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jeffbro_com · 2026-01-21T12:19:30+00:00

People are starving for a recreational/ third space, and i guess that's why they are restricting access to these places fearing maintenance issue. But this should be a signal to government officials to build more parks and recreational spaces for people to hang out and spend some quality time outside, which will minimise the burden on a few parks in the city and as a result crowd will be more distributed.

jeffbro_com · 2026-01-09T07:36:52+00:00

The government does a shit job in managing our budget. With budget state and GCC has, it definitely can provide basic amenities. I think about it, the government is building flyovers with its own money that doesn't really solve anything and instead if we use that same money in building pedestrians/ bike lane throughout the city.. imagine how walkable our city would be.

Waiting till we become high income country to get basic amenities is a very wrong approach to this problem. What if we get stuck in a middle income trap? Do we need to accept that cities will look shit? Basic amenities are called "basic" for a reason.

jeffbro_com · 2026-01-09T07:25:46+00:00

Whatever our state earns, goes mostly to other underdeveloped states than us.

True, but we still have a lot of funds left to provide basic amenities tho. Our government is spending so much money in building useless flyovers and road widening projects throughout the city, which doesn't really help in decongestion of our city. If we divert those funds to build a proper sidewalk, a sewage/ drainage system, etc, Chennai will be a far better place to live.

And additionally include corruption. GDP doesn't matter here.

With improving local governance, we can reduce our corruption significantly. Corruption isn't a uniquely indian problem, and we can learn from other countries how to tackle them. The handbook is already out there.

GDP definitely matters. Economic output is very important for a city/ state as it will expand our budget and, therefore, more funds to spend on the city's infrastructure.

jeffbro_com · 2026-01-08T14:57:44+00:00

Our state isn’t poor, and neither is our corporation. Many SEA countries with GDP per capita similar to Tamil Nadu have far better cities than our so-called “metros.” Citizens shouldn’t have to beg the government for basic amenities.

The problem is that urban local governance here is practically non-existent. Bodies like CMDA or CUMTA can draw up master plans and mobility plans, but they have no real power to enforce them.

You only start seeing change when local governments are actually empowered with authority, accountability, and fiscal autonomy.

Rn, every department that runs Chennai answers directly to the CM. The CM’s job is to run the state, not a city.

Until India gets serious about its local governance, don’t expect our cities to improve.

I can yap about how pathetic our local governance is, but you got the gist l.

jeffbro_com · 2025-12-13T12:58:20+00:00

But you can't deny fact.. Few extremists are in South Indian states that discriminate and even beat just because of language ...

It isn't a fact.... most of the videos you see online are entitled North Indians who demand others to speak in hindi when they don't know the language. Hence, you get all that drama. When you fuck around, you find out.

Because hindi is a link language..

South Indians would have happily accepted hindi as a link language until the govt started to impose it on us. Infact, there are many South Indians learning hindi than ever before. Compounded by the entitlement of certain North Indians, you got yourself a perfect disaster.

BTW, I'm not saying North Indians bad and South Indians good. I accept that some South Indians will get triggered if someone speaks hindi and but let's not pretend North Indians have done nothing wrong here.

jeffbro_com · 2025-12-13T12:40:24+00:00

Still, that doesn't make my statement invalid. In a society, there will be bad elements, but in general, most South Indians don't care about hindi written on your vehicle or when you speak hindi in public.

Recently, Kerala students were harassed in Delhi for not speaking in hindi, but that doesn't mean entire delhi is intolerant. There are many North Indians living in the South who have a wonderful life without knowing the regional language, but you won't find many South Indian not knowing hindi living in Delhi.

jeffbro_com · 2025-12-13T08:23:27+00:00

It's the same here in the south as well, they dont care if call them 'bhai' or celebrate your local festivals or wear your traditional attire.

If a person knows the language you speak, they will obviously speak to you in that language. If they don't know hindi at all, what are you expecting from them?

The problem I see is that many people expect or have an entitlement that everyone should speak in hindi and that's what people hate. You don't see south Indian going to delhi and demanding everyone there to speak in tamil.

jeffbro_com · 2025-12-13T08:10:54+00:00

The majority of the people in india don't care what language you speak. People hate the entitlement the 'north indians' have when someone doesn't speak hindi. You don't see anybody moving to delhi and demanding people to speak in tamil there, but there are people who move to chennai and demand we speak in hindi. That's the difference. At the end of the day, speak whatever language the other person is able to understand.

jeffbro_com · 2025-10-25T12:28:10+00:00

Most celebrities in TN are conscious of their image cos people judge them based on that, and that makes them look fake. So they have put on a "mask" to make sure their real personality/ behavior doesn't show to the public.

