Newjin Shalom

Figuring out on the go!

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

மனிதம் தாண்டி புனிதம் இல்லை வா ! இதயம் தாண்டி இறைவன் இல்லை வா! #Gypsy

[Gypsy Griffin @gypsygriffin_]

The Victory has defeated us tamil fellas

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

Thank you, @karthiksubbaraj , for giving us this masterpiece, #Dorathy and for the divine intervention of Raja Sir in it. ❤️

[Thangam Thenarasu-தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் @TThenarasu]

திமுக ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில் நாட்டின் பிற மாநிலங்களை விஞ்சி, இரட்டை இலக்க வளர்ச்சியோடு ஜி.எஸ்.டி வசூலில் சாதனை படைத்த தமிழ்நாட்டின் நிதி நிலைமை, இன்று தொடர்ந்து மூன்று மாதங்களாகக் குறைந்து, -5% வரை சரிவைச் சந்தித்திருப்பது வேதனையளிக்கிறது.

நாட்டின் பிற மாநிலங்கள் தொடர் தொழில் வளர்ச்சியைக் காணும்போது, தமிழ்நாட்டில் மட்டும் உற்பத்தி முடங்கி, நுகர்வு சுருங்கி வருவது நிர்வாகக் கோளாறின் வெளிப்படையான அடையாளம்.

தொழில் முதலீடுகளையும் நிதி மேலாண்மையையும் தொலைநோக்குப் பார்வையோடு கையாண்ட திராவிட மாடல் ஆட்சியின் வழிகாட்டுதல் இன்றி, பொருளாதாரத்தை முடக்கியுள்ள இந்த சீர்கேட்டிற்கு ஆளும் அரசு என்ன பதில் சொல்லப் போகிறது?

[Udhay @Udhaystalin]

Happy to see the investment and support for sports by our #DravidianModel Government bearing fruit at the 20th Asian Games being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

A big round of applause to Tamil Nadu’s super-talented athlete, Vidya Ramaraj, who has set a new record by clocking 54.75 seconds in the women’s 400m hurdles.

Recognising her talent, our Dravidian Model Government ensured that Vidya received the necessary support under the ELITE category as well as assistance from the HCI.

Coming from a humble background, Vidya has emerged as an inspiration to millions.

I also congratulate all our Tamil Nadu athletes Abinaya, Vishal, Rajesh Ramesh, Abhay Singh, Josna Chinnappa, Velavan Senthilkumar, Baranica, Hariharan and Kamalini for winning medals for India at the Asian Games and making Tamil Nadu proud.

Efforts such as financial assistance through various schemes including TNCF, and the provision of government jobs to 300 athletes under the 3% sports reservation have played a significant role in helping our sportspersons achieve these heights.

I hope the current government will continue to extend such support to our athletes, enabling them to achieve even greater success.

May our sports stars continue to rise and shine!

#AsianGames #VidyaRamaraj

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

We stand strong on our demand. NEET is discriminatory. NEET is Injustice. NEET should be abolished. #AbolishNEET

[Prakash Ambedkar @Prksh_Ambedkar]

I stand for abolishing NEET and decentralising education.

#AbolishNEET

[We Dravidians @WeDravidians]

Nine years ago, S Anitha became the first victim of NEET in Tamil Nadu, and one of the most prominent faces of Tamil Nadu’s fight against NEET.

In 2017, the 17-year-old from Ariyalur had scored 1,176 out of 1,200 marks in her Class 12 Tamil Nadu State Board exams. Her medical cut-off score was 196.75 out of 200 — marks that would have placed her among medical aspirants under Tamil Nadu’s earlier admission system.

But that year, NEET became mandatory for medical admissions. Anitha, who had prepared through the state-board syllabus, could not secure a medical seat through the national entrance exam. She became one of the earliest voices opposing NEET in Tamil Nadu, arguing that a common entrance test would disadvantage students from rural areas, government schools and marginalised communities.

Anitha’s brother S. Manirathnam, who has now joined the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest in Delhi, says her fight was deeply personal.

He says Anitha was raised by their father, a daily wage labourer, after their mother died when she was seven. He recalls that Anitha wanted to become a doctor because their mother’s death due to an illness had shaped her dream of entering medicine.

“She wanted to become a doctor because she had seen the suffering caused by the lack of medical care,” Manirathnam said, recalling his sister’s journey.

Anitha joined the legal battle against NEET and became one of the petitioners before the Supreme Court, seeking relief for Tamil Nadu students. The Court did not grant the exemption sought by the state, and days later, on 1 September 2017, Anitha died by suicide at her home in Ariyalur.

