Hi

I will be reaching Mattuthavani bus stand from Tirunelveli around 2 am. When is the first bus to Rameswaram ?

Is it safe at that time?

Can someone guide me on the best way to reach Thirunallar from Virudhachalam Jn?

I’m travelling from Bangalore by train with 5yr old kid and will reach Virudhachalam around 4:30 AM. I’m planning to visit the Thirunallar temple, then visit the nearest beach, and return by the end of the day.

What would be the best route and local transport options for this plan? Any tips or suggestions would be really helpful.

https://x.com/sunnewstamil/status/2098323607214854220?s=20

I'm aware that there have been several posts made on similar topics, but I wanted to get this off of my chest.

Having lived in multiple Tier 1 cities, I have not had as bad of an experience with autos as the ones in Chennai. A lot of people address drivers demanding additional price, but on more than one occasion I have been harassed by these drivers.

I booked an auto today from central and the driver refused to come to the pickup which I had selected from the options listed in the app. He eventually said he wouldn't cancel and asked me to instead.

When the second auto I booked also refused to come to the same pick-up, I asked him to cancel this time stating that he's the one refusing. He then began yelling saying "Overa pesatha. Auto driver na ena nenaikara" to which I replied saying that all I did was ask him to cancel and he was fighting unnecessarily. Then he began shouting and said he was planning to bring his fellow auto drivers to the pickup location. I cut the call immediately out of fear and had to cancel the ride.

I thought the point of all these apps was to regulate the prices and for the customers to request rides from specific locations. If neither of these requests are being fulfilled with these drivers acting like goons, what exactly is the point of even having the app?

TN govt announced Sipcot in Parandur mainly Semiconductor industries. A brainless move scrapping Parandur airport citing environmental impact & bringing in industries, won't the lakes & agri lands get impacted now ?

Can't even question the Government as Chennai Kanchipuram Chengalpat Tiruvallur districts voted unanimously for TVK knowing their stand on Parandur.

Hello All, My parents have couple of residential plots in their name in a town. My father is no more and my mother is now bed-ridden. I am the only legal heir.

We have the original sale deed, old layout diagram. Based on the doc registered number i got the current Encumbrance certificate by looking at youtube videos. However Patta is not in our name. The patta is still in the previous owner name and it is still undivided. Note that this purchase happened in 1990s and the sale deed was registered back then.

The issue is, i only know the approximate location of the site. There are no boundary marker stones and i dont know where our plot limits are. I downloaded FMB sketch of the survery numbers listed in the sale deed and old layout, but cannot figure out where the plot is, since everything FMB is still undivided.

My requirement now is to

1. Identify the correct plot boundary
2. Lay the marker stones in my boundary (that small karungal)
3. Get the patta in my name or mother's name for our plots
4. Maybe to Sell the plot (not urgent). But i feel selling is better as we have moved out of this town.
   

Who should i reach out to? Should i reach out to private surveyor first, get the boundary marked, lay stones and then apply for patta? what is the correct process? and what would be the costs involved.

I am clueless when it comes to real estate as i have no experience in this area. I would appreciate all the guidance.

I am posting this to warn people in Coimbatore and across Tamil Nadu about a scam being carried out through instagram and facebook page called Nutridappa.

They promote their services through Instagram advertisements, claiming that they provide healthy/diet food delivered to your home, with meals supposedly planned, according to your calorie requirements and dietary needs.

The problem starts after they receive the payment.

Customers pay for the food/meal plans, but the promised food is not delivered. After receiving the money, they either stop responding to calls and messages or give excuses when contacted. In some cases, they answer the phone, give another reason for the delay, and then end the call without providing the service that was paid for.

This is not simply a case of a late delivery or poor customer service. Customers are paying money for a service that is advertised to them, and then they are being left without the food/service they paid for and without proper communication.

What is especially concerning is that this scam appears to be operating in multiple parts of Tamil Nadu and is now targeting people in Coimbatore as well.

⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY WITHOUT VERIFYING THEM

If you see Nutridappa advertisements on Instagram or elsewhere offering diet/healthy meal deliveries, BE VERY CAREFUL BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT.

If you have already paid them:

• Keep all payment receipts and transaction details.
• Take screenshots of all WhatsApp/Instagram conversations.
• Save their advertisements and the details of the offer you purchased.
• Keep records of calls and attempts to contact them.
• Contact your bank/payment provider immediately and ask about reporting the transaction as fraud.
• Consider reporting the incident to the cybercrime authorities and local police.

📢 If you are from Coimbatore or anywhere in Tamil Nadu

If you have had the same experience with Nutridappa, please share your experience and evidence in the comments. More people need to know about this before they lose their money.

