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🏹 FROM A ₹3,000 BOW TO ASIAN GAMES HISTORY 🇮🇳
At just 17, Kumkum Mohod has already written her name into Indian archery history.
A ₹3,000 wooden bow.
A family that kept believing.
A coach who saw her potential.
A second-hand recurve bow.
And a dream that never missed its target.
🥇 Asian Games Women’s Individual Recurve Gold
🥇 Women’s Recurve Team Gold
🥈 Mixed Recurve Team Silver
And that perfect 10 in the shoot-off sealed an unforgettable victory.
From the lanes of Amravati to the biggest stage in Asia — Kumkum didn't just hit the target. She made history. 🎯🇮🇳
Kumkum Mohod — remember the name.
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From a truck driver’s daughter in Coimbatore to Asian Games history.
Vithya Ramraj grew up in Meenakshipuram with her identical twin Nithya. Their father Ramraj drove extra shifts. Their mother Meena enrolled them in the Erode sports hostel from Class 7 after a PE teacher spotted them — the family could not afford training otherwise. Hockey first. Athletics next. Years of struggle, a sports-quota BBA, and a twin who later paid for her training when money ran out.
At Asian Games 2026 she delivered: 🥇 Women’s 4x400m relay (anchor) 🥈 Mixed 4x400m relay (anchor) 🥉 Women’s 400m hurdles — 54.75s, National Record
She finally broke PT Usha’s 42-year-old mark and became the first Indian woman under 55 seconds. Three events. Three medals. Anchor legs that counted.
What a campaign. What a journey. 🫡
Madurai's Meenakshi Sundareshwara Temple is celebrating its grand Maha Kumbabhishekam right now, but most people have no idea how close this temple came to disappearing completely...
In the 14th century, Sultanate forces marched south to Pandyan lands, looting temples and destroying deities on the way. The king fled the capital. With no royal protection left, the city's priests knew the temple wouldn't survive an open confrontation.
They decided to do something brilliant.
The Sthanikars, the temple caretakers, sealed the main shrine with a stone wall, putting up a false Lingam in front of it. Goddess Meenakshi was hidden on top of the shrine’s vimana, and several other deities were buried underground to keep them safe.
Still, someone had to stay behind. That job went to the priest of the Kariyamanikka Perumal shrine. He remained in a city under foreign occupation, guarding a god he couldn't openly worship, with no army and no guarantee he'd survive the years ahead.
The Madurai Sultanate ruled over the city for a gruelling period of around 48 years!
The 14 gopuras and several shrines were destroyed during this period, along with the Kariyamanikka Perumal shrine. The people were subjected to many horrors, as recorded in Ibn Battuta's and Ganga Devi's writings.
According to the Madhura Vijayam, Goddess Meenakshi herself appealed to the Vijayanagara Prince Kampana, urging him to free Madurai from foreign rule. She says:
“The coconut trees of Madurai have been cut down by these intruders, and in place of these, we have gruesome substitutes in the form of iron sula, which are adorned with garlands of decapitated human heads...”
Prince Kampana led a campaign to reclaim the Tamil lands from the Madurai Sultanate, restoring all the affected temples. When he reopened the sanctum of the Madurai temple, he saw a divine miracle.
The lamp lit decades ago was still burning bright! The flowers and decoration of the deity hadn't wilted at all!
Even today, you can see the decoy Lingam in the temple’s ardha mandapa, bearing the marks of the Sultanate swords. It is a reminder of what our ancients did to keep this temple alive for our generation.
Let us honour and remember our ancestors' countless sacrifices. Without them, we wouldn't have this temple today.
A welfare state and free immigration will obviously bankrupt any country.
AI + robotics is the only path to universal high income for everyone on Earth.
🚨 Kevin Pietersen: "Rahul Dravid and IPL saved my career and changed my life."🚨
Jos Buttler: "How did IPL and Rahul Dravid change your life?"
Kevin Pietersen: The biggest thing that transformed my career was my relationship with Rahul Dravid. I was struggling against left-arm spin after DRS came in, and it created a lot of problems for me. The IPL gave me the opportunity to call Dravid and say, “Dude, I need help.” He sent me an email that I still cherish. The IPL gave me money and controversy, but it also saved my career by helping me build trusting relationships that gave me longevity.
Great work @chennaicorp - how can you allow vehicles to travel in opposite side ! This is peak traffic in pallikaranai today ! Around 100+ vehicles came in opposite , very very poor plan of traffic handling
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Monday is a fresh extension of a Sunday. You run all the week, Sunday relaxes your mind so that you can start a new week with full energy. #SundayMotivation#MondayBlues