Author: veeskitchen

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Are the grandkids of Tamil Nadu CM attending Tamil schools.

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What is the meaning of the name ‘Udayanidhi.’ It is pakka Sanskrit word. Who gave him the name? Karunanidhi and Stalin in their fullest senses. So why not change the name to a Tamil one.

Waiting for Tamil Nadu CM to enrol all his family kids in corporation run Tamil schools. Why Hindi, not even English in there beyond a bare minimum.

It is also time for the Tamil Nadu CM to publicly embrace Christianity or Islam. Leave wife Durga alone as he always saves her saying its her private matter. Lets come to the question of Stalin and Udayanidhi. When are these 2 guys converting in front of the national media. Also convert your (il)legal half sister Kanimozhi with you. By the way sister, why don’t you erase the bindi from your forehead, for its like a siren announcing your Hindu roots.

The nerve the guys have to replace the hindi denomination for rupee with Tamil initials. Its ILLEGAL. It can invite court action.

Stalin is to be here for 5 years maximum.. India will go on to eternity. Hindu Dharma is eternal. This is pest at the best. Just ignore him, rest of India, and move on. On behalf of the entire global Tamil population, I seek your apology for this NONSENSE and nuisance.

Was watching this adaptation of ‘Panchayat’ in Prime in Tamil from original Hindi. There was this cruel joke: the secretary of the panchayat office goes to TASMAC to get himself a liquor bottle. The shopman asks him whether he is IT staff. He says he works for government. So the salesman quips, ‘so you are government staff like me?!’ How is this. Shame of Tamil Nadu! The nerve these guys have to give lecture or represent us Tamils. Stalin or Udayanidhi DON’T REPRESENT ENTIRE TAMIL NADU OR TAMIL POPULATION. We are waiting for the day this family will be done with completely in Tamil Nadu.

We Tamils disown Stalin, Udayanidhi, Maran and DMK totally. Kindly excuse their excesses and stupidity dear India.

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Kick both Ambani and Shein out of India.

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Why is Reliance getting back the Chinese Shein to India at an investment cost of 80,000 crores of rupees. Can Modi ji answer that please. Is this ‘make in India’ for you ji. Is this ‘atmanirbar Bharat’ for you ji. This is like selling India totally. Ours is a textile country. We in India EXPORT TEXTILES AND APPARELS don’t you know that. You see the apparels and underwears with made-in-India tag on par with those from Vietnam and China among international brands. In fact the quality of the Indian apparels is far superior to those from the other two Asian nations. Then for what nonsense reason is this Ambani getting Shein to India on such a massive scale. Modi ji, better gas our small sellers and seal our retailers. Let them die in masses so that your Ambani and Adani can prosper and become 3rd richest and 4th richest in the world. Dig our mass graves with your own hands. Will that make you happy for Adani and Ambani?

Already there are retail chains like Zudio of Tata etc., apart from foreign brands such as Marks & Spencers, Zara, H & M, Mango, Mustard etc., that are doing healthy business in India. West side of Tata can give them a run for their money with their contemporary western fashion. What is the need for Ambani to get Shein to India. He is not even manufacturing anything at his company. Marketing fellow who gets fatter everyday sucking the blood of the working middle class. Look at the garish show of his son’s wedding. Such a poor taste and a horrible human being displaying his wealth so vulgarly in a third world country like ours. That gaudy Nita Ambani who is the attention stealer from anyone and everyone so shamelessly including Olympic medal winners ! The fat useless son got a business out of sick imported wildlife. You can smell rat in the whole family. Reliance is total fraud. Let them answer what happened to their landline venture kicked off with a great fanfare. What happened to their Krishna Godavari basin oil explorations. None of their businesses is reliable. They should not have even been given licence for retailing in apparels or in the supermarkets segment.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/jairam-ramesh-on-the-krishna-godavari-basin-scam/article8486493.ece

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/why-govt-is-demanding-281-billion-from-mukesh-ambanis-reliance

Looks like our prime minister went to Vantara, at the Ambani kichdi and signed approval for Shein Reliance without a thought to our country’s economy or our masses.

