Sankar Dass

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

Interesting

[MELLOW SAMIZDAT @gnguksngr]

Aasi Sabjiwala hires European girl to dance inside the store just to push bulk sales of potatoes and onions.

Interesting times indeed.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

After many years of pathetic journalism , the needle of 'truth' in you appears to move a bit ....

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

The debate around Newslaundry ethics is a reminder to all of us to remain humble. The problem begins precisely when you think you’re so much better than others that you can start being preacher & pulpit, doing long pieces on other newsrooms, based on exactly the sort of testimonies ( often unnamed) that are now challenging you. Anyone with a god complex will invariably be cut to size. This has literally nothing to do with media wars, or BJP vs Opposition. It’s the oldest proverb we learnt in nursery - those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. Yes, we are all imperfect, flawed, works in progress, making mistakes and trying to find our way through a changing world. Remaining grounded in that humility will go a long way. Nobody likes arrogance or humbug. Just my two bits. Sabki Dhulai se pehle apni bhi dhulai. Or recognise your obvious conflict of interest and likely doublespeak in commenting on others

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Polimer News @polimernews]

நடிகர் மோகன் ஷர்மா முதியோர் இல்ல ட்ராமா? வெளியான மறுபக்கம்.. அத்தனையும் நடிப்பா கோபால்?..

#MohanSharma | #OldAgeHome | #Money | #Cheating | #PolimerNews

[கானா பிரபா @kanapraba]

இசைஞானி இளையராஜா நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல்களை மையப்படுத்தி ஒரு நாவலை உருவாக்குமாறு எழுத்தாளர் சுஜாதாவை வேண்டவும், அவரும்
“கரையெல்லாம் செண்பகப்பூ” எழுதியதாகக் குறிப்பிட்டிருப்பார்.
பின்னாளில் மெல்லத் திறந்தது கதவு படத்திலும் மோகன் கதாபாத்திரம் நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல்களைச் சேகரிக்கும் ஆய்வாளராக உருவாக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும்.

இதற்கெல்லாம் ரிஷிமூலம் ஒன்றுண்டு.

மேற்கில் மழை பெய்யவே ஏ ரங்கநாதசாமியோ
மேல் வாய்க்கால் தண்ணீர் வர

Youtube இல்

https://t.co/i56ulbAc9S

Spotify

https://t.co/zPfq9l0Afe

இந்தத் தாலாட்டுப் பாடல்

Folk music of Tamil nadu என்ற
இளையராஜாவின் திரைப் பிரவேசத்துக்கு முன்பாக
பாவலர் சகோதரர்கள் கொடுத்த இசைப் பெட்டகம்.

சியாமளா பாலகிருஷ்ணன் அவர்கள் சேகரித்த தமிழக நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல்களுக்கு பாவலர் சகோதரர்கள் இசையில் பத்மா சுப்ரமணியம் மற்றும் மலேசியா வாசுதேவன் ஆகியோர் பாடியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

பின்னாளில் இந்தப் பாடலின் பல்லவியை அப்படியே கையாண்டு
பேராசிரியர் ஜெகன்னாதன் வரிகளில் “சிறை கதவுகள்” படத்தில் V.ஜெயசேகர் இசையில் இப்படி வந்திருக்கிறது கேளுங்கள்

https://t.co/Dcu57Khf38

அதுவும் மெட்டுக் கூட ஒத்திசைக்கிறது

இரண்டாவது
தண்ணி கருத்திருச்சு தவளைச் சத்தம் கேட்டிருச்சு
இப்படி அந்த நாட்டுப் பண் பாடலில் வரும் வரிகளை அப்படியே
“இளமை ஊஞ்சலாடுகிறது” படத்தில் வாலியின் வரிகளோடு இணைத்து வந்திருக்கிறது கேளுங்கள்