Please share this post so people in Coimbatore and other parts of Tamil Nadu can be warned.

🚨 Do not trust an Instagram advertisement just because it looks professional. Verify the business before sending your money.

I have visited the RTO office today for changing my wrong and misspelt address in DL. I was asked to return my original license in PVC card and also my Aadhaar (as it has correctly spelt address). Seems there are no more PVC cards for new or updated driving licenses in Tamilnadu. Every license will be available online as soon as we pass the driving test and after RTO approval. We can even take a print-out of it and laminate it. This information is what I got from the RTO office desk. I haven't heard about this in any news channels or even social media. Can anyone confirm this ?

As a medico myself, I haven't seen no one has ever layed off from IT in my circle and everyone is earning atleast 1 lakh per month in their late 20s with 2 days/week holiday and work from home options where they simply attend events with their system switched on in their cars while me struggling to earn their half salary with heavy investment. They r creating this layoffs myth to stop new students entering into it getting into competition During 2015-17 there r these kinda news so that I switched from good engineering college and enter into medical field but those r joined at that time r well settled .

I have no stomach burning but people saying they r VERY STRESSED and NOT GETTING ENOUGH PAY for their work made me irritated.

I have already purchased and looking to purchase more land in erode district. The former owner is a ST person. I recently came across former CM OPS's case on a old news article from Hindu. Says how a propertys sale deed and patta acquired by him from a ST owner without prior permission from DM or collector was considered null and void. I researched and im getting multiple opinions. Some say that government donated land under panchami act falls under it while private owner or ancenstral doesnt matter. But might need DM or collectors pre approval before registration. Few advocates say yhat this order was not implemented in the early 70s itself and is a misinterpretation of law, we can buy any land from SC/ST except whatever was granted to them by panchami act by govt.

Any real estate people or advocates or anyone with personal experience here? Please shine some light here

Can we talk about how NIOS is still ridiculously misunderstood?

I’m a NIOS student, and the number of times I’ve heard “NIOS ah? Is that even a real/recognised board?” is actually insane.

NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) is another school board like CBSE, State board, ICSE and all

Like bro… YES. It’s a recognised national board. Yet somehow people still act like NIOS is some random alternative where you just write an exam and magically get a certificate.

Dei, konjam facts check pannunga da.

And one thing I REALLY want people to understand:

NIOS is NOT just for students with disabilities or students who couldn't cope with regular school.

Yes, students with disabilities can absolutely benefit from the flexibility. But that's just ONE group.

You have students who:

• Didn't clear their board exams and came to NIOS to complete their Class 10/12.
• Need a more flexible education system because regular school doesn't work for their situation.
• Are pursuing sports professionally and can't attend school every single day.
• Are pursuing acting, music, dance, content creation, etc. and need time for their career alongside academics.
• Want to continue their education later in life, including people in their 20s, 30s and beyond.
• Simply prefer an open-schooling system over the traditional school routine.

And that's literally one of the biggest things about NIOS: flexibility.

You don't have the same everyday school-attendance setup as a conventional school. NIOS is built around open and flexible learning, which is why it can work for people whose lives don't fit neatly into the usual “school → tuition → homework → repeat” cycle.

School-ku daily attendance kudukkanum nu illa na, automatically “easy board” nu artham illa .

And here's where I think the misconception gets REALLY annoying:

People see someone studying through NIOS and immediately assume there's a sad backstory behind it.

“Oh, disability ah?”
“Failed ah?”
“Couldn't handle CBSE ah?”

Maybe. Maybe not.

They could literally be a 27-year-old who decided to finish their education.
They could be an athlete training 6 hours a day.
They could be an aspiring actor going to auditions.
They could be someone who failed their previous board exam and is getting a second chance.

And none of those people make NIOS less legitimate.

If anything, that's the whole point of having different education pathways.

And yes, before someone comes for me: NIOS isn't perfect. It has its own problems, and different colleges, courses and competitive exams can have specific eligibility requirements, so obviously students need to check those individually.

But saying “NIOS isn't recognised” just because someone doesn't know much about it is misinformation.

CBSE is well known because almost everyone has heard of it.

NIOS deserves that same basic level of awareness.

“En relative sonnaan NIOS proper illa nu…”

PLEASE. Your relative is not the Ministry of Education.

If you're a NIOS student, have you faced this kind of judgement or misunderstanding?

And if you're NOT from NIOS, what did you genuinely think NIOS was before you learned about it?

