Bala - Little Brown Girl

Australian of South Indian Tamil heritage on Gadigal land.
அவன் தான் நான் 🌈
Anti-caste 🙏🏾

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@rapidobikeapp @RapidoCares
Another day in Chennai, another scam on Rapido. Captain tells Rapido that I wanted to cancel the ride and kept travelling in the opposite direction while I waited for 15mins. It's getting crazy. These guys need to be taught a lesson.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@TheBluePen25

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@rapidobikeapp @RapidoCares
Strict action must be taken against this driver. He accepted the ride, claimed his car had problems so forced me to cancel the ride. When I refused, he used profanity. Wasted my time. Very unprofessional and rude.

[Raunaq Mangottil @RaunaqMangottil]

I love Mari selvaraj but he just hijacks round tables n no one else gets to speak

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@sudhirsrinivasn I loved #TheSubstance
Can't wait for this interview.

[Films and Stuffs @filmsandstuffs]

Blaming Pa. Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj for Tamil cinema not producing any ₹1000-crore films is the height of absurdity. They neither create films aiming for box office blockbusters nor prevent others from doing so.

Pa. Ranjith, for instance, directed two Rajinikanth films and then chose to make a small indie film that catered to his niche audience of film buffs.

The real issue lies with the stars whose fans are raising these criticisms.

Vijay, who once said that he would take Tamil cinema to the next level, focuses only on catering to his Tamil audience. He never attends promotions outside Tamil Nadu, and in recent times, he has even avoided promoting his films within Tamil Nadu.

Suriya, despite heavily promoting his films, squandered those efforts on a lackluster flop instead of choosing better scripts as he did during his peak in the 2010s.

Ajith, on the other hand, isn’t consistently doing films.

These three stars have the potential to break into the rest-of-India market with mega blockbusters, but they neither care nor strategize effectively. Meanwhile, their fans criticize directors who have ZERO interest to create ₹1000-crore blockbusters.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

Our makkal have zero sense. I hate any fandom and what it comes with. Full toxicity dhan, urupudiya onnum panna madiri terla. Mala podren, paal abishegam pandren nu saavuradhu, theatre la pattasu vedikkiradhu, what good have these fans ever done?

[Christopher Kanagaraj @Chrissuccess]

Adei Pattasu inside Theatre 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

#Dheena Re-Release!

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@baradwajrangan Hi Baddie, have you watched this one?

Do you know when this will be out? Either in the cinemas or on OTT?

Thank you 🙏🏾

#Karparaa

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@thatpalaniguy I saw people wearing Swiggy raincoats/jackets going out to fix things or help people. Maybe they're employees issued with a branded raincoat or jackets and using it to do their personal work or assist others. I'm not saying people aren't ordering, but I also saw this happening.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

#ChennaiRains #CycloneMichaung
The streets are still flooded in Velachery. No power for nearly 1.5 days now. I'm not sure when the water will drain and the power will be restored. Looks grim. Couldn't have come to India at a better time. Sigh!!

[Aditya Shrikrishna @gradwolf]

More Thiruchitrambalams. More Sapta Sagaradaache Ellos. Please.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@geesesh Lol. You must have missed the word "IMO" in my original tweet, which means "In My Opinion." So, to reiterate IMO, Nimisha Sajayan is the SOUL of "Chithha. " Siddharth, for me, represented the male saviour complex.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

#Chithha was great. #NimishaSajayan was the soul of the movie, IMO. #Gargi is still my favorite in this genre. Female protagonist is about justice in Gargi, whilst male protagonist in Chithha is about revenge. Nimisha's character explains that really well in the end.

[Anupama Chopra @anupamachopra]

#KaathalTheCore is brave, brilliant and heartbreaking. It’s a story of coming out told with such quiet tenderness by Jeo Baby. And big applause to the great @mammukka for using his might and his talent to propel a project like this. I wept copiously. Don’t miss it.

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

At 69, Kamal Hassan is policing how survivors of sexual abuse must conduct themselves. At 72, Mammootty is playing a gay protagonist in his new film. They are not the same.

[Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi]

Long post.

Actor Vichitra spoke about getting assaulted at her workplace 20 years ago, on a mainstream Tamil un/scripted reality show.

She reported the incident immediately; took it up legally. However her case is an example of what happens when you report a case of assault even immediately - NOTHING.

Also note how India Today has written about this case of abuse and harassment way back in 2002.
(https://t.co/Panh8Ob5mN)

I am quoting this article verbatim, lest they take this down - dated Jan 28 2002.

