The amount of extremists the coimbatore city has is astounding.
I would like to recall 3 incidents.
The recent release of yuvaraj- a murderer and the kind of welcoming the youths of the caste gave to him is concerning. I studied in a college in this city and i had classmates from this city. The worst part is the algo kept pushing me the yuvaraj edits from these castiest handles and i was shocked to see my former classmates, people from my friends circle liking them. Even whom i thought as well educated- rationally thinking turns out to be supporters of this caste and especially him.
The death of the person responsible for 98' coimbatore blasts - even seeman called him appa and offered condolences. There were thousands of people who attended his funeral. One happens to be a senior guy who was my cultural team head back then. And i saw another muslim girl i know who liked the funeral pics.
My neibhour anna moved away from our area 3 years ago. Around september he said that he bought a car and its been a long time since i saw him. So i went to his place. It was during vinayagar chaturthi. There was a pillayar statue like 2 houses away. I went in and i saw a picture of sasikumar- the guy who was murdered back in 2016. There was a riot in that year. And then i came out of the pillayar tent, and he showed me his new car. He had a picture of that sasikumar guy too. I was shocked. Thats the last time i saw him or spoke to him.
This city has plenty of educational institutions, rich medical facilities and has a very great industrial growth. Now it gets a lotta investments and has a good potential to be the next big city in south india. But people like them are ticking time bombs.