Srihari Sridhar

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

The DMK ecosystem is attacking me that the school issue I reported was a lie I concocted to help the TVK government. Let me state the facts.

We run two rural schools, both free NIOS schools under the Kalaivani Kalvi Maiyam umbrella, one in rural Tenkasi and the other in rural Theni.

The Theni school was originally started and run by a retired IPS officer, a honest and upright man. He built very nice facilities but had to shut down his CBSE school because the state government demanded too much money to issue the NOC. He told me that as a honest retired officer he did not have the money to pay and they would not issue the NOC otherwise.

He urged us to take over his trust so we could run our free NIOS school in the premises. That is how we started our NIOS school in Theni.

Unlike in Tenkasi, where I live, the Theni school faced occasional harassment from the DMK government because we did not have a state government registration, so we tried getting state government approval again (this time for the state board) and that of course would also cost money. So it was in a limbo.

Meanwhile in Tenkasi we wanted to build new school facilities (we were operating in make-shift facilities, the ones that came in frequent photos) and we applied for DTCP approval to construct the new buildings. Everyone who knows DTCP in our state knows what kind of corruption happened there under the DMK.

We waited patiently for DTCP approval for the new school buildings but the approval never came as long as the DMK was in power. The approval came automatically once the government changed.

It is this DTCP approval that I posted about in X. I want to once again appreciate the refreshing change.

Not only did the approvals come, government people told us not to pay money to anyone for any approvals. I have to appreciate this in public, having endured what we had endured before.

This is the "lie" that DMK wants to attack me on.

I do not need their certificate on my character.
They can examine their conscience and ask why a technology nerd like me who is mostly immersed in code would post these.

If they think I would back down by their vile personal attacks because I am a Brahmin or TVK Stooge or Sanghi or whatever, I will tell them this: unlike you dynasts I grew up with nothing. I studied in Tamil medium schools. I know how to live on nothing. I have dedicated the remainder of my life to make Bharat self reliant in technology while reviving our rural areas, the soul of our eternal sanatana civilization.

I will not be intimidated by their attacks. I am unafraid of death, why would I be afraid of the mere DMK?

And if they had any conscience they can return the money they looted (they know there they keep it) and then they can attack my character.

I will now go back to optimizing the code of our compiler!

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

Spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening. I reiterated India’s strong protest at the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.

[Amish Tripathi @authoramish]

Proto-Elamite?

The Pashupati seal has an elephant, a water buffalo and a rhinoceros. Ancient Elam was centred in southwestern Iran. Elephants, water buffalos and rhinoceroses are not native to ancient Elam. BTW, they are native to India. Also, the figure is seated in a Yogic posture. Is Yoga also Elamite now? Seriously?

Your profile says you are a professor. I don't mean to sound rude, but your students deserve a refund. And seriously, Western universities need to improve their hiring practices.

[Sheetal Chopra 🇮🇳 @SheetalPronamo]

🚨 Shocking news -
78 grams of Gold bars are Missing from
Padmanabhaswamy temple

The gold lamp is replaced with Silver lamp

An ornament called Vairanama is missing

A letter was sent by the state police chief to the additional chief secretary

We need to FREE hindu temples from state control 😡

[K.Annamalai @annamalai_k]

தமிழகப் பள்ளி மாணவர்களின் மதிய உணவுத் திட்டத்தில் வழங்கப்படும் முட்டைகளுக்கு, ஆண்டு முழுவதும் ஒரு முட்டைக்கு ₹5.63 என்ற நிலையான விலையை தமிழக அரசு வழங்குகிறது. இந்த நிலையில், கடந்த மார்ச் மாதம் ஒரு முட்டை ₹3.70 என்று விலை குறைந்த போது, ஒப்பந்ததாரர்கள் சுமார் 20 கோடி முட்டைகளை வாங்கி குளிர்சாதன கிடங்குகளில் சேமித்து வைத்திருக்கிறார்கள் என செய்திகள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

அதாவது, குறைந்த விலைக்கு பெருமளவில் சேமித்து வைத்து, ஆண்டு முழுவதும், பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு வழங்கத் திட்டமிட்டுள்ளதாகத் தெரிகிறது.

முட்டை என்பது நீண்ட காலம் கெட்டுப் போகாமல் இருக்கும் பொருள் அல்ல. குளிர்சாதனக் கிடங்கில் மாதக்கணக்கில் வைத்திருந்து, பின்னர் தொலைதூர கிராமப்புற பள்ளிகளுக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்படும் போது அதன் தரம், ஊட்டச்சத்து மற்றும் உணவு பாதுகாப்பு நிச்சயம் பாதிப்புக்குள்ளாகும்.

கடந்த திமுக ஆட்சியில், பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு மதிய உணவுக்கு பல முறை அழுகிய முட்டை வழங்கப்பட்டதைக் கடுமையாகக் கண்டித்திருந்தோம். தவெக ஆட்சியிலும், அதே நிலை தொடராமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். இது வெறும் கொள்முதல் சார்ந்த பிரச்சனை அல்ல. லட்சக்கணக்கான பள்ளிக் குழந்தைகளின் ஆரோக்கியம் மற்றும் பெற்றோரின் நம்பிக்கை சார்ந்ததாகும்.

