Muthukkumaran Elango

Human, Son, Husband, Dad | From the Dravidian stock | Based out of Tamilnadu, a southern state of the Indian Union | Retweets are not endorsements

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@nbasandroid @teakkadai1 நான் சொல்ல நினைத்தேன். இது இராவணன் பார்வையில் இராமாயணம். போலவே தளபதியும் - கர்ணன் கதை.

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[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

He Simply Is .. ♥️

[Sriram @SriramMadras]

There is a profound disconnect in the narrative @actorvijay camp has pushed ever since Sachin was made to go head-to-head with Chandramukhi.

For two decades, there has been a conscious effort to force a peer-level rivalry with @rajinikanth conveniently erasing the fact that 35-year old Rajini was already a phenomenon when 11 year old Vijay was a child artist in his father's film Naan Sigappu Manithan holding a title card.

The push around Jana Nayagan to crown Vijay through record-breaking figures misses a fundamental truth about Tamil cinema: stardom is not a damn spreadsheet.

Rajinikanth may have surpassed MGR’s box-office numbers, but that doesn't make him greater than MGR. They simply belong to completely different eras, separated by about 34 years in age. Rajini has never compared himself to MGR. MGR was a phenomenon of his era, Rajini was a phenomenon of his, and Vijay carved out his own path by choosing scripts tailored to him.

To pit manufactured box-office milestones against a 75-year-old legend who commands effortless, unvarnished love across demographics is a false and immature comparison. Rajinikanth doesn't need image curation or theatrical hyperbole; he simply is.

Rajini walks out in plain, unpretentious attire with no makeup or posturing, yet the public embraces him entirely. It is a level of unvarnished authenticity that virtually no other star has dared or managed to pull off. Something that I don’t see Vijay even attempting.

Bottom line, in trying so hard to eclipse Rajini's shadow, Vijay's PR machinery ultimately diminishes the genuine, self-made legacy Vijay built on his own terms.

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@hstradeschool மழலைக்குப் பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துகள்! நலமுடன் வாழ்க 🍫

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

இதை அப்படியே தமிழ்நாட்டிற்குப் பொருத்திப் பார்க்கிறேன்...

[Maanmohan Singh Pahujaa @msgpahujaa]

The other day, I was having conversation with a friend who is an unwavering Modi supporter.

The conversation drifted to the rupee.

He immediately launched into a detailed explanation of why the rupee’s weakness has nothing to do with the government.

“Look at the global situation,” he said.

“The dollar is strong. Oil prices are volatile. There are wars. There is uncertainty in the global economy. Every currency is under pressure.”

I nodded.

Everything he said was correct.

Then I asked him, “So you’re saying a currency’s value isn’t determined only by the government in power?”

“Of course not,” he replied confidently.

“Global factors matter.”

Excellent.

I then pulled up some old speeches and headlines from 2013.

I reminded him how Narendra Modi had relentlessly attacked the UPA over the falling rupee.

Back then, every decline in the rupee was portrayed as a national embarrassment.

Every fall was presented as proof of weak leadership.

The famous line was that the Congress and the rupee were competing to see who could fall faster.

Suddenly my friend became uncomfortable.

So I continued.

“In 2013, when the rupee was around ₹60 to the dollar, India was still one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world. Even during difficult global conditions after the 2008 financial crisis, India managed years of strong GDP growth. Infrastructure expanded, telecom exploded, the IT sector flourished, foreign exchange reserves were far stronger than in the crisis years, and India remained one of the world’s most attractive emerging markets.”

He interrupted.

“But there were problems too.”

“Of course there were,” I replied.

“No government is perfect. But that’s not the point.”

The point is consistency.

If today’s rupee weakness is due to global factors, then the UPA was unfairly blamed.

If the UPA was responsible for every fall in the rupee, then today’s government must also accept responsibility.

You cannot blame Manmohan Singh for a rupee at ₹60 and then discover international economics when the rupee is much weaker.

You cannot spend a decade telling people that a falling rupee is proof of failed governance and then suddenly explain that exchange rates are influenced by global markets, capital flows, oil prices, interest rates and geopolitics.

My friend looked at me and said:

“Politics is different.”

And there it was.

Not economics.

Not GDP.

Not exchange rates.

Not global factors.

Just politics.

I smiled and replied:

“Exactly. The rupee remained a currency. It was the explanation that got demonetised.”

He laughed.

I laughed.

Then I told him:

“What’s truly remarkable is that when the rupee was around ₹60, everyone was apparently a currency expert. Today, to discuss the rupee, you need a doctorate in global economics, a specialization in geopolitics, a thesis on crude oil, and a fellowship from the US Federal Reserve.”

By this point, my friend had quietly stopped defending the rupee and started defending the argument.

And that’s when I realised something.

The economics never changed.

The rules never changed.

The global factors were always there.

Only the political interpretation changed.

In 2013, a falling rupee was a slogan.

In 2026, a falling rupee is a seminar.

The rupee’s exchange rate changed over the years.

The exchange rate of excuses changed even faster.

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@Keerthu_ Don't worry Mam, minister agidalam 😂😂

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@kaargash @srinipartha1 Go and study books moron, you don't even know what a phrase is. You are the emoji you keep on posting unnecessarily. I don't converse with fools.

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

எழுத்துகளைக் கூட்டி
ஒலிப்புகளை மயக்கிக்
கிழித்ததென்ன, தைத்ததென்ன?
கிழித்துத் தைத்ததுதான் என்ன.. என்ன.. என்ன?
#தமிழ் #tamil #sanskrit #devanagri

[Srinivasan Parthasarathy ॐ🚩🇮🇳 @srinipartha1]

In Tamil,
there is just a single letter for both ka and ga.
there is just a single letter for both pa and ba.
there is just a single letter for both ta and da.
there is just a single letter for both tha and dha.
But Tamil has 3 na, 2 ra, 2-3 la.
What a poor design!

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@babruvahanaa As if you can pronounce every english word like a native speaker 😏.. hypocrite

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@DMK662000 @Udhaystalin என்றுமே எங்கள் மண் கழகத்தின் கோட்டை தான்!

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@Raj218562485720 @mkstalin @DMKITwing A follow up question on more technical details.
https://t.co/ji30hHCbgx

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@Raj218562485720 @mkstalin உங்க போஸ்ட் input குடுத்து grok கிட்ட கேட்டேன். https://t.co/R1Jszowg14
Some actionable steps to counter this narrative building
@DMKITwing

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@seenuramasamy @Dravidian_Stoc வெகுஜன சினிமா அதிக மக்களைக் கவர்ந்து வசூல் சாதனை செய்வது போல அரசியலும் இருக்கவேண்டும் என்று நினைக்கிறீர்களா? தங்களைப் போன்ற ஒரு படைப்பாளியிடமிருந்து இப்படியொரு விளக்கமா!

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@kalaingarism @arivalayam @TRBRajaa @angry_birdu @srinileaks Try to find a technically feasible solution to take them down. Community notes, etc

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@sunnewstamil 'துறை'ன்னு சொல்றதுக்கு என்ன கேடு ?

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@Singamonfire @DMKITwing கொள்கை

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@tamilravi This is what grok says.
https://t.co/DzS0ZfUlJx

[Muthukkumaran Elango @Muthu_e]

@Pranesh_Balaaji @TVKVijayHQ Sarcasm won't work bro! This will reinforce an idea that's untrue but substantiates their belief of a welcome change as it will go viral