May be our pm Modi ji is becoming too old to run this country and must step down. He seems to be more at ease at Ambani wedding and Vantara resort where he must be spending his retirement. No more support for him if he is going to allow this crook Ambani to get Shein back to India. This business people-government nexus is a dangerous trend, very unhealthy. It can prove to be cancerous to India.

There was no necessity for Modi to go to the US if he could bag only a BIG ZERO there for India. If Modi govt is to allow American alcohol and GM food of theirs in an already impoverished country such as ours, then even I WILL VOTE FOR THE CLOWN RAHUL GANDHI RATHER. We can take our chances. We don’t want Modi or BJP again ever. What are you doing as our prime minster unable to control the spread of dope in this country. You are in power for almost 15 years Modi ji. What concrete steps have you taken to tackle the drug menace. Can’t you see the lower middle class already drowning in alcohol? That will be the end of the road for BJP – take it from me. No more Modi, no more BJP. On the other hand, we can import from America, what will add value to Indian economy, what will enrich our lives better. India should do this homework: what is best imported from the US that can do good for both of us without damaging either party.

Its time to unseat BJP at the center. Three continuous terms have made them weak and corrupt. Like America, an Indian PM should not be allowed to be elected for more than 2 terms. Remember how Indira Gandhi kicked both Coca cola and IBM out of India. India lost nothing. India became nobody’s stooge. Grow some spine Prime minister. JUST SEE HOW EUROPE, CHINA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA everyone is fighting bravely the Tariff wars imposed on them by the US government. See how Canada reacted by blocking Alaska access to the US. America also buys electricity from Canada. India can settle this issue amicably and wisely. Choose your imports into India intelligently.

Already the govt has unilaterally approved Tesla and Starlink entry into India without consensus. Tell me which car company entered India at such a breakneck speed? Is the government that sure that the nation’s security is not under threat with starlink? Only 2 days back, Tesla disabled the Chechen cybertruck at their will. F35 key will be forever with the US. And you are allowing this kind of technology that can control us from America so easily into India? What is the problem with Indian internet. Its fastest, better than what we have in middle east and is CHEAPEST. Do you even have an idea how much people shell out for internet bills in the US or what even we NRIs pay in middle east for our broadband connection? The internet bill in India is less than a quarter of what we foot in middle east – and for better speed and connectivity. Problem in India is NOT INTERNET but erratic power supply.

Let us remind ourselves: India needs neither Tesla nor Starlink or F35s or American alcohol or their GM food. We are going to have Tesla and Starlink because they are FORCED on us, NOT WILLINGLY. My heart goes out to my poor third world nation that is yielding without a fight, betraying the BRICS and giving up all hope for survival with dignity as a bold independent fierce nation.

Hope BJP thinks a 100 times before embarking into this kind of mad misadventure. I am not bothered about Tesla. As someone posted in a comment, they will leave on their own accord in 5 years like Ford did! India is not an easy country. Unless they start manufacturing they stand no chance in India. But if they do, its win-win for both America and India. Its a long shot. Lets wait and watch. I am okay with Tesla only because it is green energy (as if anyone is waiting for my approval!).

Its very testy time for India as the country is sold piece by piece by BJP. Totally disillusioned with the center. As a tax paying citizen of iNDIA I want my prime minister MODI to kick out Shein and never get it back to India. Otherwise, I will be happy to see you go in 2029 prime minister. Remember, I am such a huge fan of yours. And if this is how you have let me down, just imagine the drop in your popularity across the country.

This post is not about China or America. Its all about MY INDIA.

Posted in Science Engineering Technology

India’s Chandrayaan 3 finds MORE WATER on the Moon.

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https://www.livemint.com/science/news/isros-chandrayaan-3-hints-at-ice-deposits-on-the-moon-and-water-reserves-11741339518602.html

https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/water-mining-on-the-moon-may-be-easier-than-expected-indias-chandrayaan-3-lander-finds

So India goes down the history as the first nation on earth to document the presence of water on Moon surface. Thank you ISRO!

Posted in Pictures Foreign

Flow

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Watched this super animation movie at home over the weekend with my son and granddaughter. This is animation of another level. What a delight to watch the flick with a 3 plus little sweetie who thoroughly enjoyed it frame to frame! I could not decide where to focus on: on the antics of my little granddaughter or the picture! The film was an Oscar winner not surprisingly! A compulsory watch! Highly recommended. Imagine a 3-4 year old crooning to Moana and Bare necessities! Pure bliss!

