r/TamilNadu

God bless Tamil Nadu

Finally, the BJP figured out how to penetrate TN.

All these days, until today, it hasn’t interfered with any of these things happened in the state.

In Assam, with one seat they played their hand. Being silent is what makes me think there is a bigger conspiracy behind this.

Right after the CBI enquiry Vijay came out with a smiling face and thumping up. Will anyone attending such grieve investigation come up like this?

Time only tells everything!

They blame the DMK when in government for power cuts. Now they're again blaming DMK for the power cuts in Chennai when it is in opposition. Hypocrisy.

Ivlo previlege ethuku da ebba saamy?

With full makeup and light settings karur incident ku video release panraru...

Power cuts

FAKE NEWSSSS FLOOD

En constituency ku campaign panna kooda varla he won......

Kadan kadan nu puranam..to be Frank konjam economics and disaster ( eg COVID,flood)Management terinja evnum ipd lusu mari pesa matan......

Am not supporting any party...am genuinely asking people why special privileges....he is just a fellow human being like all of us...

Ninga worship panra alavuku human race ku alethathu panitarna solunga.. I will definitely join your cult.....evlovo scientists like BOSE RAMANUJAM RAMAN etc etc ...our fellow tamilians neraya per irukanga...why him ?????? according to me he is not even a good actor ..May be it differs but it's true..

Sorry it's a rant.,because yesterday that tvk மருத்துவ ஆய்வு குழு stunts in gh made my blood boiling moment as am a doctor ...we haven't faced like this irrational treatment on any of the former govts...

I do want to know the answer really...

If anyone knows please do tell.

Thanks

With this alliance solidifies Dalit, both the minorities and good chunk of OBC vote share, it feels TVK has beaten DMK at their own game. What will be DMK's approach will be to tackle this is the bigger question. Interesting days ahead.

Hey!! This is yet another post about the naming conventions. We have decided to get our son his birth certificate. I know not to follow initials from all the other posts.

But my confusion is which format below to follow.
Let’s say my son’s name is Apple and father name is pineapple. What should I follow?

1. Apple
2. Apple pineapple

If it’s just Apple, won’t the father’s name automatically become his surname everywhere?

If I follow Apple pineapple format, will his father’s name be added again in some documents to make his full name apple pineapple pineapple? I don’t want him to end up with two pineapple behind his name. Please help.
Sorry for the fruit analogy.

**JJ vs Karunanidhi Era… Will Stalin & Vijay Break the Cycle?**
Tamil Nadu has seen governments changing repeatedly, and sometimes it feels like long-term development gets interrupted because every new government changes the direction of the previous one.

As citizens, we shouldn’t have to worry about development slowing down whenever power changes hands. Whatever our political preferences are, continuity in good projects is important.

Stalin’s tenure seems to have left a strong impression on many people, and I just hope future leaders, including Vijay if he enters governance seriously, focus on building further rather than undoing what came before. Tamil Nadu deserves progress without the cycle of political rivalry affecting development.

I’m Tamil and my name follows the usual Tamil format with an initial + given name and no actual surname/family name. This has started becoming a real problem while dealing with foreign companies, international project applications, verification systems, travel-related forms, and other platforms that strictly expect a first name and a last name. What makes it worse is that in many of our official documents, the surname field was handled poorly by authorities by simply putting the initial into the surname column, even though it is not really a surname. A lot of foreign systems also do not accept single-letter surnames, so forms either fail or force us to enter something else. But then when we enter a different surname just to complete the application, it no longer matches the passport or ID exactly, and verification ends up incomplete or rejected. I wanted to know how other Tamil people are dealing with this issue long-term, especially those studying or working abroad. Did you continue using the initial somehow, expand it, repeat your given name, or officially change your name to add a surname? If anyone has legally updated their name, how difficult was the process, how long did it take, and did it create issues with passports, certificates, bank accounts, visas, or employment records later?

DMK didn't lose because Tamil Nadu suddenly became "tharkuri."

And TVK didn't appear out of thin air either.

TVK is literally the product of what Tamil Nadu politics has been cultivating for decades. That's the irony nobody wants to admit.

The same older generation now mocking youngsters as "tharkuri" are the ones who spent years building politics around faces, cinema, fan clubs, emotional loyalty, banners, slogans, and hero worship instead of actual political literacy.

You failed to teach politics properly. That failure has consequences.

You taught people to follow personalities, not policies. You normalized emotional politics for decades and then suddenly act shocked that a generation raised on cinema-politics culture found a new hero. What exactly did you expect?

Today's 18-year-old didn't invent this culture. He inherited it.

The only difference is your generation had cut-outs and milk abhishekam. This generation has edits, reels, and AI voiceovers. Same formula. Different technology.

So before calling youngsters "tharkuri," maybe ask who wrote the syllabus in the first place.

Now, on why DMK actually lost.

It wasn't because people are stupid. People watched five years of governance and reacted accordingly.

The Ponmudy case. TASMAC allegations. ED raids. Coal imports at inflated costs. Debt that increased massively. Tariffs that squeezed households. Law and order failures that kept repeating.

Anna University case. Kallakurichi hooch tragedy killing 60+ people. Custodial violence cycling through the same pattern again and again.

