Aravind S

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[Aravind S @saravin2]

மாசில் வீணையும் மாலை மதியமும்
வீசு தென்றலும் வீங்கிள வேனிலும்
மூசு வண்டறை பொய்கையும் போன்றதே
ஈச னெந்தை யிணையடி நீழலே.

நமச்சி வாயவே ஞானமுங் கல்வியும்
நமச்சி வாயவே நானறி விச்சையும்
நமச்சி வாயவே நாநவின் றேத்துமே
நமச்சி வாயவே நன்னெறி காட்டுமே.

Ragam: Nadhanamakriya

#LearnThevaram

[Adarsh Hegde @adarshahgd]

"No European country has been attacked with Indian Weapons... So Keep that in Mind"...!!!

I think Europe was not expecting that answer from Minister @DrSJaishankar 👏

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@aravind That is a clear view of the Kangchenjunga peak in the background 🤩

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@hsejarsa நின் அஞ்செழுத்தை - உன்னுடைய 'நம சிவாய' நாமத்தைச் சொல்லாத பிழையும்...

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

TMC Govt denied her the benefits of AWAS YOJANA for her affiliation with BJP.

She doesn't even have a Pucca house.

And now she is made MINISTER OF STATE HOUSING.

Meet Kalita Majhi

[Parimal @Fintech03]

It is incredibly frustrating to watch celebrity chefs & pop-history influencers look directly into a camera & confidently state, "Did you know our favorite South Indian staple, the Idli, actually came from Indonesia?" This entire narrative is a colossal house of cards. It is a classic case of academic confirmation bias that transformed into viral disinformation.

When an entire nation is taught to believe that they could not even figure out how to steam w/o foreign intervention, we have to look at the raw data to puncture the bubble.

Almost every single article/tweet/celebrity chef video claiming that the idli is Indonesian can be traced back to exactly 1 source: a single speculative paragraph written by the late food historian K.T. Achaya in his 1994 book, Indian Food: A Historical Companion. Achaya theorized that between 800-1200 CE, Indonesian kings traveling to India brought royal chefs who introduced a fermented, steamed dish called "Kedli."

Yrs after this book was published, investigative food journalists (such as Janaki Lenin) & linguistic researchers actually went to Indonesia to look for this legendary precursor. The word "Kedli" does not exist in any Indonesian language/dialect/historical dictionary. There is no historical record/recipe/anthropological trace of an ancient Indonesian dish called "Kedli." Achaya completely misread/manufactured the term based on a loose phonetic guess, yet it became an accepted "fact" because no 1 bothered to check the data.

The claim that India did not have idlis until the 12th century is thoroughly obliterated by our own ancient libraries. The evolution of the idli is meticulously recorded in indigenous Indian encyclopedias & literature centuries before Achaya’s timeline:

- 920 CE (Vaddaradhane): A classical Kannada text by the Jain monk Shivakotiacharya explicitly details a dish called Iddalige. It was a staple food item offered to Jain ascetics. - 1025 CE (Lokopakara): The earliest available Kannada encyclopedia, written by Chavundaraya II, gives a literal recipe for it: soaking split black gram (Urad Dal) in buttermilk, grinding it into a fine paste, mixing it with spices & the clear water of curd.
- 1130 CE (Manasollasa): The Western Chalukya King Someshvara III wrote a monumental Sanskrit encyclopedia detailing royal cuisine. He explicitly gives the recipe for Iddarikā describing how the urad dal cakes are prepared & cooked.

When skeptics are confronted with these ancient texts, they quickly shift the goalposts. They argue: Okay, fine, India had Iddalige, but it was just made of Urad Dal. It did not use rice/long fermentation/steaming... those techniques came from Indonesia! This is textually & technologically false.

Critics often cite the 7th-century Chinese traveler Xuanzang, who claimed India did not use steaming vessels. But we do not need a specialized metallic Chinese steam-cooker to steam food. For millennia, Indians practiced Kopotapaka & basket-steaming, tying a thin muslin cloth over a standard clay pot (Kunda) filled with boiling water, placing the batter on top & covering it with a lid. In fact, the Kanchipuram Idli is still steamed in traditional bamboo baskets lined with Mandhara leaves.

To say India did not understand fermentation until the 12th century is a historical joke. India is the cradle of complex biomaterial fermentation. The Rigveda & Ayurvedic Samhitas from 1000s of yrs ago are packed with advanced formulas for fermenting grains, herbs & dairy to create Asavas, Arishtas, Kanji & Dahi (Curd). The natural wild bacteria (Leuconostoc mesenteroides) required to leaven idli batter live natively on the husks of black gram found right here in the subcontinent.

Why do celebrity chefs keep repeating this lie? Because of a deeply ingrained post-colonial inferiority complex that dominates modern food media. There is a structural bias that assumes any advanced, scientific culinary technique, like molecular leavening/pasteurization/specialized steaming must have been imported to India from somewhere else. It sounds edgy, counter-intuitive & intellectual for a chef to tell an Indian audience that their national breakfast is not actually theirs.