எனவே, முட்டைகளின் சேமிப்பு காலம், தர பரிசோதனை, போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் விநியோக நிலை குறித்து தமிழக அரசு வெளிப்படையான கண்காணிப்பையும் கடுமையான ஆய்வையும் உடனடியாக மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று வலியுறுத்துகிறேன். குழந்தைகளுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் உணவின் தரத்தில், எந்தவித அலட்சியமும் ஏற்க முடியாது.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

In Tamil Nadu, the BJP being in power at the centre has been used by essentially all the parties to demonize them. The DMK made "attack Modi" as their only plank. EdappadiDMK (that is the correct name) would have done the same thing if the Congress had switched over to them. In Tamil, we call this பூச்சாண்டி காட்டுதல் - like my grandmother would tell me as a kid "that tree next to the pond has a ghost that will catch you, so don't go near it" to keep me away from swimming in the pond! Modi is their favorite பூச்சாண்டி.

So when someone parrots the line "we want to keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu", they are saying "we don't want competition for our cozy duopoly", not some deep principle. The BJP has been in alliance in AP and Pondicherry and those states are doing fine, they are making excellent progress. Yet TN is supposedly "different".

The "difference" was the BJP getting into alliance with these same parties (EDMK or DMK) that want to openly or secretly suppress them in TN.

What is the way ahead? Find good youthful passionate leadership that are willing to fight the good fight long term. Focus on building up the party from the grassroots. Ignore all the பூச்சாண்டி business. Do not align with anyone who claims "TN is different". TN is Bharat. We have to fight this subterranean separatism.

Annamalai was making progress but he needed a lot more time. He was creating a genuine political movement, he invited youth to be active in politics and he had massive engagement.

I would have volunteered for this assignment too (I love building up from zero!) but I am neck deep in tech and Bharat needs deep tech. So not in this life time. To be very clear, I will state my political views (my right to free speech) but I will not be in active politics.

I hope all our educated citizens do engage in this political debate and express their opinions, but let us all do it RESPECTFULLY.

[Think Profit @thethinkprofit]

The Lenskart Cover-Up
A $5.6 billion company. A written policy. Two fired employees. A CEO whose story kept changing.

Lenskart — India's largest eyewear retailer, IPO-bound, valued at $5.6 billion — had a Style Guide for store staff. It surfaced on April 15.
The rules: No bindi. No tilak. No kalawa. Minimal sindoor, not on the forehead.
The hijab? Explicitly permitted. With colour instructions. And tutorial videos promised to staff.

When the document went viral, CEO Peyush Bansal called it "inaccurate." X's Community Note corrected him — the document was company-branded, dated February 2026. He then shifted: it was an "outdated training document" with an "incorrect line" that was "discovered and removed on February 17, well before this became public."
That story collapsed within 24 hours.

Akash Falake, a Lenskart store manager in Pune, had emails. He had flagged the exact same policy to Lenskart HR in writing on November 25, 2025. Senior HR was informed again on December 8. Through January and February 2026, store audits were actively cutting salaries of employees who wore bindis or tikas.
Falake escalated to the legal team. No response. On February 20, he filed a complaint on Maharashtra's government grievance portal.
The same day — he was terminated.

Then came Zeel Soghasia from Surat. Got a Lenskart job offer. Flew to Navi Mumbai for training. Day one: told to cut his shikha, remove his tilak and religious tattoos — or there would be no job.
He refused. Fired the next day.
This was April 18, 2026 — sixty days after Bansal claimed the policy had been removed.

Two employees raised this internally over five months. Both were ignored. One was fired the day he went to the government. One was fired for refusing to alter a religious symbol on his body.
The CEO's story changed three times. Each time, new evidence forced the shift.
This is how institutional discrimination works in the modern Indian workplace — not through speeches, but through audit deductions, grooming guides, and termination letters. Systems designed to be absorbed quietly.

It almost worked. Until someone leaked a PDF.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme.

The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality.

This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme.

A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

[Rahul Sagar @rahulsagar]

How many times the term "propaganda" appears in the @Wikipedia entry for

Dhurandhar 2 25
Wolf Warrior 2 3
Top Gun: Maverick 1

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: At least 400 people were killed in Afghanistan after Pakistan struck a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghan officials said. https://t.co/sCUKuwg3hg

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🔴 400 killed in Pakistan airstrike on Kabul hospital, Taliban say

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/sS49XYaGL1

[Randhir Jaiswal @MEAIndia]

Our statement on Pakistan’s cowardly targeting of Kabul Hospital

🔗 https://t.co/uYbQhhc8MC

[Rajinikanth @rajinikanth]

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[Srihari Sridhar @srihash21]

பொன்னார் மேனியனே புலித்தோலை அரைக்கசைத்து
மின்னார் செஞ்சடைமேல் மிளிர்கொன்றை அணிந்தவனே
மன்னே மாமணியே மழபாடியுள் மாணிக்கமே
அன்னே உன்னையல்லால் இனியாரை நினைக்கேனே

#Mahashivratri2026 #OnNamahShivaya

[Aussies Army🏏🦘 @AussiesArmy]

India vs Pakistan is overrated.
#T20WorldCup

[Khalid Baig @KhalidBaig85]

Dear World,

Please don't look away.

In solidarity.

[Polimer News @polimernews]

திருவண்ணாமலை அருகே 12 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு சோழர் கால கல்வெட்டு கண்டுபிடிப்பு

#Tiruvannamalai | #Inscription | #CholaPeriod | #PolimerNews

[Vikram Chandra @vikramchandra]

I have so many questions.

Would India have been facing 50% tariffs for buying Russian oil if Russia had "captured" Zelenskky instead of attacking Ukraine?

Does Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize for invading Venezuela at the behest of an existing Nobel peace prize winner?

Who is going to mediate this conflict?

🤔🤔🤔

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

That’s the tweet.

[Hardik Rajgor @Hardism]

How is US bombing Venezuela different from Russia bombing Ukraine?

Don't worry, US think tankers and brown sepoys will soon explain it to us in great detail.

American wars are always more righteous and holy than wars of other people.