Posted in Lateral Thinking

Why not Olympics for the third sex on the lines of Para Olympics.

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Is IOA , the International Olympics Association, listening?

I have never been more happier to be an Indian citizen than now, and never been more prouder. Our passport still list three choices for our gender. Our employers do. Our ID cards do. Today is International Women’s Day. Its still March 7th here in the US where only two genders are recognized officially now and the transgenders are in a spot. LGBT however is LEGAL IN INDIA. Recognized in India constitutionally. So on this special day for women of the world, I want to put this question to Olympic organizers and/or the so-called social media influencers or whoever: why not Olympics for the third sex or the LGBT community on the lines of the Para Olympics for the differently-abled. I am of this view after watching the following video:

Not the competent person to comment on this. But had we had sports streamlined for the transgenders earlier on, this situation might not have arisen.

Trump’s ruling is received favourably especially in the sporting world. This perspective requires some serious study. Most of us are in no position to comment on Woke or on LGBT blindly. We need more data. This calls for expert opinion and rethink. However de-recognizing the third sex is extreme in the circumstances. It is not anyway going to be practical solution in Europe or even in India or in most of the world nations for instance. We cannot give up on fellow humanity – the LGBT. Giving the third sex level field to compete with will go a long way in correcting unfair conditions in the sporting arena. Constituting a new and fourth category in sports alongside male, female and differently-abled categories to fit in the third sex will restore equal and impartial justice to all spheres of sports. We cannot bury our necks deep into the mud like the ostrich and live in denial. Then what for are we launching satellites.

Posted in Indian Art Culture Music

What is in our clothes.

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Zelensky was asked in the White House why he couldn’t he wear a suit. Why should he? Our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji hardly wears a 3 piece suit. He is wearing kind of national official dress for men. Our confidence level is good wearing comfy clothes. There is pride in wearing clothes reflecting our culture and heritage. Plus, wearing the regular national clothes puts you at ease. To give the national dress an official makeover, Modi ji throws a Nehruvian jacket over it. That completes the look. I don’t think Trump ji ever had a problem with that or referred to it. So its not the clothes that can be a problem. Its the personality that you are. Clothes are an external endorsement, that’s all. But we don’t need that if they know who you are.

Smt. Indira Gandhi, ex woman prime minister of India draped saris and never wore the western clothes. She headed India from before Margaret Thatcher arrived on the scene. Her casual elegance in sari is what impresses me the most. As a woman I can appreciate her taste in her saris, the prints, the ethnic motifs, the weaves of India mostly handloom. She was a picture of understated elegance. I adore the statement she made as a woman of India, head of the Indian state and as a powerful presence as a woman. Sadly she was assassinated when I was still in school, after she ruled India already for over 17 years. She made a mincemeat of the US president Nixon and Henry Kissinger and neatly cut Pakistan into 2 pieces. Iron lady, the original one. I miss her era and don’t miss her at the same time because she was authoritarian. But the power she held was immense. For me, its the Nari shakthi – the feline female power that men had to grudgingly respect and even admire. Sari is the unstitched garment of Indian/Hindu women for millennia. It has come under flak for the national fervour it represents from nothing less than NYT. Western clothes are popular but its Indian clothes that rule the Indian heart.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nyt-cuts-a-sari-figure-after-attack-on-indian-attire/articleshow/61651281.cms

Me, I am an average Indian nari and I love draping the sari. Nothing comes closest to it be it in elegance or the cultural heritage equated with it. Secondly, the salwar kameez dupatta ensemble, the Indo-Mugal dress comfortable work clothes for Indian women next to sari, is my choice. Its the typical office wear of Indian women mostly who ride 2 wheelers to work as staple practice. Its easy and practical and breezy wear. Western clothes I wear so as not to stick out in a group and draw attention to myself when I am abroad. The main purpose of me wearing the jean and the t shirt is that: to mingle with the crowd for my own safety and security. But I do enjoy the western clothes as well. Unless I am comfortable in something I don’t wear it.

