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Sep 26, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
#Divorce
One post by someone I follow triggered a series of thoughts. I have great respect for her but I thought I must dispel some misconceptions.
(1/n)
Rishis, our shastras do not recommend divorce, yes, but in many cases involving children, esp.if the spouse has a psychopathic character, a legal document becomes necessary.
And to get that document, petitioners go through literal hell.
(2/n)
Jun 30, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
We've started watching Avrodh S1 which is based on Shiv Aroor & @rahulsinghx 's book India's most fearless. S1 is about Uri and its aftermath.
They start with showing an operation to eliminate t£rr0r!sts in the valley.
Kid asks me - Amma but only few ppl r like that no?
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Me - no they are all ticking timebombs
Explained what happened to kanhaiyalal. She gets all the more furious.
As we watch further in the episode, they mention Gullah a lot.
Kid - don't they have brain of their own? They are saying n doing everything in Gullah name. What fools!
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Jun 4, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Many years ago, someone travelled from tiruvarur without ticket on a train and landed in Chennai. That man then went on to become CM of the state, he wore a yellow shawl for luck.
Many years ago, a young tambram girl cleared her UPSC and was commissioned under IPS in TN+
This yellow shawl was the CM at that time. She went to introduce herself as she was posted in TN police then. This yellow shawl asked her, you are a Tamil Brahmin girl, why waste your beauty and youth working as IPS? You need to be elsewhere.
Disgusted, she quit. She wrote +
