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[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

For #MadrasDay, I wrote in The Hindu Metroplus about a rather endearing connection between St. George’s Cathedral in #Chennai and #JaneAusten, with Governor Lushington as the link… do read and repost if you find this interesting

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

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[Hindutva Observer @HindutvaObserve]

This isn't india but London, United Kingdom.

Indian hindus discovered a clean lake for the first time & decided to make it look like India. Britishers invaded india, indian hindus taking revenge by polluting English cities.

[Chennai Weather-Raja @chennaiweather]

Scattered showers possible #Chennai . Wind direction northerly

[sportified @sportified25]

A mild-mannered primary school teacher proposed marriage to unmarried women without asking for dowry, spent one night in a lodge, and handed them a "contraceptive pill" outside public bus stand washrooms—leaving 20 women dead from cyanide poisoning.

The reason might surprise you.

Between 2003 and 2009, a baffling pattern of unattended deaths troubled police across Karnataka and neighboring states.

Young women from lower-middle-class families were turning up dead inside the cubicles of public washrooms at major KSRTC bus stands in Mysuru, Madikeri, Hassan, and Bengaluru.

Each scene looked identical:

The victims showed zero external injuries, signs of physical struggle, or weapon wounds.

Their gold jewelry, handbags, identity proofs, and cash were gone.

Beside them lay only a tiny, empty plastic capsule foil or a sachet.

Local police precincts initially treated the deaths as isolated suicides caused by failed love affairs, closing the case files without connecting the dots across district borders.

Behind this calculated routine stood Mohan Kumar—a 46-year-old physical education teacher from Bantwal, known chillingly to forensic history as "Cyanide Mohan."

His modus operandi was a masterclass in exploiting social vulnerability:

The Target: He scouted bus stations and temple towns looking for unmarried women in their late twenties or thirties facing difficulty finding grooms due to societal pressure or heavy dowry demands.

The Pitch: Presenting himself as a respectable, eligible bachelor under various false Hindu and Muslim aliases (Anand, Sudhir, Shashidhar), he claimed to be an influential government official. He won over their trust by promising immediate marriage without demanding a single rupee of dowry.

The Setup: He convinced the women to elope with him, instructing them to wear their finest bridal sarees and carry all their family gold ornaments. He took them to out-of-town lodges, spent the night, and convinced them to leave their jewelry in the room the next morning before visiting a nearby temple for wedding rituals.

The "Pill": On the way, near a crowded bus stand, he handed them a capsule, falsely claiming it was a pregnancy prevention pill to avoid conceiving before the wedding ceremony. To avoid vomiting, he instructed them to swallow it inside the private washroom with a sip of water.

The capsule was packed with industrial-grade potassium cyanide, sourced from local goldsmiths under the pretext of cleaning silver ornaments.

Within seconds of ingestion, the cyanide paralyzed cellular respiration. As the victims collapsed inside locked cubicles, Mohan walked back to the lodge, packed up their gold and cash, and caught the next outbound bus.

The five-year killing spree collapsed in October 2009:

A 22-year-old woman named Anitha from Barimar went missing after leaving home for a temple.

Her family relentlessly tracked her call records. When police analyzed the phone logs, they noticed a recurring number that had gone silent the day of her disappearance.

Detectives traced the handset tower pings to Deralakatte near Mangaluru, leading to Mohan Kumar’s arrest on October 21, 2009.

When police raided his quarters, they recovered:

8 packets containing raw cyanide powder.

Multiple fake identity cards, voter IDs, and over 100 mobile SIM cards used to groom victims.

Piles of gold jewelry pawn receipts.

Under sustained interrogation, Mohan confessed to luring and murdering 20 women across Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

His judicial trials set historical legal benchmarks:

Between 2013 and 2020, Mohan Kumar was tried in 20 separate murder cases, securing convictions in all of them—including five death penalties (later commuted to life imprisonment without remission) and multiple life terms.

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

What a cruel religion this is!

[Soniya Deshwal @ImSoniya24]

यही वो बांग्लादेशी कपल हैं 😱

उसका गुनाह सिर्फ इतना था कि वो माँ बनने वाली थी

ये खबर उसने अपने पति को बताई “आप पिता बनने वाले हो”

ये सुनते ही पति की आँखों में आँसू आ गए
जिसने खुशी में पत्नी का माथा चूम लिया

सऊदी अरब ने दो नहीं तीन लोगों को मौTत की सजा दी हैं

[Rainstorm - வானிலை பதிவுகள் @RainStorm_TN]

Tamil Nadu Weather Outlook | Next 3 Days
The rainfall outlook for the next three days remains largely unchanged from our previous update.

South Tamil Nadu, West Tamil Nadu and the Western Ghats are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extreme rainfall events possible.

Coastal districts and North Interior Tamil Nadu will also continue to witness widespread rain and thunderstorms over the next three days, with locally intense spells.