Its sickening to read that the sari, that has been around for not less than 10,000 years, is easily dubbed as ‘nationalistic symbol’ by the NYT, promoted deliberately in India (by the BJP).

Indira Gandhi, Pm of India, so graceful and elegant in sari, representing and defining the feminine power long before it became global fashion and woke people carried placards.

First you lose your native clothes, then your native languages, your native FAITH, then you lose your native culture, you lose your native cuisine – and then finally you lose your ORIGINAL IDENTITY, self respect, self esteem, dignity, honour and at last the sense of belongingness and nationhood. Just look at Pakistan. Clothes are not mere clothes. Indian netas REFUSE TO WEAR WESTERN CLOTHES IN PUBLIC.

Sushma Swaraj ex foreign minister of India
Nirmala Sitaraman, finance minister of India
Smriti Irani, cabinet minsiter of India
women scientists of ISRO who made the India success story at first attempt to Mars
Jayalalitha Jayaram, ex CM of Tamil Nadu for 3+ terms

To me, my saris are mostly hand woven, printed with national/ethnic motifs, with vegetable dyes. I am head over heels in love with handblocks.. My clothes are of natural fibres such as cotton or Kanchi or Benarasi or Tussar silk from India, the finest on earth. The cottons and weaves of India are of myriad threads. District to district, state to state, they vary and I enjoy best my Indian cotton. My kurtas are the Indian cotton, bit coarse and at times softest like the mul mul. Anything but the imported lawn cotton from across the border. My Indian clothes cannot stand machine wash or dryer mostly. They need handwash. They will bleed colours initially because of the vegetable dyes used in them – not to be judged for quality by that. They will have imperfections natural to manual labour. But I believe my Indian clothes have a strong unflinching character about them, that is lacking in my expensive branded western attire that are standardly mill or machine made in batches and with not much of uniqueness about them. The finishing of the western clothes is what makes them special. They are neatly tailored and can be least clumsy. The perfect fit of the branded western wear is the other highlight about them. Fast colours lend them the durability. Indian clothes require maintenance care. Western clothes I wear are all synthetic fibre such as rayon, polyester etc. Even if these artificial fibres flood Indian market too, they are not too popular. Western clothes are easy maintenance, no doubt. Their imported cotton can be pricey. Western wear are machine washable and suited for dryers. My Indian clothes are my soul. Represent the real me. My western clothes may be the global contemporary me keeping with times. Its transient me but not the permanent me.

Posted in Women & Family

The Bechdel Test

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My son told me about this test which is a measure of women’s equivalent participation in anything, especially performing arts such as motion pictures. Bechdel test states 3 basic rules ( this is from Google) :

at least two women are featured, (2) that these women talk to each other, and (3) that they discuss something other than a man.

Unless these 3 basic rules feature in pictures, they cannot be hyped as fair productions. Although this is about pictures, we can use the ground rule for works of fictions/books as well. I used to have this problem about Indian pictures or even fictions I read. Its the male mind that is imagining the scenarios, penning the dialogues, directing the screenplay, editing and finishing and turning out the sum total output. What is the woman’s role in all this? Mere acting skills? Who can imagine the woman’s mind with its complexities. But in Tamil cinema, the thespian screenplay-dialogue writer and director K Balachander had done such a fabulous job. I have done a blog post on him in Tamil. In particular I am in amazement still of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship in the picture ‘Avargal’ produced in the late ’70s. KB was way ahead of his times especially given the plot setting in India. Those were the times we were ultra conservative. Divorces were unheard of. The heroine Sujatha is a divorcee. The mother-in-law comes to her door disguised as a maid servant, cook, and nanny all rolled into one to take care of her infant. That mother-in-law character is one in a million. You have to watch the picture for full import. I can quote more instances from KB.

So very few pictures from India can pass the Bechdel test. Avargal, the black & white Tamil picture from the 70s passes the Bechdel test with flying colours.

Posted in Political

Jayalalitha Jayaram: My role model in many ways.

