عماد 🇮🇳

Indian Muslim | CSK forever | Urdu speaking Tamilian

[عماد 🇮🇳 @im_aa_ad]

The best of you are the ones who are the best to their families. ❤️

- Prophet Mohammed SAWS

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@SqSehrish Twist, twitch, twin, twine...

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@Bhanu_R780 Jaddu ?

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@ashwinravi99 Not sure about @benstokes38 considering there is a home Ashes in June 2027.

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If this is true, the only team that would need him is @LucknowIPL !

[Rohit Juglan @rohitjuglan]

Keep an eye on trade window - He has already made a couple of calls to a franchise in south and one in North
This will be BIGGEST 💙

[Streets Of TamilNadu @TN_Streets]

After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to archive this page and sign off.

The 2026 election result has affected me deeply. I genuinely believe Thiru. M.K. Stalin was one of the finest political leaders India has seen in recent times.

I feel emotional even typing this. In his post-election message, he said he worked hard beyond his limits. I have felt it too. There was genuine intent behind this government. What happened feels unfair to me on many levels.

I also feel guilty wondering if some of our posts unintentionally contributed to anti-incumbency beyond what we ever intended.

I started this page only out of hope for better urban infrastructure and cities that meet global standards. Criticism always came from that place.

Right now, I don’t think I can continue this in the right state of mind. So I’m archiving this page and taking a pause.

Thank you to everyone who supported and cared. ❤️

[Karthick Ramasamy @karthickmr]

Whatever the causes behind the DMK’s defeat in Tamil Nadu, and whatever role the party’s first family may have played in creating public resentment, I still continue to regard M K Stalin as one of the few real statesmen left in Indian politics.

In Indian politics, defeat usually produces denial, arrogance, silence or revenge. Rarely humility. That is why Stalin’s response after the election stood out so sharply.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, after the shocking electoral collapse of the Left in Kerala, has not even cared to release a simple two-line Facebook post consoling emotionally shattered cadres and followers. Thousands of ordinary CPM workers who defended the party for years were left directionless after the verdict. Silence became the political response.

Mamata Banerjee, after suffering humiliation in Bengal in another phase of her political journey, publicly declared she would not resign. Across India, leaders often treat electoral defeat as temporary inconvenience or conspiracy. Very few acknowledge the emotional investment of ordinary workers.

But Stalin chose another path altogether.

The very next day after counting, despite losing even his own constituency Kolathur to an electoral novice from Vijay’s TVK, Stalin went back to the locality. No anger. No drama. No blame game. He walked among the people and thanked them for standing with him for decades. Videos from the locality showed emotionally overwhelmed party workers crying openly. Many held his hands. Some could not control their tears. Stalin attempted to console them instead.

That moment mattered politically because it reflected something increasingly absent in Indian politics. Democratic culture.

Today I saw The Times of India Chennai edition carrying his interaction where Stalin said he would not disturb Vijay for the next six months if the latter forms the government. He said he was not interested in creating instability in Tamil Nadu. He said people should not be dragged into another election. He expressed hope that the new government would continue welfare schemes while implementing TVK’s manifesto promises. Only after six months, he said, would the DMK begin constructive criticism as Opposition.

That is not weakness. That is political maturity.

To AIADMK leaders who mocked the DMK after the defeat, Stalin simply responded that the DMK would sit in the Opposition. Nothing hysterical. Nothing desperate. Just clarity.

One must remember that the DMK is not an ordinary electoral machine. It is one of the most ideologically rooted Dravidian movements in modern India. The party survived dismissals, Emergency-era repression, corruption allegations, splits, the deaths of towering leaders, and repeated electoral destruction. After MGR’s rise many predicted the end of the DMK. After Jayalalithaa’s dominance many wrote its obituary again. Yet the party returned each time because its social foundations remained intact.

Stalin himself spent years under the shadow of Karunanidhi. Critics mocked him as politically weak and lacking charisma. But over time he rebuilt the party structure patiently. He strengthened welfare politics. He sharpened the DMK’s secular positioning at a time when majoritarian nationalism was rising aggressively across India. He defended federalism. He consistently articulated Tamil identity without slipping into separatist rhetoric. During NEET protests, language debates, governor-state confrontations and questions of social justice, Stalin gave ideological direction to the Dravidian discourse.

That political foundation has not disappeared because of one electoral defeat.

What collapsed this time was electoral arithmetic. In a multiparty democracy, perception often defeats ideology. Celebrity appeal overtakes organisational depth. Anger accumulates silently against incumbents. Welfare fatigue sets in. Internal contradictions within ruling families create resentment. Every dominant party eventually faces this cycle.

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#whistlepodu

[Silly Point @FarziCricketer]

JAMIEEEEEEEE OVERTON. Come to Delhi, I will take you for Butter Chicken. Come to Ranchi, I will take you for Litti Chokha, Come to Assam, I will take you for Masor Tenga, Come to Bengal, I will take you for Rosogulla, Come to Odisha, I will take you for Chhena Poda.... LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS MAN AND HIS PASSION.

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@definitelynot05 Saw this yesterday and tbh it was pathetic. The hatred being pushed upon was extreme.

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@APTalksCricket Was in the stadium yesterday, my first ever and witnessed something terrible. Is it normal for the DJ to mock the opposition players too when they get out ?

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@JackDevero It should have been 'South African Police Service' as per the logo !

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@Dimpzudhani Is that 10 Lakh steps a month ? 🤔

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@sardesairajdeep A lil bit of us all wanted the chase, didnt we ?

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@Delhiite_ Lol. Not for 2 more elections bro. TamilNadu is a different ball game.

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@sleeeepy__head Thats cute 🤣

[Idris @7signxx]

Recite and repost...

[Mama @SriniMaama16]

Siraj’s workload this series:
1113 balls
186 overs
47 4-over spells

That’s not just a workload, that’s a war chest. He went to battle & won the war.

47 4-over spells is 3 IPL seasons worth of overs in a month. New ball, old ball, with the wind, against it, first session, before tea, after tea, dying light, final hour, he kept charging in like a raging bull.

That’s not just fitness. That’s heart, hunger, heat & hustle. 23 wickets at 32.43, SR 48.39 & the highest wicket taker of the series don't exactly capture how he bent his back on pitches flatter than a national highway. No Bumrah? No problem. Let me step up & become the attack leader.

The Man of Heart.
The Man of Steel.
The Heartbeat of the Indian Red Ball Pace Attack.

Take a bow, Miyaan. India won’t forget this series & we definitely won’t forget you. #Champion

[عماد 🇮🇳 @im_aa_ad]

Absolutely has to be the best game ever!

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

Which is your favourite IPL game in 18 years of league history?

Mine - 2023 IPL final.

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Wowww! Now let's just bring him straightaway to the playing XII for the Mumbai game please @ChennaiIPL !

[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

And now, Dewald Brevis is Yellove! 💛

#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛

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@SaktiswarupN @SergioCSKK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Prabhu deva