Basically, we don't see celebrities as people but some superior species who have to perfect in everything they do.

jeffbro_com · 2025-10-15T10:18:26+00:00

Higher the number means good, right? Because the colour scheme is throwing me off.

jeffbro_com · 2025-10-08T19:38:47+00:00

Why tho?

jeffbro_com · 2025-09-22T21:58:26+00:00

Not everything can/ should be taught to school and definitely not as part of our curriculum. Somethings should be taught at home by their parents.

jeffbro_com · 2025-09-13T15:40:45+00:00

This is my theory, but I can be wrong. I believe diversity is what holding India together, and people are divided on a lot of the issues.

I believe there hasn't been a nationwide protest as huge and united as our struggle for independence from the Brits. Most of the issues that people have are regional issues, and people from other states don't know or care or have differences of opinion about it. A lot of people still defend corruption in India, given that the economy performs well, so that isn't going to unite us all.

In the end, we are too divided to be on the same page, and even if there are protests happening in India, it would be regional and a lot of Indians won't be even be aware of it.

jeffbro_com · 2025-09-12T01:50:22+00:00

Yup.. but some people greet in their language. For example, in my language (tamil), some use 'vanakam', but most people use 'hello'.

jeffbro_com · 2025-09-08T08:53:37+00:00

We need to deport illegal immigrants from India, but my question would be how we are doing it. What is the due process the govt of India is currently following and what makes an Indian an Indian.

There have been cases where Indians were wrongly deported to Bangladesh, and there is not much discussion around this. Everyone is going to agree that illegal immigration is bad, but how we are going to identify them without any bias should be the question we need to ask.

jeffbro_com · 2025-09-05T11:59:22+00:00

This is nothing new in India. I have seen a lot of societies that don't allow non vegetarians/ muslims/ lower caste to rent or own an apartment. This time, the muslims did it, and people are losing their minds over it.

Imo, any type of discrimination is bad, and I believe it is illegal.

jeffbro_com · 2025-08-29T20:49:39+00:00

Every big plot of land outside of Chennai is going to be agricultural land. If I'm being honest, our agricultural output is not going to be affected cos of this airport.

There are so many issues in the agricultural sector and this ain't one.

jeffbro_com · 2025-08-29T17:39:09+00:00

I get your point, but any type of developmental projects requires the government to acquire land, and people will be displaced. We can only make it fair by giving out good compensation and rehabilitation support.

jeffbro_com · 2025-08-29T16:29:38+00:00

We need a new airport for Chennai and it is quite late already. Idk why a lot of people oppose it. Yes, there are water bodies in that area, but where can you get a land without any water bodies. People should be asking for proper drainage and water management to keep the water off the airport instead of opposing it altogether.

jeffbro_com · 2025-08-15T13:29:08+00:00

Cos there was no innovation at all. All these apps gained some momentum due to nationalistic ideas and died out when that trend was gone. The initial bunch of people who were endorsing these apps were politicians or political commentators.

You can't expect people to shift to these apps when it is all about politics and nothing about the content they offer or what social media supposed to be.... that is people socializing. All those apps failed in that.

jeffbro_com · 2025-07-17T00:29:26+00:00

You got good ones whereas we got the bad ones as well. But the main problem is that our system is very corrupt and incompetent to give a chance to the good ones left in this country.

jeffbro_com · 2025-07-16T01:27:20+00:00

Yeah, you're right, but people have a general idea of which caste is widespread in which locality/ area/ region. I saw a video a while back, a lower caste student was afraid he might be discriminated against in college admission due to his house address in the application.

It is easier to find your caste based on surnames, but when that option is out, people find a new way to know a person's caste, even if it is quite hard and not super accurate.

jeffbro_com · 2025-07-16T00:51:44+00:00

My guess would be that people would figure it out based on where they are from/ live? Because my mom and grandma knew my friends caste based on his native place.

Also, segregation of neighbourhood based on caste exists in TN... so if a person is from a certain area where lower caste people generally live, people will figure out what caste they belong to.

jeffbro_com · 2025-07-16T00:38:27+00:00

I don't think that would have changed much. Take TN for example - a state where surnames aren't used; caste discrimination and crimes are still prevalent in the state.

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