"What does a screen vamp do when she's phasing out? Retire? Try TV? Nope. She courts controversy.
Take glam moll Vichitra, who earned the nickname "Madippu (broad-hipped) Amsa" after her 1990s Tamil film Thalai Vaasal. The voluptuous actress has lately been throwing her girth around to push a case she had filed against stunt director A. Vijay for alleged physical abuse during the filming of the Telugu film Bhalevadivayya Basu last year."

This is how horribly they wrote about women who reported physical assault.

A Vijay has gone ahead to work successfully in films like Vikrant Rona and Buddha Hoga Tera Baap

Mainstream society and media have always harassed, shamed and silenced women for reporting. Why would anyone go through the additional harassment for reporting abuse?

Vichitra complained to the Nadigar Sangam - Headed by none other than Radha Ravi - he of course, asked her to shut up.

The channel may have told her to NOT name any names - even though the complaint and the accused names are in public domain - because the channel does not want to deal with defamation cases.

Vichitra, DOES say that her dream, her goals, her talent and the sadness of losing them is there in a corner of her mind.
She ALSO says she had to go find make her own family when she didn't find it.
And until Vichitra found a Shaji who stood by her and after he gave her the go-ahead to speak up if she wants to - she was empowered.
It is noteworthy that her abusers, silencers, have continued to prosper.

But what is realllllly aggravating - even if someone does not find this 'ganniyam' enough, 'mature' enough is nobody need to comment really or give a Visesh Tippani on

When / how long after an incident, a survivor should speak; (Women themselves say this, but it trauma coping mechanisms from women and men mansplaining cannot be equated.
Whether or not one should name their abuser/s (There are repercussions to this)

It is NOT upto others to speculate or arrive at the aggressor's names - all speculators are anonymous, can delete their social media accounts and vanish into thin air - but it is ONLY the survivor that pays the price for naming people and there are real life ramifications to this. Someone else suffers for your 10 minutes of gossip.

However
I HAVE REPEATED THIS FOR AT LEAST 5 1/2 YEARS

NONE OF THESE BIG STARS ARE DOING ANYTHING TO SET UP AN ICC / POSH UNIT IN ANY OF THE SANGAMS

Today, a female dubbing artiste has been terminated because she went to the police station to report a case of sexual harassment in a dubbing studio. 20 years ago Radha Ravi asked Vichitra "Why come to the Sangam? Go to the police station."

Today the Dubbing Union warns members NOT to go to the Police Station, penalize you if youdo, can harass others to NOT employ you if you go to the police to report a case of sexual harassment.

And none of these actor - politicians will do anything to change anything, to make workplaces safer - not for children, not for adults.

Mr. Kamal Haasan's Tone-Rewarding, Calmness-Encouraging speech will have real life ramifacations for women who are not even allowed their justified anger. Krodham not allowed. Must be Ganniyam. 'Ipdi pannittaane padupaavi nnu kooda sollala' also frowned upon is my takeaway, as a survivor. 'Censored the abusers names' is also congratulated.

He encourages the audience to applaud what he terms as 'mature behaviour', somehow insinuating THIS is how survivors should speak about sexual harassment in a socially palatable, acceptable manner. Survivors' careers, time, life, youth, years can go to docks who cares, but make sure you speak about it in a way that I can 'respect' you.

For all his stature, his much publicised erudition, had he that he feels sorry that her talent had been erased, that she had to 'choose' to quit the industry, that she got no justice, that the sangams that were supposed to have stood for her, failed miserably - but no. Nothing.

Each time these stalwarts I hope they ll say and do the right thing or at least their script writers will advise them.
Again - Disappointment only.

End.

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

Why is #AshokSelvan sporting brownface on #BlueStar It's hurtful when the so-called progressives do it. All hell would break loose if someone if someone like Shankar did it (problematic Amy Jackson ad in "I"). We'll somehow overlook this. #BlueStar

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@cybersystemsaus @actorvijay @7screenstudio @Dir_Lokesh @PharsFilm @ThiraiFlicks @event_cinemas @HoytsAustralia @IMAX_Melbourne @villagecinemas @SonyMusicSouth What about IMAX Sydney? 😭🙏🏾

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@ThiraiFlicks @cybersystemsaus @Cybersystems_oz

With IMAX Sydney opening soon, will #Leo screen in IMAX Sydney as well? 🙏🏾💗

[Bala - Little Brown Girl @Kepler186F_IN]

@SuryaCEG Wooof 🔥🔥🔥
Shhhhhtoooopppp!!! 🤤