For the first time in 30 years, I’m hearing a sitting Chief Minister say, “If anyone asks you for a bribe, don’t give. I’ll take care of you.”
That’s a very powerful message, but it needs to be put to the test. To make this work, the DVAC should launch and widely publicize a statewide helpline.
Everyone should have access to a single WhatsApp number where they can easily send video evidence or reports. This needs to become a massive statewide movement.
I love to see if this is actually feasible, and can actually be successfully implemented.
This is both interesting and insightful.
Contractors are now quoting 25%-30% lower as no money needs to be paid to private pockets.
Tamil Nadu is moving in the right direction. We all need to ensure it sustains.
The DMK ecosystem is attacking me that the school issue I reported was a lie I concocted to help the TVK government. Let me state the facts.
We run two rural schools, both free NIOS schools under the Kalaivani Kalvi Maiyam umbrella, one in rural Tenkasi and the other in rural Theni.
The Theni school was originally started and run by a retired IPS officer, a honest and upright man. He built very nice facilities but had to shut down his CBSE school because the state government demanded too much money to issue the NOC. He told me that as a honest retired officer he did not have the money to pay and they would not issue the NOC otherwise.
He urged us to take over his trust so we could run our free NIOS school in the premises. That is how we started our NIOS school in Theni.
Unlike in Tenkasi, where I live, the Theni school faced occasional harassment from the DMK government because we did not have a state government registration, so we tried getting state government approval again (this time for the state board) and that of course would also cost money. So it was in a limbo.
Meanwhile in Tenkasi we wanted to build new school facilities (we were operating in make-shift facilities, the ones that came in frequent photos) and we applied for DTCP approval to construct the new buildings. Everyone who knows DTCP in our state knows what kind of corruption happened there under the DMK.
We waited patiently for DTCP approval for the new school buildings but the approval never came as long as the DMK was in power. The approval came automatically once the government changed.
It is this DTCP approval that I posted about in X. I want to once again appreciate the refreshing change.
Not only did the approvals come, government people told us not to pay money to anyone for any approvals. I have to appreciate this in public, having endured what we had endured before.
This is the "lie" that DMK wants to attack me on.
I do not need their certificate on my character.
They can examine their conscience and ask why a technology nerd like me who is mostly immersed in code would post these.
If they think I would back down by their vile personal attacks because I am a Brahmin or TVK Stooge or Sanghi or whatever, I will tell them this: unlike you dynasts I grew up with nothing. I studied in Tamil medium schools. I know how to live on nothing. I have dedicated the remainder of my life to make Bharat self reliant in technology while reviving our rural areas, the soul of our eternal sanatana civilization.
I will not be intimidated by their attacks. I am unafraid of death, why would I be afraid of the mere DMK?
And if they had any conscience they can return the money they looted (they know there they keep it) and then they can attack my character.
I will now go back to optimizing the code of our compiler!
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Also org which has hierarchal mindset failed to instil what they want to achieve as an org clearly. Coz if the goal is clear, hierarchy will never matter, people fight for the goal not about who scores the goal
How to ragebait a VC
- Which podcast gave you that opinion?
- How would you add value if you found a way to be valuable?
- You look like you make all of the 2 but none of the 20.
- Sorry, we aren't raising from you right now.
- Which AI model did you use to vibe code your firm's website?
- What startup role would you take if they'd have you?
This time when i went to Chepauk for the first time, i didn’t carry a whistle but from next time I’ll make sure i carry one and blow it continuously for 4.5 hours. Hope rest of the fans follow the same, let them get annoyed by the noise as much as possible.
#whistlepodu