At some point, people stop listening to speeches and start looking at patterns. That's not foolishness. That's attention.

And about the floor test, let's stop rewriting the story.

"Stalin gracefully allowed TVK to govern out of respect for the mandate."

No. The numbers weren't there.

Thirumavalavan himself said that both DMK and AIADMK approached him regarding arrangements to prevent TVK from forming government. That alone tells you everything.

The same people who spent years saying the BJP is an existential threat to Tamil identity suddenly became flexible when power itself became endangered. So let's not pretend this was some noble sacrifice. It was political arithmetic, repackaged as statesmanship.

On the treasury issue.

In his first speech as CM, Vijay alleged DMK had left an empty treasury and nearly ₹10 lakh crore of debt, and announced a White Paper. The fair point underneath: the same government that spent five years selling Tamil Nadu's "$1 trillion economy by 2030" vision was visibly running on borrowed money. Both narratives can't be simultaneously true.

Stalin's rebuttal on X within hours: the treasury isn't empty, debt is within RBI limits, and "what matters is the capability and determination to govern effectively." Also fair — and the Centre's shrinking tax devolution share (7.9% to 4.079%) is a real structural pressure.

But the numbers don't disappear. Outstanding debt: ₹4.85 lakh crore in March 2021 → ₹10.71 lakh crore by March 2026. That's ₹5.86 lakh crore added in five years. And 23% of every rupee the state earns now goes to interest payments alone — before a single rupee is spent on schools, hospitals, salaries, or schemes.

Think about your own house. If nearly a quarter of your salary every month vanished into EMIs before groceries, school fees, or electricity — would you call that "within limits," or would you call it a problem? You'd call it what it is. So can voters. That's democracy.

Now everyone suddenly quotes Ambedkar on hero worship.

It's a correct quote. Apply it equally.

The Deputy Chief Minister was the son of the Chief Minister. The grandson of a former Chief Minister. Part of a four-generation political dynasty further consolidated during this exact term.

You cannot normalize hereditary succession for decades and then become political philosophers when another movement rises. That's inconsistency, not principle.

Yes, privilege matters too.

Half the people calling youngsters "tharkuri" are speaking from financially stable positions. It's easy to sound intellectually superior when your own life is secure. You're not worried about the next rent payment or a job that doesn't exist yet.

A lot of youngsters are genuinely frustrated, disconnected, underemployed, and emotionally exhausted watching the same political cycle repeat forever. So when a new political force appears, many gravitate toward it. That's not irrational—it's a response to real conditions.

Whether people like it or not, TVK is now a real political movement. Criticize it. Question it. Oppose it. But dismissing millions of voters as brain-dead idiots just because they voted differently is arrogance disguised as intelligence.

Before anyone claims I'm arguing for blind support: I'm not.

My support is conditional.

If TVK becomes corrupt tomorrow, I'll criticize them. If anti-corruption becomes selective revenge against DMK loyalists, I'm out. If they become another dynasty setup, I'm out.

No party deserves permanent loyalty. That's the exact mistake Tamil Nadu politics has been repeating for decades. That's what we need to break, not replicate with a different name.

So yes.

If rejecting corruption, hereditary entitlement, and patronage networks makes me "tharkuri," then so be it.

Tharkuri No. 108, standing with Tharkuri No. 1 Honourable CHIEF MINISTER JOSEPH VIJAY.

But the contract is conditional. The ink dries the moment the promises do.

Loyalty belongs to values. Not parties. Not surnames. Not symbols. Not fan clubs.

No double standards. No mythology. No permanent excuses.

Only governance. That's the standard. Apply it equally to everyone, always.

TLDR:

1.You spent 50 years teaching us cinema politics. We learned. Surprised Pikachu face.

2.DMK didn't lose because TN got dumb. They lost on patterns, not popularity.

3."Empty treasury" vs "$1 trillion economy by 2030" — pick one, anna. Both can't be true.

4.23% of every rupee = interest payments. Try running your house like that and tell me it's "within limits."

5.Quoting Ambedkar on hero-worship while defending a four-generation dynasty is peak Tamil cinema irony.

6."Stalin gracefully gave way to TVK" — no, the numbers gave way. Even Thirumavalavan confirmed the backroom math.

7.Tharkuri No. 108 reporting in. Standing with Honourable CM Joseph Vijay.

Warranty void the moment he pulls a Stalin. 🫡

Edit 1 :

My whole ramblings and rants in my notes did get polished by AI!! Is that wrong ? Definitely not. I used it to streamline my rambling anger . If thats a pulikesi moment maybe thats not the real problem here the real problem is the content we are discussing about DMK. You can check it using AI to understand if thats ai written or human written .

Vijay fans need to chill and let him do his own talking and defense. He is elected and need for marketing is over . Why are you guys still defending his every move or lack of with your life? Politics wasn’t like this before. Let the IT cells fight their fight. Why are we bringing fan wars into politics? It’s so lame and unnecessary.
Before u say DMK upeee. Nobody posted shit about dmk before this elections. Every dmk post started as sort of a pushback against the mentally draining propaganda that vijay fans seem to be happily sharing .

Looking for boy name which sounds modern and unique. Good to sound like tamil name, even if not thats fine. Need some suggestions guys. Everywhere i look i come across same known names. Need help! 🙄