Chennai & Suburbs: Moderate to heavy rainfall is likely to continue, particularly during the peak NEM rainfall hours, i.e evening through late night and early morning. During the daytime, sudden, localized rain spells may occur at scattered locations.

More active and potentially intense rainfall spells are still ahead. Stay alert and keep watching the evolving weather patterns!

[OMR Updates @OMRupdates]

#Chennai airport yesterday night rain effect
VC : Chennai_plane_Spotter

[Vetri kondan @ajithemkumar]

Guys if you watch this video closely . You can find a pattern. showing rich lifestyle and attracting people even with rentals. Same group. Now everyone involved acting strange. Suspicious #FinanceWithHarish

[VS குமாரு @Vs_kumars]

மரத்தை அறுக்க ஒரு ஆளு
அதை புடிச்சிக்க நாலு பேரு 😂 ஒரே கூத்தா இருக்கு.
#ChennaiRains

[Rainstorm - வானிலை பதிவுகள் @RainStorm_TN]

Rain and thunderstorm activity has started picking up across interior Tamil Nadu and the southern coastal belt.

North Coastal Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and its suburbs, is expected to witness increasing rain/thunderstorm activity over the next few hours. We could also see fresh thunderstorm / rain cloud development along and near the North Tamil Nadu coast, potentially will bring moderate to heavy rainfall.

Heavy spells are possible across Chennai and adjoining coastal districts, with rainfall activity likely to continue into late tonight.

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

@narayananh No, it’s a repost

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

Velachery after last night’s rain! 🚣‍♂️ #ChennaiRains #Chennai

[Aheen Maxi @aheenmaxi]

Ennada elunthu paatha ivlo thani nikuthu, boat lam potrukinga 😭

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

@RahulPrasanthS Not sure about that, but this kind of showing off one’s wealth - however earned - is nauseating 🤮

[Srini Swaminathan @srini091]

Following mix seems to be the template for millions of views -> monetisation and easily fool gullible people. Not just in Tamil Nadu but all over India.

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Slow mo shots
Cinematic angles
Transition every 2 seconds & click sounds
Background blur bokeh
Top angles / drone shots
Cinematic filters
Apt BGM
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With a good gimbal cam like OSMO pocket 3/4 or Insta 360 Luna and a good video editor, one can fool anyone these days? 🤦🏻‍♂️

😕 Where did rational / logical / data based and analytical thinking go? This is what Periyar and other stalwarts of Tamilnadu taught but greed and emotion overtakes.

[Omjasvin M D @omjasvinMD]

Boats arrive in Velachery

[OMR Updates @OMRupdates]

This is #Chennai ! 🧘

[Polimer News @polimernews]

இலவசம் கேட்டோமா நாங்க? பஸ்க்கு பின்னாடியே ஓடி வந்தா கூட நிறுத்த மாட்டேங்குறாங்க? பெண்களுக்கு மரியாதையே இல்ல - ராமேஸ்வரம் பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் கண்ணீர் மல்க ஆதங்கத்தை கொட்டிய பெண் பயணி

#Rameshwaram | #GovtBus | #FreeBus | #VetriPayanam | #PolimerNews

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

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[Noe1017 @Noe1017_Monad]

孟加拉国的一对夫妇去麦加朝觐度蜜月。

在一座清真寺的庭院里亲吻的这对夫妇被一名巴基斯坦籍男子用摄像机拍下，他将视频发送给了沙特阿拉伯当局。

随后，这对夫妇被逮捕并被判处死刑。

沙特阿拉伯当局通过斩首的方式处决了阿卜杜勒-巴希尔和西蒂夫妇。

他们的遗体被送回孟加拉国。孟加拉国政府则向沙特阿拉伯提出抗议。

[Rainstorm - வானிலை பதிவுகள் @RainStorm_TN]

Currently, no significant rain-bearing clouds are approaching Chennai and its suburbs. As expected, rainfall activity is likely to remain relatively subdued during the daytime, although sudden, isolated showers cannot be ruled out.

Meanwhile, the Nellore–Pulicat coastal stretch continues to experience rainfall, which is likely to persist for the next few hours.

The southern coastal stretch from Ramanathapuram (Ramnad) to Kanyakumari (Kumari) is also witnessing rainfall activity, with intermittent showers likely to continue.

From late afternoon/evening, rainfall activity is expected to pick up again along the coastal belt from Chennai through Puducherry and Cuddalore to the Delta districts, with chances of moderate to heavy spells in a few places.

As usual, interior Tamil Nadu is likely to witness increasing thunderstorm and rainfall activity from noon onwards.

[Fabiola🌻 @fabwrite]

@jpgandhi That’s asking too much of the current TN government. They are so clueless they sent an emergency rain alert to our phones and then for the next 3 days there was not a drop of rain 🤣 @tnsdma @CMOTamilnadu