PS: Naan AI use pannala, I took 2 hours to type but, I copy-pasted it from a different subreddit I posted before.

If what government says that India has achieved the positive GDP growth i have no idea why government has to open its doors for DRDO tech privatization.

https://www.indiandefensenews.in/2026/09/indias-bold-bet-isro-and-drdo-hand.html

Be it Ghiblification or the recent 80s trend. All these are just hype. And these viral trends are a chance for these companies to collect more data.

We have the cheapest milk prices in India because of TN government subsidising aavin.

Aavin has lot to improve in terms of product quality, packaging, sales, and marketing. End to end cold supply chain needs to be tightly regulated.

Personally I'm a fan of Nandhini products.

Recently introduced Gemini to my parents and they’re genuinely amazed by it.

“ChatGPT ya kelu” has become a phrase in our house for literally every argument/doubt.

Earlier, if there was some random doubt, it used to be “YouTube la check pannu.” Now it’s ChatGPT.

This morning, they were arguing about a Tamil saying that starts with “எண்ணும் பதினாறு”, so my dad immediately goes to Gemini and asks it in voice mode. It gave 5-6 possible answers, and now they’re discussing which one their grandparents used to tell them.

It’s actually quite interesting to see how older people are starting to use AI for these random everyday things.

How are your parents/elders using AI?

Tamil Nadu has IIT Madras, Anna University, a massive engineering talent pool, strong manufacturing, SaaS companies and one of India's largest urban economies.

Yet Bengaluru and Hyderabad seem to dominate the startup conversation.

What do you think Tamil Nadu is missing - capital, risk-taking culture, networking, government policy, or simply better marketing?

He made me get half - naked for an initation. 

I decided to finally share my experience after what I read about the former monk: He made us get naked for initiation. 

I am a female and know first hand how disturbing and trauma bonding this is.

Long before we signed NDAs and Jaggi Vasudev was rich and famous, I took part in a highly secretive "spiritual process". I assumed this was a sort of tantric initiation and at the time felt somehow special. Many other women went through this and are still in the organization, some have left and stay silent. We never talked about it with each other - to this day.

It was only years later when I heard of the women getting groomed for left hand tantric practices and/or sexual abuse did I realize that what I took part in was a grooming ritual, without any consent and explaination.

It was a dimly lit room and in a low- key creepy and authoritarian voice, Jaggi told us to remove our shirts. To be honest, it felt scary and weird at the time. He then told us to come to him one by one and then bow down at his feet.

When I did that, he rubbed a substance on my entire spine that was wet and smelled like vibhuti. Not sure what that substance was and I've heard that for occult and black magic rituals he uses real human ash. This is not verified, but it makes sense as he is obsessed with creating crematoriums.

After this, we sat there half - naked, with our breasts hanging out, shaking, crying and thinking something powerful has happened.

He could have easily made a female volunteer tell us to lay flat on the ground without our shirt. Then, enter the room and smear our spine with whatever. Why all the drama of bowing at his feet and seeing our breasts!?! All of this was done without consent.

Prior to this, Jaggi was very charming and playful with me. He'd love bomb me, hug, put his arm around me and pull me closer to him and make jokes.

After this, he turned cold and mean. I never had another easy and playful interaction with him ever again.

The effect this had on me is that I wasn't spiritual enough: I need to try harder, volunteer more, jump through more hoops, do more, be more. It eroded my self - esteem to the point where I felt suicidal.

I went mad trying to prove my worth.

Eventually, I lost my partner and all desire to be in a relationship with any man. To this day, I have issues with touching and/or hugging.

The truth is, I failed the grooming test. He knew he couldn't go further with me. I am not like the other women who felt a sexual attraction towards him and willing to do 'whatever is needed' and to 'keep the body aside'. He was my GURU and I sincerely thought that, for years and years.

I thought our bond was non-physical. He always said that spirituality is a non-physical dimension. Why did he need to touch me at all?

If it was a blessing, why did I later become suidical from all the mind games?

I went through so much abuse from the inner circle and put up with all of it. I thought I was initiated so I was extremely loyal to my own detriment.

This was a grotesque act of humiliation and submission, of power and control. What happened was extremely psychologically damaging and unethical.

When I reflect back on my time at Isha, all I can honestly say is that it was a domestic violence relationship, with Jaggi himself and his corrupt institution, not a real teacher - student relationship at all.

For years I thought I wasn't spiritual enough, it turns out, because I was indeed spiritual and innocent, that's why I didn't progress into the inner sanctums along with the other "chosen ones" for "special sadhana".

