Jayanandhan

Supply Chain professional,Enterpreneur,Love to follow Indian politics,Follow me to hear unbiased opinions and tweets

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Lee Kuan Yew did not try to make Singapore rich in one jump. He tried to make it useful, then more useful, then hard to replace.

First came simple factory jobs. Then electronics. Then ports, finance, airports, and skills that paid more. Each step was planned before the last one got cheap. When other countries could sew shirts for less, Singapore had already moved up.

He also refused to change direction every few years just to look busy. Investors do not like surprises. Ordinary people do not like a plan that lasts only till the next election.

So Singapore sold something rare: the same basic rules, year after year. A clean government. Open trade. Saved money. Schools that kept getting better.

Many countries talk about becoming rich. He built a system that kept its word and kept climbing. Finish this job. Prepare for the next one. Do not throw away what already works.

That is how a poor place becomes a rich place. It learns the next skill before the old one stops paying.

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

794 bodies recovered. Thousands still unaccounted for. Tell us, what was their crime?

I am writing this from the Himalayas from a country responsible for only around 0.1% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. Nearly 46% of our land is covered by forests. Around 94% of our installed electricity capacity comes from hydropower. We are rapidly moving away from fossil-fuel vehicles too: EVs accounted for about 74% of Nepal’s four-wheeled passenger vehicle imports in 2025/26. We protect forests. We generate electricity from our rivers. We are embracing electric mobility at a pace few countries in the world have matched. Yet today, our people are digging through mud, searching rivers and waiting beside phones for the names of their loved ones.

The Bhote Koshi flash flood has shown us what it means to live beneath a rapidly changing cryosphere. Our glaciers are retreating, our frozen mountains are becoming increasingly unstable, and the rivers that generate our clean electricity can also carry destruction into communities below. We did not build our prosperity by burning generations of coal and oil. We contributed almost nothing to creating the climate crisis at this scale. But we are being forced to survive its consequences. The people whose bodies are being pulled from rivers did not cause this crisis. The families still waiting for thousands of missing people did not cause it. The children, farmers, workers and mountain communities who lost everything did not cause it.

So from the Himalayas, we ask the industrialised world: how many Himalayan bodies will be enough? How many mothers must wait for children who never return? How many villages must disappear before “climate justice” becomes more than a speech at another conference? Do not come to us only with sympathy after the bodies have been counted. Come with responsibility. Come with climate finance, adaptation, loss-and-damage support and the courage to cut emissions at the scale this emergency demands. We want climate justice. We want the right to survive in our own mountains. We want a world where being born in the Himalayas is not a death sentence for a crisis we did not create.

[Jayanandhan @jayanvasudev]

A horrific tragedy,my heartfelt condolences to all those who have lost their life in this incident,may their soul rest in peace 🙏 .I Commend the efforts of all organisation involved in the rescue efforts #Nepalfloods

[Chinese Embassy in Latvia @CNinLatvia]

Around 4:30 pm Friday, rescuers reached the core-hit area of Gyirong port in #Xizang after a #mudslide. Amid the debris, they repeatedly shouted, "Is anyone there?" while searching for missing people.

[P. Chidambaram @PChidambaram_IN]

Mr Navdeep Suri, former Ambassador of India to Egypt and United Arab Emirates and former High Commissioner to Australia said on the S.I.R. process:

"If I have trouble establishing my citizenship after representing India in the three countries, what's the fate of the common citizen? Ease of Living, I presume!"

Based on the outcomes so far, at the end of the S.I.R. process, 10% of India's adult population will be 'citizens' but without the right to vote, thanks to the ECI

That is nearly 10 crore people

The ECI has created a new category of ' non-voting citizens'

[Rishi Joe Sanu 🌐🗽🏙 @RishiJoeSanu]

We need to scale this up to every water body in India. This could be our F1. Start with Ashtamudi Lake and then move into other Indian states.

Mallu insulars need not worry. The Vembanad Lake edition will always be a class apart, as the Monaco Grand Prix of boat races.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Happy Madras Day.

Founded in 1639, the city turns 387 today.

May it continue to flourish in the centuries to come.

[Jayanandhan @jayanvasudev]

Happy Independence Day 🇮🇳,Proud to be Indian !

[Jayanandhan @jayanvasudev]

@dmuthuk That’s a good one :)

[Jayanandhan @jayanvasudev]

Good insight on “factors for success”

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Right now, MPs and leaders of the INDIA alliance are peacefully heading to Gandhi Smriti on Tees January Marg.

We go to remember the students we lost - the children driven to take their own lives after the NEET paper leak.

And we go to stand with the students who lie injured today - beaten for peacefully demanding justice and accountability.

India’s students are not alone. The entire Opposition stands with them and their demands.

