Ranting because I'm genuinely furious right now. Booked VKV Travels for a Chennai to Madurai trip, planned my whole journey around it — travelling with small kids, so this isn't something I can just "adjust" casually. One hour before departure, call comes: "bus broken down, only one seat available in another bus." Not a choice — that ONE seat was it. Take it or sort yourself out. Replacement bus wasn't even going to the destination I booked in Madurai. The "seat" they forced on me? Last upper berth. With small kids. One hour's notice, zero alternatives. Here's the part that really gets me — the bus was NOT broken down. It just wasn't fully booked. So instead of running it anyway, they cancel it, lie about a "breakdown," and dump all of us onto whatever seats are left elsewhere. This has happened to me twice this month. Twice. If you're planning a Chennai–Madurai trip with family, please think twice before booking VKV. This isn't a breakdown issue — it's how they handle people once they already have your money. Anyone else been through this with VKV on this route? Curious how common this is?

So, here is some tea that I have heard from my political circle and some of you might already be aware but still.

1.It is heavily rumoured that Minister Rajeev who is the Environment Minister has earned over 40-50 crs in these 3 months alone. His Periappa is a well known road contractor and both of them are involving themselves in rampant corruption.

2.Mr Tamilan Parthiban, the Transport Minister has started to charge 2 lakh per vehicle permit. So if a Travels company is launching a new Bus,they have to pay 2 lakh as commision. He has reduced it from 3 (Charged by previous DMK government) to 2 lakhs though.

3.Minister Vijay Balaji has also earned lots of amount by collaborating with Veerapandi MLA Mr.Panivel.

4.Last Wednesday MK Stalin,the DMK Chief blasted the MLAs as he feels all of them are going soft in the assembly. He was especially harsh on Mr.Vasantham Karthikeyan asking him why the heck would he say he got the seat because of Aadhav Arjuna. He was also harsh on senior Ex ministers.

5.There are strong rumours Mr. Senthil Balaji will join ADMK or BJP. Some sources also tell that this is a false rumour spread by TVK to create further instability to him. But it is true that he is not being his usual self and has gone silent.

6. Senior Ministers from ADMK like Kadambur Raju who joined TVK are totally unhappy it seems and they are advising their ADMK friends not to jump ship now. They feel they are not being given due importance by TVK either locally or by the high command.

7.Dhanush and Annamalai had a meeting last week it seems in his Poes garden house. What was discussed though is not known.

8.Finally the last one but the best Tea. TVK are apparently threatening business owners to reveal the amount they paid for DMK as bribe during the previous regime publically. That is why we are seeing some businessmen giving open statements to the press declaring that DMK Charged them money.

In a recent meeting,one Minister asked the companies who all paid money to DMK government and he said they will blacklist them all who paid. If they want their blacklist to be removed, they need to reveal publically it seems. This has irked companies a lot who feel that TVK is using them for its political gain. Some industry insiders have already started to mutter paying bribe is far better.

Just shows that they have no consideration for common man. All they have to do was open this Virtually get the PR and let the common man use the metro. They are wasting lakhs of rupees weekly on this .

Knowing that we have common folks who support politicians blindly just makes blood boil . For them we don’t exist. I’m not sure who is the most shameless person here the common man or the politicians that we adore so much

Vehicle, Vehicle allowance - 75000 , assistant allowance- 25000

Today cm vijay announced this above allowances for mlas, first of all is it necessary? and 2nd of all do you see the logical flaw? For vehicle maintenance they are giving 75000, for assistance who is going to do main role of that MLA they are giving only 25,000. There are some good news too like increasing insurance value to 25 lakhs, increased procurement price for milk, paddy, sugarcane. Increased seats for nursing and some new hospitals and new cancer wings in government hospital but ,Vehicle allowance and assistance allowance for MLAs from taxpayers money feeling unnecessary and allowance value seems illogical. Whats your thoughts on this.

வாகனம், வாகனப் படி - 75,000; உதவியாளர் படி - 25,000.

சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களுக்கான (MLA) இந்தப்படிகளை முதல்வர் விஜயன் இன்று அறிவித்துள்ளார். முதலாவதாக, இது அவசியமா? இரண்டாவதாக, இதில் உள்ள தர்க்கரீதியான முரண்பாட்டை நீங்கள் கவனிக்கிறீர்களா? வாகனப் பராமரிப்புக்கு 75,000 ரூபாய் வழங்கப்படுகிறது; ஆனால், அந்த சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினரின் முக்கியப் பணிகளைச் செய்யப்போகும் உதவியாளருக்கு வெறும் 25,000 ரூபாய் மட்டுமே வழங்கப்படுகிறது. காப்பீட்டுத் தொகையை 25 லட்சமாக உயர்த்துவது, பால், நெல் மற்றும் கரும்புக்கான கொள்முதல் விலையை அதிகரிப்பது, செவிலியர் பயிற்சிக்கான இடங்களை அதிகரிப்பது, அத்துடன் அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் புதிய மருத்துவப் பிரிவுகள் மற்றும் புற்றுநோய் சிகிச்சை மையங்களை அமைப்பது போன்ற சில நல்ல அறிவிப்புகளும் இதில் உள்ளன. இருப்பினும், வரி செலுத்துவோரின் பணத்திலிருந்து சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் இந்த வாகனப் படி மற்றும் உதவியாளர் படி ஆகியவை தேவையற்றதாகவும், அவற்றின் தொகைகள் தர்க்கத்திற்கு முரணானதாகவும் தோன்றுகின்றன. இது குறித்து உங்கள் கருத்து என்ன?

Out of 3.45 lakh connection 0.75 % connection has errors which comes around 2500+ EB BILL has errors.

EVEN TNEB accepted there is a discrepancy but, what are influencers are doing i wonder by saying that there is no problems in the bill

Hi everyone,

I'm a 30-year-old man from Tamil Nadu and I'm trying to understand how commonly bladder cancer occurs in men around my age in India/Tamil Nadu.

I've had intermittent microscopic hematuria for around 2 years. I'm a non-smoker, my CT KUB was normal, urine cytology was negative, and I don't have protein in my urine. My urologist has recommended a cystoscopy.

I sometimes had a vibration sensation in my penis head.

I'm not looking for a diagnosis. I'd simply like to hear from anyone who:

- Was diagnosed with bladder cancer in their 20s or early 30s, particularly in Tamil Nadu/India; or

- Knows someone who was diagnosed at that age and is comfortable sharing their experience.

- Has access to Indian/Tamil Nadu data on bladder cancer in younger men.

If you were diagnosed around this age, I'd especially appreciate knowing whether there were any known risk factors such as smoking/tobacco, occupational chemical exposure, family history, etc.

Please feel free to comment or DM me if you're comfortable sharing. I'm mainly trying to understand how rare it is and what the circumstances were in people diagnosed at a young age.

Thank you.

same as title, a native tamil word for "sigma" instead of using "sigma"
definition: cool, self-reliant "lone wolf" male(from google)

Hello makkale,

Submitted patta transfer on our home from our grand father to father - provided original doc, legal hier and all relavent docs.

Recently came as application approved by zonal tashildar . When we downloaded the patta nothing is changed - still in grand father name.

We asked the folks at local zonal tashildar office and they say that’s is how it is in their system too they don’t know

Whom to contact here and how to proceed with this .. this update happened two weeks ago aug 2nd

My family is from the southern parts of Tamilakam. Do most Tamils from Madras know the Thirukurral really well? Of course Madurai and Thanjavur are much better than Madras, for those who are interested in our culture. However, I am curious if Tamils who grew up in Madras have a deep understanding of the Thirukurral. Currently I'm using mathematical linguistics to write a sequel to the Thirukurral with Gandhian themes, and it'd be great to get your feedback. Dhanyavaad.

I mean i hv lot of issues with Dmk Aidmk but they atleast maintain decorum. Why this guy behaves like that ? I think Vijay has no control over his guys.

Is it a new scam thats been around Coimbatore. My relative asked me to invest. And already few of my relatives have invested in it.the person says he has learned a course for 6 months and has certifications. Says it more reliable and safe . Money can be tripled in years . I haven’t heard about them in internet .

IF ANYONE AROUND YOU GUYS GOT “SCAMMED” please let me know

I was at the movies today and saw a family with three kids sitting in front of me. They came in a little late and from what they were saying, I gathered that they had wanted to watch Vishwanath and Sons but the tickets were sold out, so they ended up watching this movie instead. I could totally understand their situation. They were from a nearby village and had brought their kids to see a movie.

But during the break, I noticed around ten more kids in the theatre and none of them looked older than 10–12. These were families who had actually chosen to bring their kids to see this movie.

