Since late 90s South TN & the caste riots is now the talk of the town, I want to share my personal experience with the same... This is an inspirational story of extraordinary humanity I observed during the riots... Going to be a long thread, but hopefully worth it... /1 Must be late 96 or early 97, me & 2 college juniors set out to goto Sriviliputtur AKCE college to participate in their college culturals. We had to reach Srivi by morning for the culturals, so we reached Madurai by bus by 12 midnight. We were oblivious to the news of riots... /2

P Chidu said in an interview this week that he wishes someone with knowledge of economics was around in this government to make sound decisions. That is SOME arrogance from a lawyer who pretends to be an economist. Lets re-cap his voodoo/scorched earth economics from UPA2 era../1 Chidu not only goofed up the entire economy by his voodoo economics and accounting principles, but he also followed a scorched earth policy to make sure Modi is booby trapped, when they come to power in 2014. He knew the writing on the wall & did it. Lets recap what he did ../2

Why did KA do so well in Covid control compared to TN?
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A friend of mine who is privy to the administration says what worked better for KA is :-
1)..There was No politics in covid control. Opposition didn't simply question all the measures taken by CM. They played by spirit. /1 2)..Kannada media was apolitical in its reporting of Covid news. They scared people on the implications of community spread. They showed violators from all communities as villains. They didn't try to justify or side with violators. They supported state admin on Covid mgmt.. /2