अभी, INDIA गठबंधन के सांसद और नेता शांतिपूर्ण तरीके से तीस जनवरी मार्ग पर गांधी स्मृति जा रहे हैं।

हम उन छात्रों को याद करने जा रहे हैं जिन्हें हमने खो दिया - वे बच्चे जिन्हें NEET पेपर लीक के बाद अपनी जान देने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ा।

और हम उन छात्रों के साथ खड़े होने जा रहे हैं जो आज घायल हैं - जिन्हें न्याय और जवाबदेही की शांतिपूर्ण मांग करने पर पीटा गया।

भारत के छात्र अकेले नहीं हैं। पूरा विपक्ष उनके और उनकी मांगों के साथ खड़ा है।

[Desi Lord @DesiLord_]

What a beautiful statement by Priyanka Gandhi ❤

"Hamare hi bacche hai, yeh sansad unhi ka hai, kisi ki jageer nhi hai".

[Lloyd Mathias @LloydMathias]

OMG! Thierry Henry’s deconstruction of the build-up to #Spain second goal, on @FOXSports is pure gold!

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Deeply saddened by the tragic boat capsizing near Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam, carrying Indian tourists.

My heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. My thoughts are also with those who are still missing, and with their families enduring an agonising wait.

I urge the Government of India and the Ministry of External Affairs to work closely with the Vietnamese authorities to ensure that every possible effort is made in the ongoing rescue operations and that all necessary assistance is extended to the affected families.

[Jayanandhan @jayanvasudev]

Good reply

[Kasturi @KasthuriShankar]

While TN politicians are squabbling over tiruvalluvar's clothes, a neighborly biscuit brand came up with a brilliant mass distribution of the Tirukkural.
Brittania, God bless you.

[Akshita Nandagopal @Akshita_N]

I repeat- the biggest achievement of the Vijay govt so far has been the crackdown on corruption!
https://t.co/npe9dfO0Mz

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

लोकसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष के रूप में आज दो साल पूरे हुए।

इन दो सालों का हर दिन एक ही काम रहा - हर भारतीय की आवाज़ को सत्ता तक पहुँचाना।

NEET के छात्रों की लड़ाई हो, वोट चोरी का पर्दाफाश हो या संविधान की रक्षा, हर मोर्चे पर आपके साथ खड़ा रहा, आज भी हूं, हमेशा रहूंगा।

सड़क से संसद तक, आपका भरोसा ही मेरी सबसे बड़ी ताक़त है। सफ़र लंबा है, पर संकल्प वही, आपके लिए हर लड़ाई लड़ता रहूँगा।

जय हिंद। जय संविधान। 🇮🇳

विस्तार में पढ़ें: https://t.co/vyj9WhFIhO

[Congress @INCIndia]

Unstoppable 🔥

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

The recent statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) - - on #PassportSevaDivas, no less! - - clarifying that an Indian passport is primarily a "travel document and not conclusive proof of citizenship" has triggered a predictable wave of public bewilderment and political sparring. 

While the government defends this as a long-standing legal position rooted in Section 20 of the Passports Act of 1967 (which technically allows the state to issue passports to non-citizens under rare, public-interest circumstances) this is a distinction without a difference, meaningless to the average citizen.

For decades, the passport has been considered the gold standard of identity. We navigate the gruelling bureaucratic maze of police verifications and document checks required to obtain one, precisely because the state demands concrete proof of citizenship before granting it. To turn around and declare that the very document born from this rigorous vetting does not actually prove citizenship creates an absurd legal paradox. If a passport does not establish domestic citizenship, then what does?

The Supreme Court has already ruled that the Aadhaar card is merely a proof of identity and residence, not citizenship. This leaves millions of Indians in a bizarre administrative limbo where they possess world-class biometric and state-issued documents, yet none are legally deemed "conclusive" proof of their nationality within their own borders. 

To end this fatuous controversy once and for all, a common-sense legislative overhaul is urgently required. The government should formally amend the legal framework to make both the passport and the Aadhaar card valid, conclusive proofs of Indian citizenship unless they are explicitly cancelled or withdrawn by the state.

Implementing this requires solving a critical administrative hurdle: because Aadhaar is currently issued based on 182 days of local residence rather than nationality, it is held by citizens and non-citizen residents alike. The solution is straightforward. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) should introduce a visually distinct Aadhaar card (featuring, say, a visible diagonal red stripe across the front), specifically designated for non-citizens living in India.

By clearly demarcating the two categories, the state can safely mandate that carrying either a standard citizen's Aadhaar or a valid passport is compulsory and sufficient proof of citizenship for all Indian nationals at all times. This dual-document policy would immediately streamline domestic verification, eliminate arbitrary bureaucratic challenges during electoral revisions, and provide every Indian with absolute, unquestionable legal certainty regarding their identity. End of story!