எண்கள் எல்லாமே 'ரூட் மாஃபியா'க்கும், ஆதவோட 'வாய்ஸ் ஆப் காமன்ஸ்'க்கும் அனுப்புறாங்க.
அவங்க இந்த மொபைல் எண்களை எல்லாம் இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் விளம்பரப் பக்கத்துல (Meta Ads Manager) அப்லோடு பண்ணிடுவாங்க. இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் உடனே அந்த நம்பர்ல இருக்குற அக்கவுண்ட்ஸ் எதெல்லாம்னு கண்டுபிடிச்சு, அவங்களுக்கு மட்டுமேயான ஸ்பெஷல் ரீல்ஸ் மற்றும் போஸ்ட்களை அவங்க டைம்லைன்ல நேடியா காட்டும்.
அது எப்படிங்குறதுதான் இந்த வீடியோ.. 👇
Chennai holds virtually zero appeal for even for non-resident Tamils who grew up in major metros like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, or overseas.
Having spent my formative years on the West Coast across Mumbai, Daman, Goa, and Gujarat which sensitised me to an urban, highly cosmopolitan lifestyle mindset. But transitioning to Chennai for university feels like hitting a cultural brick wall; the city comes across as incredibly homogeneous, insular, and flat-out boring.
The city completely lacks a distinct, independent youth culture.
Instead, the social fabric is entirely dominated by an older demographic, conservative boomers and culture kangers who fiercely enforce traditional norms. Tamils outside TN don't do such antics themselves.
Because the lifestyle is dictated by elder-approved routines, there is a massive deficit of casual public activities, vibrant nightlife, or engaging weekend avenues to build a high-quality, modern social life.
The economic landscape also mirrors this rigid, old-school mentality.
Chennai is highly rewarding if you are in the manufacturing or blue-collar sectors, but it is an incredibly difficult terrain for white-collar career growth.
The tech ecosystem is overwhelmingly dominated by massive, process-driven IT service companies with strict hierarchies.
Outside of a highly concentrated SaaS pocket, there is a severe deficit of aggressively funded, product-based tech companies or global R&D hubs, creating a definitive growth ceiling for ambitious professionals.
Over the time, the emigration of highly skilled educated graduates and professionals in TN to overseas or to other cities in India is only going to intensity. It already has started BTW.
And people in TN will still continue to remain the same and vote for people in TVK, DMK etc. Even the BJP in TN is the same as the other parties.