The idli is a native, organic, ground-up evolutionary masterpiece of South Indian kitchen science. It evolved naturally from the lentil-based Iddalige of the 9th century into the perfectly balanced rice & lentil fluffy wonder we eat today. The next time a chef tries to tell you the idli is from Indonesia, ask them to show you the recipe for "Kedli." Watch how fast they fold.

[Aravind S @saravin2]

Happy to meet the charming @MadrasMobile Sir!!

[Kathir News @KathirNews]

இந்தியாவில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட முதல் ஏர்பஸ் சி-295 (Airbus C295) விமானம் தனது முதல் சோதனை ஓட்டத்தை வெற்றிகரமாக நிறைவு செய்துள்ளது.

#KathirNews #Airbus #Airforce

[Aravind S @saravin2]

Visionary!

[NDTV @ndtv]

Mani Shankar Aiyar on Narendra Modi: Can't be PM in the 21st century but if he wants to come & distribute tea here we can make room for him.

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@avarakai Sheer frustration when people cannot enjoy more than 8 years at home; and on the other hand, Modi is on an unbeaten streak :)

[DD News @DDNewslive]

@narendramodi @PMOIndia "PM @narendramodi has been uncompromising when it comes to the nation’s interest", says H. D. Deve Gowda

@PMOIndia #LongestServingElectedPMModi

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@matkashbakihai Dravid!

[Aravind S @saravin2]

Looks like Thiruvenkadu Budhan sannadhi

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

Abhishek Sharma taking the blessings ahead of the Ireland tour. ❤️🙏

[Aravind @aravind]

The DS identified this man as a major threat to their easy manipulation of India very early on. They desperately tried to stop him from ever leading the country.

The moment he became CM, they ignited issues, branded him with every possible label, attempted to sanction him, and even revoked his visas.

They unleashed tens of thousands of pages of propaganda reports against him, both inside India and abroad. They weaponised the opposition and the courts to flood him with cases from every direction.

Yet he overcame it all. To become the PM of the world’s largest democracy. Despite all the hit jobs, sabotage, and propaganda, he remains the most popular leader on the planet.

He has turned every adversity into an advantage. "Being Anti-fragile" is his mantra. And he has made India anti-fragile too. We have seen the nation emerge stronger from every crisis thrown at it.

I believe he will also resolve the infowar crisis. The main force behind it will be weakened and broken by him. It will be a fitting feather in his cap before he retires as not only India’s longest serving PM, but its most impactful one.

History will remember him as the one who transformed India not just in infrastructure and development, but forged a confident, self-reliant nation that stands proud on the global stage.

[Dr SHRADDHEY KATIYAR @Wegiveyouhealt1]

The most dangerous pandemic of this century may not be a virus.

It is the “One Child Pandemic.”

One child carrying the pressure of two parents, four grandparents, and an entire bloodline’s expectations.

One child growing up in silent homes instead of noisy childhoods.

No sibling fights.
No shared secrets.
No built-in best friend for life.

Just screens, perfection pressure, loneliness, and emotional isolation dressed up as “modern comfort.”

Earlier generations grew up with less money but more people.
Today’s generation grows up with more gadgets but fewer human bonds.

A single child becomes the family’s hope, retirement plan, emotional support system, and legacy all at once.

And when that child breaks mentally, the whole house collapses quietly.

Human beings were never designed to grow up emotionally alone.

A society survives not only on economy and technology.
It survives on cousins, siblings, chaos at dinner tables, shared responsibilities, and people who stay after the parents are gone.

The real tragedy is not declining birth rates.

It is declining human connection.

We are slowly creating generations who know how to use every device…
but do not know how to share grief, tolerate differences, protect relationships, or carry family together.

A crowded house was never poverty.

Sometimes, it was civilization itself.

[exsecular @ExSecular]

Delhi struggled with severe pollution for years under AAP, with no visible improvement despite repeated promises. The cleaner air outcomes seen in 2026 have strengthened the argument that stricter enforcement, dust-control measures and continuous monitoring by the Rekha Gupta govt are delivering better results.
In short ‘woh nautanki karte rahe hum kaam karte rahe’ !

[Aravind S @saravin2]

They are more than 2/3-rds and are apparently the 'original' TMC. They can legally elect one of them as whip. That whip will be binding on those TMC MLAs who are not supporting NDA at present. If they vote against that whip, they are liable to lose their MP seats! Isn't it?

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

MPs won in 2024 on TMC ticket. Mandate was NOT for NDA. All the greedy self-serving traitors with yellow-stained pants can please join BJP now- resign your seats & contest on BJP ticket. Let’s see what big heroes you are.

[thirdmainroad @thirdmainroad]

⚠️ DISASTER AT MADRAS MUSEUM! ⚠️

Priceless ancient artifacts dating back to the 3rd century & earlier are being treated like worthless junk. Rushed renovation work is happening directly on top of & around these irreplaceable treasures, leaving beautiful historical sculptures buried under construction pipes, rubble, and heavy machinery as seen in attached images and videos!

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@Sriniva34900840 @avarakai China

[Aravind S @saravin2]

@JaipurDialogues Svaahaa is the name of a Hindu Devata, the wife of Agni. Should we really use this word in this context?