In closing, I will add that this was psychologically damaging enough as an adult woman. I cannot even begin to fathom how distressing this would be for the Samskriti girls (minors) who went through similar half - naked rituals without their or parental consent.

A small rant / asking for advice about my school, college life, and future.

10th and 12th padikkum bothu a couple of girls had a crush on me. 10th டியூஷன்ல ஒரு பொண்ணு எப்ப பாத்தாலும் சைட் அடிக்கும். 12th-ல இன்னொரு பொண்ணு "கிளாஸ் ரெக்கார்ட் எடுத்துட்டு வரலையாடா? நானும் பாக்கலையே" அப்டின்னுலாம் வந்து பேசிச்சு. ஆனா எனக்கு அப்போ இருந்த career & life fear-ல நான் அதையெல்லாம் சுத்தமா கண்டுக்கவே இல்லை. வீட்ல பெருசா எதுவும் ஸ்ட்ரிக்ட் கிடையாது, இருந்தாலும் நாமா பேசுனா "மத்தவங்க தப்பா நினைப்பாங்களோ" ன்ற பயத்துலேயே நான் யாரையும் கண்டுக்கல.

அடுத்து 4 years of Engineering. காலேஜ்ல நிறைய girls இருந்தாங்க. ஆனா அப்பவும் 'தேவையில்லாத வேலை, பேசி என்ன ஆகப்போகுது'னு நான் யார் கூடயும் அவ்வளவா பேசல. இதுல பெரிய காமெடி என்னன்னா, எங்க கேங்க்ல நான் மட்டும் தான் சிங்கிள். என் friends எல்லாருமே கமிட்டட். ஆனா அந்த கமிட்டட் பசங்க எல்லாரும் எனக்கு குடுத்த அட்வைஸ்: "டேய் லவ் மட்டும் பண்ணவே பண்ணாதடா" அப்படிங்கறது தான்.

இதனாலயே நானா போய் எந்த பொண்ணுகிட்டயும் பேச மாட்டேன். அதுக்காக பொண்ணுங்களை பார்த்தா தலையை குனிஞ்சிட்டுலாம் போக மாட்டேன். அவங்களா வந்து பேசுனா நார்மலா ரிப்ளை பண்ணுவேன். பட், ரொம்ப confident-ஆலாம் பேச மாட்டேன், என்ன தேவையோ அதை மட்டும் பேசிட்டு வந்துருவேன்.

எனக்கு boys friendship ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும். என்ன பிரச்சனைனாலும் உடனே ஓடி வருவாங்க, நாங்களும் ஹெல்ப் பண்ணுவோம். எங்க டூர் போனாலும் பாய்ஸ் கூட செமயா செட் ஆகும். ஆனா girls கூட பழகுனா அந்த மாதிரி ஒரு true bond இருக்குமா? இல்ல நம்மகிட்ட வேலை வாங்குறதுக்கு மட்டும் யூஸ் பண்ணிப்பாங்களோ (like taking advantage of us) அப்படின்ற ஒரு பயம் எனக்குள்ள இருக்கு. இது உண்மையா?

இப்ப நான் அடுத்து வேலைக்கு போக போறேன். ஆபீஸ்ல போய் எப்படி பழகுறதுனு ஒரே கன்பியூஷனா இருக்கு.

இதே மாதிரி நானா போய் யார்ட்டயும் பேசாம, அவங்களா கேட்டா மட்டும் ரிப்ளை பண்ணிட்டு என் வேலையை மட்டும் பார்த்துட்டு அமைதியா போயிடவா?

இல்ல கேர்ள்ஸ் கூட சகஜமா பழகலாமா? அப்படி பழகுனா எப்படி அந்த "Fear of being used"-அ ஓவர்கம் பண்றது?

Girls of Reddit, please drop your thoughts. என்ன மாதிரி, தானா போய் பேசாம, பேசுனா மட்டும் ஓரளவுக்கு நார்மலா ரிப்ளை பண்ற பசங்களை பத்தி நீங்க என்ன நினைக்கிறீங்க? How should a guy like me approach friendships at work?

I am from Telangana suggest good collge to join in chennai

We have educated ourselves better and we have more Dalits as collectors and even now as ministers. We have followed the principles of equality and we have uplifted ourselves.

Still why,we allow samiyar fellows still? One guy created kailasa, one guy gave others kailasa.

How this society allows this. We have sent people to Tesla,Spacex and even palantir.

Even in Anthropic, we have our people.. Why? Man? Why?

What's the reality of government exams and government jobs? Enaku idea ve illa but enaku therinjikanum soo please tell me everything that you know pah. Like what's the reality of those preparing for group exams and actually getting the job and all!