Manikandan Vandavasi

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[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Still trying to decode this tweet. 😂

[Nikki @_nikki_tweets]

If reservation is abolished, will Brahmins start marrying SC/ST daughters into their families? Will they marry their own daughters into SC/ST or other lower-caste families? If not, then how does ending reservation alone solve caste-based inequality?

[Dr Mouth Matters @GanKanchi]

Confessions and realities

42M, 55LPA

I am a 42-year-old man with a senior job in IT. I have a house in Chennai, a supportive wife, and two children. On paper, everything about my life looks perfect. I have achieved all the things society says a man should achieve.

In my twenties, life felt different. I had friends to spend time with. We would hang out at Marina Beach and Besant Nagar beach, watch movies at Rohini, Udayam, and Kasi theatres, and ride around Mount Road on my RX100.

In my thirties, I had colleagues to talk with over tea breaks. We would discuss apartments, onsite trips, and share random stories about life and work.

But now, in my forties, life has turned into a quiet routine. My phone rarely rings for anything personal. Most calls are about office work, bank alerts, or someone from home asking me to pick up milk on the way back.

The loneliness of a man in his forties is unusual. I am not physically alone, but I often feel like a machine.

When I enter my home, I am simply “Appa.” I am the person who pays school fees, fixes the Wi-Fi, and handles repairs. My wife is busy with her work and the kids. My children are teenagers now, living in their own worlds and their own rooms. They love me, but they mostly see me as the person who provides comfort and stability. They no longer see me as an individual.

At the office, I am the senior person. I am expected to have all the answers. I cannot tell my team that I feel tired. I cannot tell my boss that I sometimes struggle to keep up with new technologies. I must appear confident and strong, even when I quietly worry about the future.

Sometimes I drive home slowly from work just to spend a few extra minutes in the car. I listen to songs from my college days.
For those fifteen minutes, I am not a manager or a father. I am simply myself again.

I realize that I have not had a real conversation about my feelings with anyone in years.

My old friends now exist mostly as names on WhatsApp. We send “Happy Birthday” or “Congratulations” messages, but rarely talk. When we meet at weddings, our conversations revolve around our children’s grades or the cars we drive. We never talk about what we actually feel.

The hardest part is that I cannot even complain. If I tell my family that I feel lonely, they look confused and say, “But we are all here with you.”
They do not understand that a person can be surrounded by people and still feel like they are on a desert island.

Society teaches men that if they provide money and security, they have succeeded in life.
But no one teaches us how to deal with the silence that comes with it.

I have built a beautiful life for everyone around me, but sometimes it feels like there is no space left for me inside it.

And maybe… this is what life in your forties feels like.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Best tweet ever! 😂

[Ezzy @EzzyMUFC]

@_Afcbanks Bottlers starts with b and b is the 2nd Alphabet

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

@Livpure_India @LivpureSmart No response bruh?

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

@Livpure_India Been struggling to raise a new SR. Because you haven't closed the old SR. App doesn't let me close the old SR. Call goes to IVR which says customer already has a SR open.

Let me know the next steps to stay hydrated as currently unable to use your product.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

@Livpure_India Been struggling to raise a new SR. Because you haven't closed the old SR. App doesn't let me close the old SR. Call goes to IVR which says customer already has a SR open.

Let me know the next steps to stay hydrated as currently unable to use your product.

[rohanbabu @rohanbabu]

There is an invisible layer that affects many friendships in Bengaluru.

That layer is called urban and civic exhaustion.

Friendships don’t fade because people don’t care. They fade because the city quietly drains the energy required to sustain them.

The traffic takes an hour out of your evening. Work spills into what used to be personal time. Weekends become recovery periods rather than social ones.

You start saying things like:

“Let’s meet soon.”
“Next week for sure.”
“Once things settle down.”

Things rarely settle down.

What earlier required a 10 minute auto ride now requires planning, coordination, and stamina. You have to build stamina to be rejected by drivers on apps, to cross under constructed sites, to take long jumps over open drainages and collect dust on your face.

Friendships slowly move from physical spaces to WhatsApp reactions and Instagram replies.

The affection is still there. The intent is still there.

But the civic friction of the city sits between people.

In cities like Bengaluru, maintaining friendships has quietly become an act of effort. And sometimes, effort is the first casualty of urban and civic exhaustion.

[Rithvik Rangoori @rithvikrangoori]

Hi,
I am running a fundraiser to cope with the increasing costs for my granny’s treatment after a bypass and subsequent emergency brain surgery.

Any help in contributing or spreading the msg in your circle would be great.

Fundraiser page: https://t.co/50EcX6IoRW

Thank you 🙏🏼

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

@UberIN_Support 1. When customer is reaching out, try talking.
2. App should know if to apply the toll based on the route. Still okay. Tech issue is acceptable.
3. Why do you have cabs without fastag on your platform & assign it to toll routes?
4. This is not about 9rs. This is about better CX.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

@Uber_India you should be using AI/ chatbot to make CX better & not worse.

Driver did not take the toll road. You charge me 65 for that. When I try to review the fare I get an automated response of sorry here is 56 back.

Are you even serious? 🤣 Talk to the customer man!

[apurva kasera @apurvakas]

Hi everyone, our friend’s grandmother is critically ill and undergoing treatment. Any support can make a big difference. Please consider donating or sharing the ImpactGuru link below. 🙏
https://t.co/9md7MMN4sW

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Q: Why should FC Barcelona listen to me?

A:

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Eric Garcia - FDJ as Double Pivot should be tried. 😝

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A true sign of intelligence.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Jude Bellingham masterclass on show today again.
Well deserved victory for Real Madrid.

Work to do.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Jude Bellingham! 👏
#ElClasico
Class. Hope some of our fanbase stops calling him a tap-in merchant.

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

We are looking to install a 55kW Solar PV System for our society in Electronic City. Looking to connect with experienced solar EPC vendors to share the RFQ.

Note: Post is on behalf of my society. I don't have any say in decision making.

#solar #epc #bengaluru #RenewableEnergy

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

We are looking to install a 55kW Solar PV System for our society in Electronic City. Looking to connect with experienced solar EPC vendors to share the RFQ.

Note: Post is on behalf of my society. I don't have any say in decision making.

#solar #epc #bengaluru #RenewableEnergy

[Bharat Sundaresan @beastieboy07]

Washington Sundar averaging 44.86 with the bat & 27.87 with the ball after 12 Tests is elite all-rounder areas. With seven of those Tests coming in Australia & England and despite his actual role in the team still not quite defined #EngvInd

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Xavi vs Real Madrid
Opener in the 5-0 El Clasico

[☣ @FerranXBarca]

What goal did you drop the craziest celebration on after watching it live?

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

Mario Balotelli from the bench.

Football Twitter think outside of this box.

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

Who gets booked first?

[Manikandan Vandavasi @mani_cv]

The best version of a football player I have seen till date.
🔥

[K @StopThatXavii]

Lionel Messi 2018/19 goal catalogue