Balakrishnan

enjoying the days with family in Adayar Chennai

[Pritesh Shah @priteshshah_]

Mumbai rises. 🇮🇳🔥

More than 7 lakh people on the ground, coming together in a joint protest demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Democracy belongs to the people not to those in power. ✊

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

"India’s fastest growing D2C business: Spirituality. It has cracked the exact code that every D2C founder dreams of: Zero cost of customer acquisition through guilt, infinite lifetime value through fear, and a product that never has to be delivered because the customer is told the defect is in them."

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

87 million Indian youth, between the age of 15 to 29, are neither studying or working nor receiving training. This is the official data, not the actual numbers.

87 million means more than the population of 177 countries in the world. Only 18 countries have more population.

[Balakrishnan @bala2706]

@_soniashenoy I am not sure about silver though. That metal is as volatile as Brent crude. Would advise any allocation. A better strategy would be to put a 5% allocation to a commodity basket. Gold can get the balance of your commodities allocation. Your views.

[Harish Upadhya @harishupadhya]

Only in Bengaluru.

Namma Metro breaks down. Cabs vanish. Autos refuse. And IT employees in India's Silicon Valley are hitchhiking on trucks and lorries to get home. All this after paying high fares.

Forget Hyperloop and AI. We've unlocked Truck-as-a-Service for commuting.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

The whole education system is being destroyed systematically. Please tell me how this is not worse than anything Zia did to Pakistan's education system. Colonial rulers would be proud of what the BJP is doing to finish India's worth as a knowledge centre.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Our rural school Kalaivani Kalvi Maiyam, which provides completely free education to rural children, faced delays getting approvals from the previous government. Of course, significant money was demanded and we were told that was the only way, even if it is a completely free school.

After @TVKVijayHQ came to power, approvals have happened quickly and automatically.

I am very happy to appreciate this positive development in our state. Thank you Thiru Vijay Avl for this refreshing change🙏

[Balakrishnan @bala2706]

@TrueCohle @UpdatesChennai @grok They are still doing it.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान इस्तीफ़ा दो!

शिक्षा मंत्री को हमने चुन कर भेजा है, हमारे टैक्स से उनको तनख्वाह मिलती है!

उनके शासन काल में करोड़ों युवाओं का भविष्य अंधकार में है।

cockroach आ रहे हैं, धर्मेंद्र प्रधान जा रहे हैं!

#cjpprotest

[Balakrishnan @bala2706]

@Cockroach4India All sports bodies will have independent governing board devoid of political appointees, especially BCCI

[Balakrishnan @bala2706]

@Cockroach4India What will be the symbol under which this party will field its candidates?

[Cockroach Party of India @Cockroach4India]

OUR FIRST OFFICIAL PRESS BRIEFING
Journalists may kindly take note:

• We are not here to become a B-team, C-team, or hidden ally of any political party. We will remain fully independent.

• We believe democracy works best when citizens ask questions fearlessly. RTI, public data, audits, field research, and facts will be our strongest weapons.

• We are not launching a party for elections alone , we are building a movement for students, youth, workers, women, senior citizens, and every honest taxpayer.

• Merit must never die. We support a fair system with strong affirmative action that uplifts the weak without destroying excellence.

• Our politics will focus more on jobs, entrepreneurship, inflation, wages, education quality, healthcare, and economic growth ,not endless TV drama.

• Every babu and every neta must be accountable. Power without accountability is corruption in slow motion.

• We will publish data-backed report cards of governments instead of emotional propaganda.

• We will question every government equally , ruling or opposition ,based on facts, not ideology.

• We reject personality cult politics. Institutions are bigger than individuals.

• Nationalism without development is noise. Development without justice is incomplete. We want both.

• We believe educated citizens are stronger than blind supporters.

• We will promote scientific thinking, constitutional values, and policy-based debates instead of hate campaigns.

• Corruption is not just theft of money , it is theft of opportunities from ordinary people.

• Government jobs should reward competence, honesty, and efficiency , not connections and lobbying.

• Public money is sacred. Every rupee collected from taxpayers must show measurable impact.

• We support transparency in political funding and decision-making. Citizens deserve to know who influences power.

• We want governance that works quietly and efficiently, not governance that survives only on slogans and PR campaigns.

• The future belongs to skilled youth, researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs , not dynasty politics.

• We are not anti-government or anti-opposition. We are pro-citizen.

• This is not a launch of another political brand. This is a demand for responsible politics.

[Anjali Bhardwaj @AnjaliB_]

3 more points to add to the Cockroach Janta Party agenda:
- It will be answerable to people under the RTI Act
- Will not accept anonymous donations in cash or through instruments like electoral bonds
- Will never start a secret Cockroach CARES Fund
Thanks! ✊🏽

[Balakrishnan @bala2706]

@derekobrienmp Given that there is a churn of voters since 2021, new voters of up to 10% added and old voters, deceased (who exercised their franchise in 2021) absent in this election, the %ages polled is significant. There is a new bunch of conscious voters who have found a reason to vote now

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

The only newspaper to openly and directly denounce the disgusting and shameful act of the election commission colluding with BJP to give a free pass to the PM to abuse state media machinery anyway he wants.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

When it comes to exposing anti-federal Modi govt’s lies with facts & figures few do it better than my dear friend @ptrmadurai Hoping people of Madurai will elect him with a massive margin to continue his fight against BJP alongside us .

[Namita @namitathapar]

I left for bombay at 6.30 am like the hard working professional that I am & stopped the car at 7 am to make this reel as I’ve long realised that silence is not a virtue & one must speak up when they are disrespected. Yes if wrong things happen at any workplace that are against basic human rights, me & all of us should speak up. I don’t care about the personal trolling, I’m used to it last 5 years since shark tank but the purpose of this reel is to request all the proud Indians in this country to start speaking up when they see something wrong, out of humanity, out of patriotism. Jai hind. Now off to another joyful & complex day at work !

[Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) @ptrmadurai]

Tuesday was a black day for India. Friday has seen redemption in measures I could not have imagined.

For the first time in more than 30 years, a bill introduced by the government has failed to pass in the Lok Sabha. I am glad that it is this bill, which was conceived with malicious intent and without any logic, that has been defeated.

Parties that would ordinarily have been convinced of short-term benefits from an increase in seats have upheld oppositon unity to control the dictatorial tendencies of the government.

It is a sign that a politics of principles still exists in India, that there is still hope for a brighter future.

This is the turning point we have been waiting for. When he launched the election campaign, Chief Minister Thiru @mkstalin said “Tamil Nadu shall fight, Tamil Nadu shall win.”

Today, I am grateful to say: Tamil Nadu has fought, Tamil Nadu has won. India has fought, India has won.

PS: I am glad to be back in a white shirt, as the April heat in Madurai is not conducive to black shirts

[Smita Prakash @smitaprakash]

To the Principal, staff and students of Miranda College, Delhi University, you need to respect the Chief Guest you invite for your events. I was there for a no show! I have posted the videos and pix here so that you learn that tardiness equals to disrespect. No staff and 4-5 students. Flow chart & evidence posted