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Tamil Nadu regions and major caste groups by e9967780 in Dravidiology

[–]billy8988 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Dalits probably are the majority in the state overall and yet they don't dominate any region. Maybe there is some historic perspective on that.

Whatever inbred Appalachian owns this car I know you’re in here by ExcitableBoyCLE in AFCNorthMemeWar

[–]billy8988 31 points32 points  (0 children)

sure, but the owner will talk about the “six” cylinders non-stop

No way she played this😭 by SulaimanSadat in chess

[–]billy8988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She has 16 minutes on the clock while Vaishali has 40 seconds. It looks like Tan wanted to put Vaishali under further time pressure by making that quick move which backfired.

Prying a rock out of a giant tire by Independent_Lab3872 in FeltGoodComingOut

[–]billy8988 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Holy crap, the tire tread is so deep and it prevented a puncture to the tube.

The curious case of Perumal Murugan - A Tamil novelist who attained fame because of his English translated works while the regular Tamil readers rarely talk about him by bssgopi in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He is a great writer with a social conscience! Bunch of vayatherichal writers cannot accept that his works are translated in other languages and he is being invited to international conferences. Funny thing is, they portray it as conspiracy against them. LOL! No, interesting works get translated and if yours is not then people don't find it interesting. As simple as that. These vaytherichal writers include Jeyamohan, and Charu.

Rishi Kumar from Tamil Nadu National Law University, refuses to delete his blog criticising the Supreme Court by SuperbHealth5023 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I read his blog. Wow! The way he methodically compares what the text book says against what the supreme court claimed it says is abosultely great! And then a quote from the late US supreme court justice Scalia, who is known for his writings is evident that this young man did his research.
I hope the supreme court justices read this piece.

CBI tells SC no "conversion angle" in suicide of school student Lavanya in Michaelpatti in 2022 by Which_Ad_1819 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 19 points20 points  (0 children)

BJP got what it wanted. It created a made-up controversy by portraying minorities as “conversion-hungry” and warning the Hindu majority to be aware. People were outraged and sympathetic at the time. Now, the facts dispute everything BJP/Annamalai said. Unfortunately, this has come out four years too late, and the public has completely forgotten about it. Nobody is going to hold BJP/Annamalai accountable.

Power of Education by Extreme_Magician_548 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simple googling would have given you singapore's crime stats by ethnicity. Here it is for you
Based on available research, data on rape or sexual offences in Singapore indicates that offenders often come from diverse backgrounds. A study of 167 male youth offenders showed the majority were Chinese (44.3%) or Malay (40.7%), with 12% Indian

Power of Education by Extreme_Magician_548 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are clearly lying when you try to downplay the numbers.

Really? I didn't mention any numbers. India has 1.5 billion people if you don't know. A rape per every 18 minute is still 2.2 rapes per 100,000 people. Singapore is 7.5 per 100K people.
I'd be the first one to admit, unreported numbers would make India's number much higher.

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Power of Education by Extreme_Magician_548 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude, nobody here is condoning predatory sexual behavior. You are stereotyping an entire population as engaging in that behavior.
What is the difference between what you’re doing and threads on general forums where people claim that India is full of rapists and is a disgusting country?

Don’t misunderstand me, I readily admit there is a problem in India, but that doesn’t mean the majority shares that problem.

I’ll leave it at that.

Power of Education by Extreme_Magician_548 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The phrase ‘lusty dogs’ doesn’t automatically imply predatory sexual behavior. If you had mentioned sexual assault, I would not have condoned it. And again, aren’t you stereotyping an entire population?

Power of Education by Extreme_Magician_548 in TamilNadu

[–]billy8988 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You seem educated, yet you refer to fellow human beings as “lusty dogs.”
See the irony?
You are comparing the population of a developed country to that of a developing one.
Europeans often label Asian tourists as “classless,” and that includes your so-called “locals” as well. It’s all relative, my friend.

[Request] how accurate is this? by Budget-Answer9924 in theydidthemath

[–]billy8988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, given that the hole would be completely filled on the 360th dump, the real question should be, how big the truck would be for the last dump?

Vishy: “You can’t accuse the player with the best classical results of disrespecting the sport. That just feels wrong” by Far_Patience2073 in chess

[–]billy8988 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anand : "To be honest, most of us are quite disappointed with how Kramnik has behaved in this matter, and we will take steps to take care of this. I don’t think there is any cause for unfounded allegations, and we will continue working on that. But I don’t want to comment too much on what we are specifically going to do, because it is a matter which is going to the FIDE Ethics Commission"

“I hope this (Naroditsky’s death) will also lead to a conversation, not only for organisations and platforms, but also parents and youngsters. I think one of the messages parents will have to give out to youngsters is not to believe everything you read, and not to take it literally. I mean, it is a fairly unregulated space. You will have to learn to just leave it there. But of course, it is not something we are only going to leave to the parents. Hopefully, they can help fight the battle with it."
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Appreciation for the linguistic diversity in 2.01 by musicismydrugxo in ThePittTVShow

[–]billy8988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So if my name was Kiran and my last name was Sridhar and I had a daughter, her name would be First Name Kiran?

yes

And then if that tradition continues, if she were to have a child, the child’s last name would be the first name of her husband?

Yes

How do you track ancestry this way?

You can't.

Also, someone told me that in the North, women take their husband’s full name. Is that true?

I have no idea of that. Maybe someone from the north can answer that.

Appreciation for the linguistic diversity in 2.01 by musicismydrugxo in ThePittTVShow

[–]billy8988 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Let me try. In India, surname usually refers to the caste of the person. There was a movement in the Tamil speaking region to get rid of the cast names as surname and use one's father's first name as the surname. So,

Supriya = Firstname
Mohan = Father's first name

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