Speaking about the impact of NEET on his family, Manirathnam said, “NEET has destroyed my family.”

Years later, he has joined the CJP protest, saying Tamil Nadu’s opposition to NEET began with students like Anitha, who questioned whether a single national entrance exam could account for the inequalities faced by students across the country.

Thanks: The Quint

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

#NEET is Discriminatory . #NEET is Injustice. #BANNEET is our Demand.

[Prakash Ambedkar @Prksh_Ambedkar]

ABOLISH NEET!

DECENTRALISE EDUCATION!

[T M Krishna @tmkrishna]

While the english media is talking about NEET exams reform etc, one person has been forgotten, he name is S. Anitha, a Dalit student who committed suicide. She was the first victim of this oppressive and discriminative central exam system called NEET. It would be respectful to remember her at this moment.

[Prakash Ambedkar @Prksh_Ambedkar]

ABOLISH NEET!

DECENTRALISE EDUCATION!

[Ravi Chandar @ravikchandar]

Anitha was all alone fighting in Delhi nine years ago.

She was way ahead of anyone in seeing how unfair NEET is.

#BanNEET #NEETProtests

[Prakash Ambedkar @Prksh_Ambedkar]

Remembering S. Anitha, a brilliant Dalit student who scored 98% in her state board exams, only to have her dreams crushed when the system shifted the goalposts overnight.

She was the first victim of this oppressive and discriminative central exam system called NEET.

NEET continues to disadvantage, exclude students of state-board students and from marginalised communities.

In memory of Anitha, and for the countless rural and marginalised students fighting an unfair fight - Abolish NEET. Decentralise education.

[Dr V K Balamurugan IRS(R) @KBalamuruganPhD]

“The Union Government introduced NEET with three principal promises…on every one of these counts NEET has failed…it’s time to trust States” writes @mkstalin in @the_hindu

Need of the hour is not reform in conducting NEET but abolishing NEET altogether and amending the Constitution to move Education from Concurrent List to State List. #SaveEducation #NeetIsUnfair
@arivalayam

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

https://t.co/sUwHKS5jMC Year 2011 #NeetIsUnfair

[Newjin Shalom @newjinshalom]

https://t.co/8U9j45hQDu Year 2010 #NeetIsUnfair

[M.K.Stalin @mkstalin]

You cannot have both fairness and NEET.
NEET is fundamentally unfair.

While I cannot speak for every state, I can certainly speak for Tamil Nadu. Every political party in Tamil Nadu except the BJP opposes NEET. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has repeatedly passed resolutions and Bills seeking exemption from NEET.

Stop defending the indefensible. #ScrapNEET once and for all.

Look out for my Op-ed in tomorrow's edition of @The_Hindu, where I set out in detail why NEET is fundamentally unfair and why it must be abolished.

[M.K.Stalin @mkstalin]

NEET was introduced with three principal promises: (1) reduce the burden, (2) eliminate commercialisation, and (3) improve standards.

On every one of these counts, #NEET has failed. It has merely shifted the centre of learning from schools to coaching centres.

The problem with NEET has always been structural, not merely procedural. Recent events have vindicated that concern.

The ongoing student protests must serve as a wake-up call for the Union Government. It's time to trust the states. It's time to abolish NEET.

Read my op-ed in today's @The_Hindu: https://t.co/wFlPB09zUT

[M.K.Stalin @mkstalin]

The students' protest in New Delhi has now captured the attention of the entire country.

We were the first to warn that #NEET was designed to enable large-scale irregularities. That is why the DMK has opposed NEET from the very beginning, consistently pointing out the the dangers it poses.

Tamil Nadu, which led India in defending social justice and paved the way for the First Constitutional Amendment, has only one demand: #AbolitionOfNEET.

More than any other demand, the abolition of NEET must be at the heart of these protests. Only scrapping NEET will provide a lasting solution to all these problems. #BanNEET #SaveStudents

[புரட்சி_______முகில் @CheyyaruArun]

The DMK Government did not create merely "2 lakh jobs a year". Based on EPFO data, Tamil Nadu generated over 12.5 lakh employment opportunities annually over the last five years.

Pointing to crowds at a job fair proves nothing. In every economy, people seek jobs, career changes and better opportunities.

The DMK never claimed that every single person in Tamil Nadu was employed or that unemployment had vanished. Their claim has always been that Tamil Nadu has consistently been among India's leading States in employment generation.