The economic and demographic effects of corruption.
Cost of land in our urban areas is far higher than what our GDP per capita would dictate. The ratio of land value to per capita GDP is probably higher in India than anywhere else. As an example, land prices in Chennai or Bengaluru rival that of cities like New York which has a vastly higher per capita GDP.
The key reason?
First, vast sums of political corruption money is parked in real estate. This raises real estate prices and high real estate prices affect everything downstream.
Second, corruption in building approvals and the like - the famous DTCP - raises construction costs, on top of already higher real estate costs.
Third, corruption in private school regulatory compliance enforcement raises school fees.
Fourth, corruption in private hospital regulatory compliance enforcement raises health care costs.
Fifth, household goods need sales outlets and those pay higher rents due to high real estate prices and construction costs.
So housing, education, healthcare and household goods - all of these now cost higher.
As a direct consequence, the economic burden on the average person gets worse. Young people, facing all these costs, postpone marriage, and postpone children or have fewer children.
That directly affects our demographics.
While this issue exists in many parts of India, Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanized of the bigger states, is particularly hit hard.
So corruption is becoming an existential threat to our society.
If you worry about the super-low birth rate in Tamil Nadu, way below replacement, understand that corruption raising our cost of living is one of the major causes, not the only cause, but a big one in our context.
As of 2026, Tamil Nadu is the only state in India that does not have any Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). As the name indicates, this policy was formulated when Congress was in power and the BJP has continued it.
It is generally a bad idea for one state to keep resisting policies every other state, including non-BJP states, accept.
DMK pursued that arrogant policy and lost.
Given that the Congress is in the ruling alliance in Tamil Nadu, I hope they push for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools in the interest of our Tamil Nadu students.
Accepting Jawahar Navodaya Schools would not lose a single vote and in fact may win many votes from grateful parents. Pragmatism in such matters is politically wise.
Kural 25 directly refers to "Indra".
ஐந்தவித்தான் ஆற்றல் அகல்விசும்பு ளார்கோமான்
இந்திரனே சாலுங் கரி.
Kural 610:
மடியிலா மன்னவன் எய்தும் அடியளந்தான்
தாஅய தெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.
The reference அடியளந்தான் is the Vamana avatar of Mahavishnu.
It is a wilful negation of the very text to claim that Kural has nothing to do with Hinduism.
A joyous moment for every Indian!
Chola Copper Plates dating back to the 11th Century will be repatriated to India from the Netherlands. Took part in the ceremony for the same in the presence of Prime Minister Rob Jetten.
The Chola Copper Plates are a set of 21 large plates and 3 small plates and largely contain texts in Tamil, one of the most beautiful languages of the world. They relate to the great Rajendra Chola I formalising an oral commitment made by his father, King Rajaraja I. They also showcase the greatness of the Cholas. We in India are immensely proud of the Cholas, their culture and their maritime prowess.
I thank the Government of the Netherlands and Leiden University in particular, where the Copper Plates were kept since the mid-19th century.
@MinPres
How many seats did our Honourable Home Minister Thiru @AmitShah avl say will be Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha seats after the Women's Reservation bill is passed?
59
How many seats did the DMK want?
59
And they still voted against the bill, because they never wanted the women’s reservation bill to succeed. That is their true intent.
In DMK’s growing list of achievements for the DMK in the last 5 years: 2080 Sexual Assaults, 39,999 POCSO cases, and one more feather in their cap; Anti-Women reservation party.
#DMKBetraysWomen
If the agenda on the table is to flaunt their anti-Hindu credentials, the MPs of the I.N.D.I. Alliance wear it like a badge of honour.
All the loud talk of Constitutional rights is nothing but rhetoric for this group. And now, moving an impeachment motion against a Judge, despite an appeal already filed by the TN DMK Govt before the Honourable Supreme Court, reveals nothing but a desperate attempt to feed their politics of minority appeasement.
What purpose does this political drama serve, except signalling that the rule of law is secondary to vote-bank politics?
Are they also sending a message to our country that if the I.N.D.I. Alliance doesn’t like any Judge’s verdict, they will use the impeachment process as a tool to threaten the judiciary into submission? What can be a greater threat to the Constitution than this?
For the people of our country, DMK and the I.N.D.I. Alliance have once again proved that for them, divisive politics comes first.
For high handedness of one family, having a tainted cabinet, being an epicentre of corruption, turning a blind eye to lawlessness, turning TN into a haven for drugs & illicit liquor, mounting debt, dilapidated education ministry, precarious environment for women & children, divisive politics based on caste & religion, ceaseless failures in delivering good governance, flawed policies & not fulfilling electoral promises, this DMK led govt in TN will be dethroned by the people soon.
#GetOutStalin
@MEAIndia
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@MEAIndia
My admission at @ISAE_officiel has been cancelled due to delay in student visa approval. Only 2 weeks of classes have passed, yet the university not accepting my admission despite having my study visa now.
I kindly seek your support to get back this opportunity.