GV Narayana @venkatgn69 - Twitter Profile

3 days ago

In 1986 a young forest officer did something nobody else ever managed. He arrested Veerappan. Veerappan escaped. 5 years later he sent the officer a message. He said he was ready to surrender, but only to him, and only if he came alone and unarmed. He went. His name was Pandillapalli Srinivas. He was an officer of the Indian Forest Service in Karnataka, posted in the forests on the border with Tamil Nadu. Those forests belonged, in practice, to one man. Veerappan was wanted for killing about 200 elephants for their ivory and smuggling around 10,000 tonnes of sandalwood. He had killed forest officers and policemen. The villages around the forest protected him, some out of fear and some because nobody from the government had ever done anything for them. Srinivas decided that was the real problem. So instead of only hunting Veerappan, he went into the villages. He built roads. He brought drinking water to tribal settlements. He started a mobile dispensary. He built more than 40 houses for homeless families, paying for them out of his own salary. He talked more than 100 of Veerappan's men into giving up and coming back to ordinary life. He built a temple in Gopinatham, Veerappan's own village. He was the first officer those villagers had ever trusted. On 9th November 1991 a wireless message reached him. Veerappan wanted to surrender. The condition was that Srinivas must come personally, without guards, without a weapon, with a few villagers Veerappan had named. Other officers warned him not to go. Veerappan's own brother had come to him, told him Veerappan had given up his gun, and convinced him it was real. Srinivas believed people could change. He had watched more than 100 of them do it. The next morning, 10th November 1991, he walked into the forest near Gopinatham. He was shot. Then his head was cut off. It was never found. He was 37. In January 1992 India gave him the Kirti Chakra, the second highest award for bravery in peacetime. His mother went to receive it. Veerappan was finally killed by the police in 2004, 13 years later. The villagers of Gopinatham still pray every day at the temple Srinivas built for them. The forest department restored the jeep he used to drive, and keeps it in a museum at Kollegal. He tried to end Veerappan's power by giving the people around him a reason to trust someone else. Veerappan understood that was more dangerous to him than any gun.

san_x_m's tweet photo. In 1986 a young forest officer did something nobody else ever managed.

He arrested Veerappan.

Veerappan escaped. 5 years later he sent the officer a message. He said he was ready to surrender, but only to him, and only if he came alone and unarmed.

He went.

His name was Pandillapalli Srinivas.

He was an officer of the Indian Forest Service in Karnataka, posted in the forests on the border with Tamil Nadu. Those forests belonged, in practice, to one man.

Veerappan was wanted for killing about 200 elephants for their ivory and smuggling around 10,000 tonnes of sandalwood. He had killed forest officers and policemen. The villages around the forest protected him, some out of fear and some because nobody from the government had ever done anything for them.

Srinivas decided that was the real problem.

So instead of only hunting Veerappan, he went into the villages. He built roads. He brought drinking water to tribal settlements. He started a mobile dispensary. He built more than 40 houses for homeless families, paying for them out of his own salary. He talked more than 100 of Veerappan's men into giving up and coming back to ordinary life.

He built a temple in Gopinatham, Veerappan's own village.

He was the first officer those villagers had ever trusted.

On 9th November 1991 a wireless message reached him. Veerappan wanted to surrender. The condition was that Srinivas must come personally, without guards, without a weapon, with a few villagers Veerappan had named.

Other officers warned him not to go. Veerappan's own brother had come to him, told him Veerappan had given up his gun, and convinced him it was real.

Srinivas believed people could change. He had watched more than 100 of them do it.

The next morning, 10th November 1991, he walked into the forest near Gopinatham.

He was shot. Then his head was cut off. It was never found.

He was 37.

In January 1992 India gave him the Kirti Chakra, the second highest award for bravery in peacetime. His mother went to receive it.

Veerappan was finally killed by the police in 2004, 13 years later.

The villagers of Gopinatham still pray every day at the temple Srinivas built for them. The forest department restored the jeep he used to drive, and keeps it in a museum at Kollegal.

He tried to end Veerappan's power by giving the people around him a reason to trust someone else.

Veerappan understood that was more dangerous to him than any gun.

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AIBEA: All India Bank Employees' Association @AIBEAofficial

6 days ago

5-Day Banking was agreed in March 2024, with longer weekdays accepted in return. The commitment was made. The implementation is overdue. Implement #5DayBankingNow @PMOIndia @DFS_India @narendramodi @nsitharaman @PIB_India @ANI @FinMinIndia

AIBEAofficial's tweet photo. 5-Day Banking was agreed in March 2024, with longer weekdays accepted in return.

The commitment was made. The implementation is overdue.

Implement #5DayBankingNow

@PMOIndia @DFS_India @narendramodi @nsitharaman @PIB_India @ANI @FinMinIndia https://t.co/gGZFBVEsOq

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Erik Solheim

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Incredible India 🇮🇳! This is so cute! A monkey trying to feed a banana to the Nandi while life goes on around them. 🐒♥️

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The Telugu Daily

@TheTeluguDaily_

6 days ago

🚨 ₹1.3 Crore Model Anganwadi School Ready for Opening in Pithapuram The school, built with funding from Apollo Hospitals and support from @AlwaysRamCharan @upasanakonidela, is ready for inauguration by Deputy CM @PawanKalyan tomorrow. He will also lay the foundation stone for 38 more Anganwadi schools. #Pithapuram #PawanKalyan

TheTeluguDaily_'s tweet photo. 🚨 ₹1.3 Crore Model Anganwadi School Ready for Opening in Pithapuram

The school, built with funding from Apollo Hospitals and support from @AlwaysRamCharan @upasanakonidela, is ready for inauguration by Deputy CM @PawanKalyan tomorrow.

He will also lay the foundation stone for 38 more Anganwadi schools.

#Pithapuram #PawanKalyan

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Vineeta Singh 🇮🇳

@biharigurl

6 days ago

A local train stopped for a few minutes as Sanatanis performed Vishwakarma Puja, worshipping the train engine. That’s Sanatan ...inding divinity in every aspect of creation and respecting the tools that power our lives. 🙌

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The Khel India

@TheKhelIndia

6 days ago

Elavenil Valarivan wins Silver for India 🥈

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Abhishek Kumar

@Abhishek060722

5 days ago

🚨 Anand Ranganathan made an excellent point on the IIT Bombay and SC/ST case.🫡 Q: What do you think about the IIT Bombay cheating case and the SC/ST case against the professor? Anand Ranganathan: “Look, I’m a professor myself. If I saw a student cheating during an exam, I would stop him. So just because the student is from SC/ST, would his father file an SC/ST case against me too? No, this crosses a line for me. That’s why I request the government to abolish the SC/ST Act, at least in education, so people cannot use false cases like this against professors.”🙏