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She is no more but she will always remain iconic to those like me and millions of women in Tamil Nadu and around India. The ex CM of Tamil Nadu was that kind of rare breed. Bold, fierce, intelligent, dynamic, well accomplished in academics and performing arts, winning in the all men’s world, and at the same time caring, she defined the epitome of women power. I miss you Amma. JJ is the face of the Indian Nari. Like typical Indian woman, JJ neglected her health. She could have easily lived another 20 more years. JJ’s last few lonely and mysterious years also underscore the significance of family in everyone’s life. HEALTH AND FAMILY: these are our real wealth.

And how she shut up Karan Thapar !

Posted in Economic

US can consider waiver of taxes for dollars repatriated by Indian parents.

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Many Indian parents are in a fix when their children migrate to the US. Real estate in India is expensive. They would want to transfer dollars/ savings/ investments/ insurances and also terminal benefits to their kids in the US. But they face double taxation that will drain their finances. 35% of capital gains taxes in India, followed by equal taxes by the US may not leave much for the kids, in case the parents want to dispose of their real estate in India and want to transfer funds to the US to their children. Its hopeless trying to get the Indian govt to lower the taxes. But the investments are going to go the US permanently. The US can consider waiver of taxes on investment capital from Indian parents to their kids in the US. We have this scenario prevalent in the case of most of the parents based in India with their children working/living in the US. Presently, the Indian govt allows tuition fees in dollars with nominal charges, to be paid by Indian parents to the US universities when the kids enrol in varsities abroad, but even this has a ceiling.

What shall happen if the taxes are waived off by the US for investment transfers from Indian parents to their grandchildren either for education fund or for assisting in housing for their children? There can be much more inflows than happening now. The US can also allow transfer in kind such as gold and diamond jewelry that are left back in India by migrating children as they are highly taxable in the US. A ceiling can be fixed for the quantum of transfer. Many Indian immigrants opt for OCI card in India (equivalent of the green card) on acquiring US citizenship that can help retain their inheritances in India. (India does not permit dual citizenship for security reasons). But after a generation or two, they may lose touch with the base. They can benefit from repatriation of funds. Just a thought!

Posted in Political

What about India’s gold with foreign countries.

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The Golden Mahalakshmi Temple, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India: No I haven’t been here. So close to home. A temple made of solid gold.

We are aware Modi govt got back part of our gold with UK sometime back in 2 installments for security reasons. That’s only a portion. To quote from Google,

Other than the Bank of England, which is known for its stringent security provisions, India also stores its gold reserves at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the United States.

Now I am shocked to watch this video:

Indian women unofficially own and hold in their possession maximum gold in the world to the tune of approximately 25,000 tonnes exceeding gold reserves of all world nations put together.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/luxury/cover-story/indian-women-hold-11-of-the-worlds-gold-read-complete-report/articleshow/116435306.cms

Hindu temples may hold many more times that kind of gold and precious antique and diamond and other jewelry. Golden vimanas or golden towers thousands of temples raise to the sky. Most old golden chariots for deities. These are just the popular two:

Its high time India got back her gold from the US. Its our gold and I can’t understand how they can refuse to give us back our gold if that is true. That is why I don”t trust investments made by India in foreign countries.

After the losses India had to bear at Lehman bros, this comes as a big shock.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/how-icici-bank-faced-the-lehman-fallout/articleshow/65776820.cms?from=mdr

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/sort-out-deals-with-lehman-rbi-tells-banks/articleshow/3496329.cms?from=mdr

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/lehman-invested-indian-firms-lose-over-rs-2000-cr/articleshow/3485941.cms?from=mdr

British looted most of our wealth after the Islamic invaders. Yet after 1500 years of onslaught we are here. Our top scientists starting from Homi Bhabha, father of our nuke programme, got assassinated (died under mysterious circumstances) – this nation of mine reportedly has lost over 5000 scientists in last 5 decades to mysterious deaths/assassinations. Otherwise we would have been in space and in nuke front and in research must earlier and as much advanced. India continues to pay a heavy price for minding her own business which is sad.

The golden temple, Amritsar, Punjab is the first golden temple of India. About 100,000 guests are fed FREE wholesome satwik nutritious yummy food in the temple every single day. Temples of India feed millions free everyday. This is why we can never be as ruthless or single minded like China or the US. Some cultures have lived well for MILLENNIA. Been prosperous for thousands of years straight. In Tamil we say, Nirai Kudam Thalumbaadhu.