The quality of Infra development in Mumbai is so pathetic.
Unfortunately there is accountability to the contractors.
And personal opinion: engineers selected with low marks due to reservations in the gov organizations give such output.
Hi @HDFC_Bank@HDFCBank_Cares, my Personal Loan EMI got today didn't go through because of insufficient balance for the 1st time in many years.
How can I pay it manually? Very urgent.
Chennai needed a new airport
So the DMK guys all bought land in Parandur and declared the airport to be built there.
Then DMK lost elections
TVK guys realized they don't have any land there
So now they will buy land in some place like Chengalpet, Vikravandi, Arani or Ambur and announce the new Chennai Airport there
Then they will lose the elections
That airport also will be stopped
There is a easy solution to all of this
So why don't all political parties come together in a session, decide on a place for the airport, buy land there, then announce airport?
Win win for all no?
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All other buildings around have power.
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I really hope @actorvijay improves and revamps Tasmac and it's policies too.
Tamil Nadu is far behind in the range of alcohol that is sold.
Let private parties enter the market like in other states. State should only license the shops, not sell them on their own.
I honestly think this is more of an expectation mismatch than a Chennai problem.
If someone grows up around the fast paced, hyper social culture of Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa or overseas metros, Chennai can initially feel slower, quieter, and more traditional. I understand that completely.
But saying the city has “virtually zero appeal” or “no youth culture” feels unfair.
Chennai’s culture is just less performative. People here don’t constantly try to market their lifestyle, their ambition, or their social lives. A lot of the city’s energy exists in smaller circles music, fitness, entrepreneurship, art, spirituality, intellectual communities, private gatherings, long term friendships, family networks, and niche passions.
It’s a city that reveals itself slowly.
Yes, there are things Chennai absolutely needs to improve:
better nightlife, more open social spaces, stronger white collar ecosystems, more cosmopolitan integration, more spaces for younger people to express themselves freely.
That criticism is fair.
But reducing the city to “boring and culturally dead” ignores what Chennai quietly does exceptionally well, education, resilience, stability, industrial strength, deep rooted culture, strong communities and producing globally successful people without constantly seeking validation.
Not every city has to become another Bangalore or Bandra to matter.
Vijay Joseph came dressed like a saviour.
But political messiahs are rarely self-made.
The posters sold a hero of the poor.
The money trail tells a darker story.
Some are elected.
Some are installed.
A 26-month-old party suddenly built a machine.
108 seats.
70,000 booth agents.
Digital warfare.
Mega rallies.
Constituency saturation.
BJP took decades to build booth infrastructure.
TVK did it in months.
Money was flowing like monsoon water.
Estimated TVK Campaign burn rate?
~��1,500 crore.
No declared donor trail.
No transparent funding map.
Just advertisements.
Volunteers.
Ground networks.
Everywhere.
So, I dug deeper.
One face kept appearing beside Vijay.
Every rally.
Every frame.
Every campaign trail.
Aadhav Arjuna.
TVK’s General Secretary.
The Number Two.
Aadhav is the son-in-law of Santiago Martin.
India’s Lottery King.
The same Santiago Martin.
Who became the single largest buyer of electoral bonds.
₹1,368 crore.
ED cases followed.
Money laundering allegations followed.
Assets attached.
Raids happened.
Yet the network kept expanding.
One family.
Inside multiple parties.
Winning from multiple directions.
No matter who governs…
The Martin Family is inside.
But Santiago Martin is not just a businessman.
Pope Benedict XVI personally issued,
an apostolic blessing to Martin and his family.
One of the highest symbolic honours in Catholic circles.
And then another layer appeared.
Martin also served as Consul General for Liberia.
Diplomatic access.
Diplomatic corridors.
Diplomatic insulation.
Then I moved further back.
Vijay’s father.
S. A. Chandrasekhar.
Born into a Catholic family.
From Thangachimadam.
A region shaped for centuries by missionaries.
Then came Loyola.
Vijay’s uncle Xavier Alphonse led Loyola College.
A powerful Jesuit institution.
Another uncle,
Xavier Britto,
Produced Vijay’s early films.
After TVK launched,
Loyola’s international alumni activity exploded globally.
Fundraisers.
Events.
Networking.
But Jesuit do not operate like normal organisations.
They operate across continents.
Across institutions.
Across generations.
Then came polling week.
Catholic Bishops reportedly circulated pamphlets.
Through churches.
During Sunday Mass.
The messaging was clear.
Vote strategically against BJP.
Then came the TVK poll promise.
SC reservation for Dalit Christians.
Now pause there.
Because this is where ideology meets economics.
Government jobs.
Scholarships.
Reservation benefits.
Attached to religious identity.
That changes the conversion equation permanently.
And Delhi knows this.
IB knows this.
RAW knows this.
The real question is whether anyone wants to confront it openly.
Because Tamil Nadu is not just another state.
It was always a centre of Catholic Missionaries.
And now a new power structure stands there.
Unexplained money.
Transnational Lottery empire.
Generational and Powerful Jesuits influence.
This is not a rags-to-riches political story.
This feels far more organised than that.