இன்னொன்று
இந்த நாட்டுப் பண் முடியும் போது வரும் வரிகள்
மருத அழகரோ மாமதுர சொக்கரோ

இதை சுந்தர புருஷன் படத்தில் சிற்பி இசையில் வைரமுத்துவின் பாடலின் பல்லவியாக எழுதப்பட்டிருக்கும்
இப்படி

https://t.co/NO1MFdJ2je

இந்த நாட்டுப் பண் பாடல்களின் தாக்கத்தால் மேலும் சில பாடல்கள் வந்திருக்கின்றன. அவற்றைப் பின்னர் பார்ப்போம் 😊

கானா பிரபா
07.08.2026

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Congratulations @KellyinDelhi @IrlEmbIndia @SwissAmbIND @SwissEmbassyIND @marisagerards @NLinIndia @CanadainIndia! Your funding of rape & child rape enabler & normaliser @newslaundry made prime-time national news this evening. Your taxpayers & ministers must be so proud of you!

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Congratulations @KellyinDelhi @IrlEmbIndia @SwissAmbIND @SwissEmbassyIND @marisagerards @NLinIndia @CanadainIndia! Your funding of rape & child rape enabler & normaliser @newslaundry made prime-time national news this evening. Your taxpayers & ministers must be so proud of you!

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Akshta Nilabh @akshtanilabh]

Welcome To Hiranandani: the contrast between the grand architecture and the everyday reality.

People spend crores buying luxury apartments.
They study floor plans for months, debate sea views versus city views, admire Italian marble, German kitchens, designer façades, and brochures that promise "elevated living."

Then comes laundry day. The million-rupee balcony transforms into a full-fledged Dhobi Ghat. Bedsheets flap like national flags, towels perform aerial acrobatics, pajamas sway proudly, and an occasional pair of socks hangs with complete disregard for architecture.
The building was designed in a grand style. The residents redesigned it in the timeless style of Indian practicality.
Perhaps every luxury apartment should come with a disclaimer:
"View subject to change. On weekends, your panoramic skyline may include your neighbour's bedsheet, T-shirts, and three generations of drying clothes."
After all, nothing humbles a multi-crore address quite like a clothesline.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Subhash Kak ☀️𑀲𑀼𑀪𑀸𑀱 𑀓𑀸𑀓 . सुभाष काक @subhash_kak]

I recently encountered many Hindus in the Lake Como area of north Italy and apparently there are nearly 60,000 in Switzerland. The background to that is in this nice documentary--

https://t.co/dNiG0waRa6

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

Good sequence

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

@Nidhi As a veteran of NDTV surrounded by team of Pranoy , @sardesairajdeep or @BDUTT or more such guys…. Nidhi, you know the best about legacy media. We have seen it. Now it is your disappointment of expectations out of cockroaches 😆😆

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

A politician recalls the way the students responded to the blunder of a prime minister in 1990.

[Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 @priyankac19]

The Mandal protests of 1990. Looking back at the student protests during the VP Singh era…. 60 students died and over 200 attempted self immolation.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

How one should handle half baked emotional jerks ….

[Mr Sinha @Mrsinha]

Since Gen Z things are again in trend, I remembered this extraordinary clip of @CharuPragya.

Nowadays, people, especially youngsters, have the habit of making allegations and asking questions without knowing the facts. This is how you deal with them.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

IDEA

[தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் @tamilantalks]

டூ வீலர விரட்டாதன்னு சொன்னா
கேட்டால் தானே 🤔🤔

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[V @vigiciann]

A pet dog poops in the middle of the road and yet she stops and picks it… Indians will need 600 more years to learn and apply this basic civic sense

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

😆😆

[தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் @tamilantalks]

ChatGPT பரிதாபங்கள்
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Shaurya Sinha @shaurya_sinha7]

25 kilometres east of Bangalore, a group of 20 year olds are building in a small village called Hoskote.

Building what? Wings.

Introducing the full trailer for The 22nd Century Indian. Releasing this Independence Day 🇮🇳.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

What wrong this kid committed other than having Brahmin parents?

[𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 @ImHydro45]

Meet Vaibhav Tiwari :

> He is a 13 years old Brahmin kid.
> Working for his family livelihood.
> His father has been in coma since years.
> Vaibhav is enrolled in a govt school.
> He wants to study but he has no option.

But the govt will call him privileged. There are many UC children like Vaibhav who are working at such a young age, yet they don't receive any support from the system.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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[Shilpa Godbole @godbole_shilpa]

PM Modi's decision to overlook the harsh language used by some young protesters reminded me of a memorable scene from the 1980 Telugu classic Sankarabharanam.

A group of youngsters mock Maestro Sankara Sastry by blaring a Western pop tune outside his home. Instead of reacting with anger, he calmly reproduces their tune flawlessly, then invites them to sing one of his ragas. They can't.

They say the best response to youthful rebellion isn't to take offense. It's to understand it, rise above it, and let time do the teaching.

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

Good 👍

[S Gurumurthy @sgurumurthy]

I wish to mention here that Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan didn't tell this for me to tweet it. I had to persuade him hard. Pl read this.

In fact I didn't know for 4 days how to trace him as he had not left his phone no. I wasn't even sure of his full name. I approached my relative Mrs Radhika Santhanakrishnan who runs a cancer care hospital and is familiar with city's medical domain. With the scrappy details I gave she meandered for 2 days and traced Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan.

I spoke to him got to know the details and wanted his permission to tweet my conversation with him as that would be an inspiration for many.

He wasn't forthcoming. Then I quoted 21st sloka in chapter 3 in Bhagwat Geeta which said the society needs righteous people as models to follow, as wrong examples abound today. Only after lot of persuasion he agreed

Now I will come to why I did it. Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan is not the text of my X. He is the context for it

My study of Indian economy is that it rests on intergenerational dharmic duty as the core of its social security. I study since 1990s the US economy closely. State provided universal social security in US is today running at a deficit of over $ 70 trillion if the future obligations are reduced to today's value. It is a time bomb under US economy.

Universal social security by state will work only if population keeps rising and the proportion of working population funding the system rises in proportion to the non working population which lives on that fund.
It worked well in US when baby booming kept the population graph up. But once the population stabilized the social security account began witnessing more withdrawals than deposits from 2006 leading to the deficit I mentioned. Today's elder generation is living at the cost of future elders. The problem is graver in EU where the population is declining

In India universal social security by state is unthinkable. The state can only provide targeted social security for those unprovided or less provoded by traditional model. Now the view among econmists is thst giving up traditional social security can lead to crisis. Even in US some economists inclusing Nobel econmics awardee Milton Friedman advised the US not to interfere with the intergenerational obligations by lateral state intervention. But politicians seeking votes promoted consumerism and nuclear families which promoted business.

Can any Indian econmist say that universal social security be provided by state by law to supplant the traditional integenerational dharmic obligations. It is just impossible. If all Indians leave their dependent parents and others to the care of the state there will be no state or economy in India. There will be only anarchy.

Unlike Americans who save for themselves to enjoy most Indians save for their children and grand children. Barry Bobsworth a Brooking economist said American savings are personal, Asian savings is dynastic.

This is the larger picture

Let us therefore not treat intergenerational moral duty as an individual virtue only. It has to be preserved as part of our collective life style. Ordinary people in India keep this great cultural social security net functional. It is the elite rich and modern who have reduced it into a financial issue to throw parents in elder homes

That is why using the accidental meeting with Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan I wanted to draw the attention of the people that intergenerational moral duty is what sustains our social and economic order.

It has resulted a debate in X which I have been carrying on since I became part of the Swadeshi movement in 1992.

Thanks all those who expressed their views

Once again I sought Dr Venkat Ramakrishnan's consent for a much larger purpose...which included besides culture, econmics social order, ultimately raising a question on what life ultimately means, if one doesn't stand for one's own parents, near and dear inclined wife husband and children. Why even neighbours and friends.....

[Sankar Dass @naaneraja]

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