vignesh

Accidental Entrepreneur.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

In your 40s, many of your favourite people, the hands that steadied you, the voices that taught you, the ones who remember your childhood for you, the generation which raised you begin to leave one by one

​And you now become the keeper of their stories for the next generation.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Had no clue about the Irish conflict till this. When a state fails to address deep inequalities, tribal warfare can happen anywhere. Gaza-like situation in the UK's backdoor was eye opening

​Coincidentally, discovered Tana French this month so officially an Irish reading month!

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Reading "Say Nothing", and I'm fascinated by how much nuance there is in England's history, esp in relation to Ireland

From the outside, we assume countries are monoliths. But no country is, just like no person is

History is messy, layered & more human than we imagine. Like Wow

[vignesh @smallfates_]

@IndiGo6E your bluechip redemption is broken, was trying to add a nominee for a trip and keeps returning Nominee API failed or something went wrong. Seems like a bug in production!

Such a bad experience.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Congratulations Aunt Gladys, sorry Vijay Uncle.

IYKYK.

[Vinodhini Vaidynathan @VinodhiniUnoffl]

@TRBRajaa @Gabbar0099 இதெல்லாம் யாருக்கு வேணும்… ராவணன் மவன் டான்னு ரீல்ஸ் போட்டீங்களா… விசிலுக்கு தான் ஓட்டு போடணும்னு குழந்தைங்கள அழுதுக்கிட்டே சொல்ல வெச்சீங்களா… சும்மா mou, FDI, gdspஉன்னு…

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Reading "Say Nothing", and I'm fascinated by how much nuance there is in England's history, esp in relation to Ireland

From the outside, we assume countries are monoliths. But no country is, just like no person is

History is messy, layered & more human than we imagine. Like Wow

[vignesh @smallfates_]

All unthinkable scenarios have a precedent.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

These shifts are usually years in the making. Just like in the US, Trump tapped into those undercurrents there, and TVK seems to have tapped into something similar here.

Outrage may help us grieve for a while. But to fix a problem, you first have to understand its root cause.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

When Trump happened, these were some of the books that helped me understand why

Anti-establishment movements seem to tap into the same emotional currents distrust and exhaustion with institutions, charisma overpowering competence, people wanting disruption more than stability.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

What a Statesman.

History will be kind to you.

[Pearson abraham/பியர்சன் @pearsonlenekar]

Despite losing in Kolathur, the very next day #DMK president M. K. Stalin steps out to meet the people with resilience. That's political grit. Thick skin. Sekar Babu who is alleged to have taken this constituency lightly and who failed to sense the defeat is seen crying behind him. Stalin is see consoling DMK people who are crying after seeing him.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Every DMK supporter i know is heartbroken, ADMK supporters are feeling helpless.

But the BJP ones are jubilant, even if they lost almost all seats.

They think the 60 year old watch has ended and the wall has been breached. Maybe this was the outcome they wanted all along.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

@testedoktharun But look closely and the vote% difference between DMK and TVK is around 3% - a razor thin margin. Probably after long a party has 2 thirds voted against them got to power.

Let's see how they fare. I hope the momentum of growth isn't curtailed. That's the only thing that matters.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

@testedoktharun It's the trump playbook, simplicity of the message (while DMK had a tough time making a average Joe understand why GDP is the north star.)

And, the idea that a complete outsider will change their lives for the better and general disillusionment with establishment. But

[Varun @wizardrincewind]

Knowledgeable Chennai Crowd?....

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Teenage cousin taking her revenge.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Ideas are not trivial things. They are raw materials with which you build your life, your family, your society.

Thought log on the 2026 Elections.
https://t.co/qxhBd1Suuh

[vignesh @smallfates_]

Most fiction I've picked up this year has disappointed me. Latest is SA Cosby in what may be my last of his for a while.

Saved by this (not-so) short book on the conflict. An essential read and hard not to come away with deeper sympathy for the Palestinian cause.

[vignesh @smallfates_]

The troubling part is that the electorate even 5 decades later, still responds to the same symbolic cues, and some still choose the "Image trap" while mistaking charisma for calibre and never pausing to ask what it might eventually cost us.