Share this page!

Suren Profile picture
Twitter logo
19 Nov, 10 tweets, 3 min read
The recent events are a good time to mull on attention grabbing behavior of bureaucrats
Sagayam IAS sleeps in a graveyard to protect evidence
Anupama IAS was appointed Food Safety Commissioner in Kerala. She demonstrates her cooking skills in a TV show.
m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/malaya…
Tirupati SP Ramesh Reddy comes across farm workers and he pitches in with the harvest
zeenews.india.com/india/tirupati…
Salem Collector Rohini IAS helps a homeless old lady
Sabrang tells us how India is poorer because a mid level bureaucrat decided on a career shift

sabrangindia.in/article/what-i…
Ritika Jindal IAS gives the priests of a temple lessons in gender equality amarujala.com/shimla/women-i…
IAS officers of 2015 batch walk the ramp at a handloom expo.
The original attention seeking babu. He probably showed up at work for 10 days in the last 7 years of service. India rewarded him by making him a CM twice.
Abhishek Singh IAS turns actor
m.mid-day.com/articles/ias-o…
And before you reminisce about the good old days, let me remind you of Upamanyu Chatterjee, who found the time during his career to write 5-6 books. Just because he was tasteful doesn't take away from the fact that he was goofing off from work.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Suren

Suren Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @zeneraalstuff

Suren Profile picture
21 Nov
Let me break down the economics of paurohityam for you. In today's world, the only time you see your family vadhyar Mama is during the annual shraddham. You will probably give 500 each for the 2 bhoktas and 1000 for the vadhyar. That's 2000 per year. Given the number of /1
practicing Brahmin families, the vadhyar's only perennial source of income is the shradhham. Of 100 families, he can be guaranteed of Rs 2 lakhs per annum. This is why the dakshina for vivaha, ayushya homam, sashtiabdapoorthis is so high. Each of these is a once in a lifetime /2
event, same as antyeshti, so he can probably make about 30,000 rupees per event. In an average family, there would be 10 such events in one generation. So, your entire generation will give the vadhyar Mama roughly 3 lakh rupees. How much do you earn in your lifetime again? /3
Read 6 tweets
Suren Profile picture
14 Nov
UP CM Maharaj was gracious to have the shopkeepers released and had senior officials speak to the kid. But this has set a precedent. People who set up crackers shops do not run it year around. They take a loan and purchase crackers less than a month in advance. The shop /1
itself stays for less than a week. After seeing what happened this year, the manufacturers will not take out a loan to make crackers and shopkeepers will not take the risk of stocking firecrackers. Sales volume will automatically go down. We are being given a live lesson in /2
economics how arbitrary application of rules, multiple authorities making rules- SC,HC, NGT, Central and State Governments and local municipal authorities - give rise to regulatory uncertainty and thereby kill industry. Even if we revive the crackers business, we will /3
Read 4 tweets
Suren Profile picture
13 Nov
The ruling dispensation of India, across party lines has a huge inferiority complex and me-too attitude with respect to the West. People in the west spend money on lighting up public spaces for festivals. We will do it too. Soon, firecrackers will be allowed, but as public /1
displays in common space with pyrotechnics provided by municipal bodies. We have ceded individuality in educating children, entertainment. Soon, we will cede individuality in our religion, too. Delhi's grand samoohik Lakshmi Puja is a sign of things to come. In our urge to /2
unify, we are only standardizing, homogenizing and commodifying. It may serve to mobilize the individual and organize them into convenient large groups for fulfilling the purposes of the State, but it removes the individual's quality of life. What we are undergoing is a /3
Read 4 tweets
Suren Profile picture
11 Nov
Stats:
State -- Lok Sabha Seats -- Population in crores
UP -- 80 -- 20
BH -- 40 -- 10
MH -- 48 -- 11
WB -- 42 -- 9.5
MP -- 29 -- 7.2
GJ -- 26 -- 6.5
AP -- 25 -- 5.3
TS -- 17 -- 3.1
TN -- 39 -- 7.2
KL -- 20 -- 3.3

2026 is an important milestone. The seats must either be /1
re-aligned based on population, or additional seats added in proportion to population. Currently the Hindi heartland is 50% of the population but holds only 40% of the seats. If the number of seats is increased to 700, Hindi heartland will get 350 seats from 225 odd now, but /2
TN will not get a single seat more. Overall, on a regional basis, the Gangetic belt from Punjab to Bengal will get 350+ seats, Hindi heartland will get 350+ seats. If you have a saffron strengthening in Gangetic belt + Hindi heartland + consolidation of base in MH+GJ /3
Read 4 tweets
Suren Profile picture
2 Nov
In 1974, Mr Swaminathan who had returned to Madras after decades away wrote a biography of then CM Mr Karunidhi. This biography used input from Mr Karunanidhi's nephew Maran. At the meeting that launched the DMK at Robinson Park, Royapuram, the book claimed that Anna rose to /1
the stage taking support on Karunanidhi's shoulders on one side and Nedunchezhiyan on the other. While there was no conclusive evidence that such a thing really happened, here is what Kannadasan, who travelled with him to the meeting had to say /2
The two of them were colleagues in Salem and went together to Madras. They stayed at a Nadar mansion near Central Station, hung around town for some time, attended the meeting and went back to Salem. All the while, the real action was happening in a house in /3
Read 7 tweets
Suren Profile picture
2 Nov
When you state that your intention is to preserve Dharma and embrace modernity at the same time without specifying what you are trying to preserve, you have lost your narrative.
If learning Sanskrit, preserving ancient texts in Universities and creating a generic clergy /1
utilizing a common codified set of rituals and observances, the Church can do it much better than Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission, Chinmaya Mission or Sangh.
They have much experience with this and can achieve it without the violence of previous centuries. Some of what /2
is suggested militates against all human nature. Rituals are rich, fulfilling and multi-hued only because they give a means for humans to express their need for celebration. If the choices are - feeding stray dogs or buying junk and engaging in gluttony, you can be sure that /3
Read 5 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get email notifications when new thread is out from this Author!

Check out other threads from this Author!

Read all threads by @zeneraalstuff