Surya Narayanan

Jack of all trades, master of pun.

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

I have a joke about the black holes. It sucks.

[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!

[Venkatramanan @VenkatRamanan_]

That’s how it connected 💛❤️
#TVK has indeed won hearts

[Maddy Madhav @MaddyMadhav_]

You can observe a pattern. ADMK supporters are admitting their defeat and accepting the people’s decision. But on the other side, DMK supporters are whining about loyalty, intelligence and cursing tn people’s decision.

[Sùjith @Sk_twitzz]

An actor winning based on popularity 😭 ppl are fools 😭 I can’t digest it 😭

Then who should win?
An uneducated? Corrupt? Rowdy? Extremist?

An entire state is foolish and you’re the wisest? Lmfao. Ppl have every right to choose their own leader SIT TF DOWN.

[Aaditya Narayan @AadityaN_28]

LMAO, funniest narrative from today is DMK supporters somehow making it out that they're intellectually superior to those that voted for someone other than the DMK. What is this high horse?

[Heisenberg ☢ @internetumpire]

Ajith and Arjun in Mankatha climax

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

If you ever feel useless, just remember that Shivam Dube features in CSKs XI. You can't be as useless as that!

[Anuj Nitin Prabhu @APTalksCricket]

Appreciation tweet for CSK fans.

Clearly outnumbered us at the Wankhede...made it their den..and let their team absolutely pin us to the ground.

Yet in all of this..in all of this..i couldn't even find one incident of heated exchange or any yellow jersey crossing a line in the crowd.

As I was stepping out after 89/7, A couple of CSK fans just tapped me on my back and said "Dont worry brother..you still have five titles"

After such humiliation, this was a golden chance for them to mock the MI fans and even behave like hooligans..but from the start till the time I left..they were absolute class.

Played like five time champions too. Proper planning and execution. How people behave in the face of adversity is what defines their character and the 20K CSK fans that came to Wankhede have certainly lived up to the billing of fans of five time IPL champions.

All class. Well done lads. Wish you all had an amazing experience. Such away days are rare..make the most of it.

We probably deserved this shellhacking for the delusion going on in this franchise. Good stuff. This is why this rivalry will remain like no other. The only heated exchange happened between the players.

The chant battle..mexican wave..everything..just proper derby.

[Heisenberg ☢ @internetumpire]

We for real managed to find the most Unaussiest Aussie from the whole of Australia.

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

Thank you @Ruutu1331

Your confidence in your ability to open the innings, pressure Ayush and promote Matt Short when Sarfaraz has delivered phenomenal results.

Thank you, keep taking @ChennaiIPL to records we've never had.

[🎰 @StanMSD]

There is a reason why Thala played Dube as Impact Player most games.

[Anuj Nitin Prabhu @APTalksCricket]

Calling out each other's families, not even sparing children of cricketers, heckling fans as they make their way out of the stadium (true for both set of fans).

This is "rivalry"??

Let me tell you what rivalry is with a short story. The year is 2018:

I was seated in Wankhede when CSK were 85/7 chasing 160-odd. And then Bravo decided to come alive and cart Bumrah and McClenaghan around the park.

With every six, chants of CSK CSK reverberated in Wankhede, MI's den. Kedar Jadhav on one leg hits winning runs.

Imagine the humiliation for an MI fan walking out of Wankhede after what he witnessed. First game curse was going to be broken and suddenly it is all just like every year.

The moment it was all over and things calmed down, be it just while walking down the Wankhede stairs or while going to Marine Lines station, yellow and blue shirts were walking together and just recalling the beautiful moments they witnessed.

MI vs CSK has always been fierce on the field. But once the 40 overs are done, there is a sense of maturity and understanding that there is legacy to both the clubs and fans know that.

Buying umpire banter or banned for 2 years banter will go on for eternity..but never gave I ever seen any CSK fan say he or she has felt unsafe walking out of Wankhede. I have also heard only good things from MI fans who travel to Chepauk for the return fixture.

"You cannot match our rivalry". Sure bro. We don't even want to. Because whatever you are doing is not rivalry it is pure hatred and entitlement.

All the best with whatever that is. Cricket is a great levellers and big big personalities involved have come crashing to the ground when humility is not shown.

God bless.

[Neal Gardner @Nealbackup]

Bumrah is cricket’s biggest cheatcode. In a landscape dominated by batters, the most imapactful player in the sport is a bowler. And it isn’t even close.

[Adam Pearson @Adam_Pearson]

Last night I watched Kill Bill, volume 1. Couldn’t hear a thing!

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

If Sam Altman needs to reboot OpenAI, he will have to recruit Sam Controlman and Sam Delman.

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

@ASUSIndia @ASUS I had a technician visit my place. Thanks

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

Bought a Vivobook S16 from @ASUSIndia on Dec 4. In a month the laptop's been serviced already, and Asus technicians say the hardware is perfectly fine. Now its gone from bad to worse and they are making me run in circles. Imagine a laptop freezing for using whatsapp!

[Surya Narayanan @surcastix]

@the2ndfloorguy @Raspberry_Pi @peakbengaluru This is fantastic!

[Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt]

Must say, today was a 10/10 day Leo Messi 😉