The theatre staff doesn't even check IDs or anything; they just let kids in. There's a reason movies are given ratings by the CBFC. This movie is definitely not something children this young should be watching. There's way too much violence and even if you ignore that, the language in the movie is completely inappropriate for kids.

Both theatres and parents have a responsibility here.

Edit: Went to watch DC

Guys recent activity by karnataka government has made me write this post. The below 2 points mainly affected me

1. cauvery issue - where karnataka government said they dont have water and suddenly got water in 2 days and released it

2. Killing of 3 tamil people inside karnataka forest by karnataka forest department

Subpoint: in none of the above cases central government intervened

My question is Indians in general other than tamils have inbuilt bias against tamils and mostly kannadigas, their attitude and activities totally biased against tamils

கர்நாடக அரசின் சமீபத்திய நடவடிக்கைகள் காரணமாகவே நான் இந்தப் பதிவை எழுதுகிறேன். குறிப்பாக, பின்வரும் இரண்டு விஷயங்கள் என்னை மிகவும் பாதித்தன:

1. காவிரி விவகாரம் - கர்நாடக அரசு முதலில் தன்னிடம் தண்ணீர் இல்லை என்று கூறியது, ஆனால் திடீரென இரண்டு நாட்களிலேயே தண்ணீர் கிடைத்து அதைத் திறந்துவிட்டது.

2. கர்நாடக வனப்பகுதிக்குள் கர்நாடக வனத்துறையினரால் மூன்று தமிழர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டது.

துணைக்குறிப்பு: மேற்கூறிய எந்தவொரு விவகாரத்திலும் மத்திய அரசு தலையிடவில்லை.

எனது கேள்வி என்னவென்றால், தமிழர்கள் அல்லாத பிற இந்தியர்களிடம், குறிப்பாக கன்னடர்களிடம், தமிழர்களுக்கு எதிரான ஒரு உள்ளார்ந்த பாரபட்சம் உள்ளது; அவர்களின் மனப்பான்மையும் செயல்பாடுகளும் முழுமையாகத் தமிழர்களுக்கு எதிரானதாகவே இருக்கின்றன.

Hi guys, I hold a valid UAE light motor vehicle driving license, which is the same as the default LMV license we get here for driving a car, I saw in many official government websites and asked chatgpt, that you can directly get an Indian license if you're a foreign license holder, but the thing is I'm not familiar with manual gear, so I thought of learning it, I went to a well known driving school in my area Tatabad, Coimbatore, and told them I have a foreign license and I want an Indian one, and they immediately started doing some process, then I said I'd like to learn manual driving as well, so they applied for the standard LLR, but after finishing classes, just now I came to know I can directly convert, so I asked them if we can cancel the existing llr and apply through the "Holding foreign DL" category, but they said they're aware of it too but its not done in Tamil Nadu specifically, not even in Chennai, but he did say he'll ask the rto office just in case, so guys I know I typed too much and I'm really sorry, but it'll be of great help if you can give me some info regarding foreign license to Indian license conversion

Thank you👍👍👍

I recently travelled on a TNSTC/SETC bus , traveling back to Bangalore.During the journey, the conductor stopped at multiple bus stands and allowed additional passengers to board even though there were no available seats. Some people were eventually sitting on the floor, which made the journey quite uncomfortable and crowded.

My main concern is that, since we had booked reserved seats, I assumed the bus would only accommodate passengers according to the available seating capacity. There was also no clear information about the additional passengers or their luggage, which made me uncomfortable about the safety of our belongings.

Is this normal/allowed on SETC buses? Can passengers board without a seat even when the bus is fully occupied?

I'm not mentioning the bus number or conductor details, but I can share them if needed. Just want to understand the rules before booking next time

The Honourable PM of India used the term "dimaagi Naxals" yesterday. My thoughts.

Today is "Dimaagi Naxals"
Tomorrow is anyone who disagrees with them which includes you.

I am very happy how India has gone, it is protecting freedom of speech, acceptance of disagreement, accountability, transparency, power sharing with such dedication it amazes me. Soon this will be case study on "How to protect democracy". Who knows, future students will learn this as democracy in the future, cuz this is democracy right? Surely they must have clear definition of who is a "Dimaagi Naxals" right. Surely they must, only then they can say this right? This must be fine right?

This only reminds me of "First They Came":

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

Right now India is not doing any of this, so I am very happy. Long live democracy in India.

Democracy is for all, but
the intolerant is not meant to be tolerated