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[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

@raj_nab @agarwalpacker No Sir. @agarwalpacker are good until the moment the 10% advance is paid. They lack transparency and accountability after that.
They will not refund the advance . #PrivateSectorService
Got @reliancejio refund after 2 years without any details of deductions
@VodafoneIT also

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

@agarwalpacker worst service by your time. The packing is scheduled and no body has turned up as at the moment . There is building society cut off time for move out .

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

Hope this experience gets emulated everywhere. Hope for strong regional leadership.
@BJP4India @ShashiTharoor @AntoJoseph @annamalai_k

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

Well said @sujitnair90
Though it looks like a "make a virtue of necessity" type of situation, we need to have strong leaders, healthy competition for leadership and other posts, and a fair and transparent selection process.
@INCIndia needs credit for this one.

[Sujit Nair @sujitnair90]

Congress took 10 days to decide on their Chief Minister in Kerala. So what ?

Congress took 10 days to decide on their Chief Minister in Kerala. But is that really a political crisis, or have we simply become too used to instant, centralised decision making

Democracy works through consultation and consensus. And genuine consensus takes time

More importantly, the Congress in Kerala was not choosing between weak or placeholder candidates. It had three politically credible leaders to choose from.

One, V.D. Satheesan. A hardcore grassroots leader with tremendous support among party workers and middle level leaders. Someone who also enjoys the confidence of alliance partners like the IUML.

Two, K.C. Venugopal. An organisational man, nationally relevant, and close to the central leadership.

Three, Ramesh Chennithala. A senior politician, seasoned administrator, and long standing party loyalist.

Now honestly ask this question. Which other major political party in recent state elections had such a serious leadership bench to choose from after victory?

The larger point is this.

For years, Indian politics has increasingly moved towards centralised leadership models where decisions are taken quickly by a small group at the top and communicated downward. That may look efficient. But efficiency alone is not democracy.

What happened in Kerala after the UDF victory was democracy in action. Freedom to choose, because party workers, supporters, and alliance leaders openly expressed support for their preferred Chief Ministerial candidate. There was visible lobbying, debate, pressure, and negotiation in the public domain.

I see sections of the mainstream media criticising this. I genuinely wonder why.

Isn’t this what internal democracy is supposed to look like? Or have we become so used to “high command culture” in political parties that any visible internal debate now appears abnormal?

Of course, political parties eventually need clarity and decisiveness after receiving a mandate. But suppressing independent voices and choices in the name of discipline cannot become the definition of democracy.

Political parties are not meant to function like corporate structures where everybody waits silently for instructions from the top.

Internal debate may sometimes look messy. It may even look chaotic.

But a system where nobody is allowed to disagree or openly support a leadership choice may look disciplined from the outside, while becoming deeply centralised from within

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

@AntoJoseph Vismayam Deivaniyogam Satheesan @vdsatheesan

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

Very sad .... looks like there is no value for human life esp. poor.

In many firecracker factories across India, safety measures are frequently bypassed due to a combination of economic pressure, inadequate regulation, and illegal operating practices.

[Harini @harini_1997]

The death toll in the #Kattanarpatti cracker blast near #Virudhunagar has risen to 24. No.of injured: 28

As of 6.30 am on Monday, four bodies are yet to be identified

Relatives of the deceased wait outside the mortuary to receive the bodies

@xpresstn @NewIndianXpress

[D Prasanth Nair @DPrasanthNair]

Data is not the new oil.
Oil is oil.
Data needs oil.
Life needs oil.

[churumuri @churumuri]

Q: How much has Indian journalism changed since liberalisation?

A: S. Thyagarajan joined 'The Hindu' in 1962 and---after 51 years in the company---retired as Deputy Sports Editor, repeat Deputy Sports Editor, in 2013. Today, a greenhorn will be Sports Editor in 51 months. @the_hindu

[Kiran Bedi @thekiranbedi]

Good #MorningNutrition

[Broufus @Broufus]

Having lived and worked in different parts of the world the stark difference between India and the rest is this...Kindness and decency in India is considered a weakness and in the rest of the world its considered a strength.

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

The doctor takes ₹1000 cash for a consultation. No receipt. No GST. No record. The income tax department sends YOU a notice for the medical expense you claimed. Kafkaesque doesn't even cover it.

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

"Cash only" hospitals are a symptom. The disease is a government that selectively enforces tax law depending on who you are and who you know. Salaried employees, strict. Hospital owners, invisible.

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

A hospital that refuses UPI and accepts only cash is not a healthcare facility. It's a black money disposal unit with an OPD attached.

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

Folks in India need mental clarity - the ability to distinguish truth from lies, propaganda from entertainment, love from possessiveness, pity from empathy, storytelling from manipulation. Only then will voters make better political choices.

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

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[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

@ShashiTharoor @JohnBrittas

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

"Keralamite" or "Keralamian"? 🤔🦠💎
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor just added a dash of his signature wit to the Union Cabinet’s approval of renaming Kerala to "Keralam"!

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

Meanwhile, MP John Brittas told him to relax, saying "identity isn't a spelling test"and we'll all just keep being Malayalees (or "Mallus") anyway! 🥘🇳🇮
What do you think? Are we about to become microbes or minerals? 😂👇
#Kerala #Keralam #ShashiTharoor #Wordplay #Malayalam

[𝕽𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖓 @rameshbalan]

He even suggested the Kerala CMO should launch a competition to find a term that doesn't sound like it belongs in a lab or a mine! 🏛️✨