With the schools reopened, the bag sales will be brisk for some more time. As you can see the shop’s merchandise as changed fully to school goers related stuff like school bags, shoes etc. Though cluttered looking, i still like the way its displayed and inviting for any kid to check them out first for [...]
Archive for June, 2008
29 Jun
Sri Ramakrishna mission school
Sri Ramakrishna Mission School, has many branches across Chennai and similar schools across India.
They have boys school, a girls school called as Sri RKM Sarada Vidyalaya.
The mission itself is in existence from 1897 onwards founded by Swami Vivekananda. And has 114 centres in India and about 50 centres outside india (in places like Singapore, Durban [...]
28 Jun
SKC in TNagar
T Nagar alias Thiyagaraya Nagar, the retail paradise of chennai, is completely occupied by the large format retailers like Nalli, Kumaran’s, Pothys, Rm KV, Saravana’s, Chennai Silks, GRT, LKS Gold House, Prince jewellery, Metro shoes, Rathna stores, Naidu Hall etc ……
Usman Road, Panagal Park, Pondy bazaar, G N chetty road, Venkatnarayana Road are some of [...]
27 Jun
Mobile operator – 3
Vodafone, is the 4th operator in Chennai cellular phone scene. They are again erstwhile known as Hutch. The 3rd operator in all cities being the state run BSNL.
26 Jun
Mobile Operator – 2
Airtel, erstwhile known as Skycell is also one of the first two operators which started service in Chennai in Sep’95.
They are also into Broadband, Landline services and soon into (or are they already into) IPTV. They are the leading mobile opertaor across India too.
25 Jun
Mobile operator – 1
Aircel … erstwhile known as RPG cellular (before takeover) is one of the 1st two mobile operators from Sep’95 onwards, in Chennai.
Is now held by Maxis Communications of Malaysia.
24 Jun
Rangoli Building – 2
Spotted one more colourful building on the way ….. nice patterns & designs …. very artful.
23 Jun
Rise & Shine
Good morning and hope you all had a lovely weekend !
Sun rising and shining beautifully by the Bay of Bengal, as seen at the MGM beach resorts ……..
22 Jun
thirsty this summer ….
The colourful plastic pots are on their way for sales, they are used across the geography of Tamil Nadu for carrying, storing water in these scarce & summer times. Especially chennai which is water startved has more use for these pots.
P.s. : Is the rain yesterday night in chennai a coincidence …
21 Jun
fashion
Fashion these days are of various colours, shapes, designs and even stitches ……
The current trend sported by a l’ill one and looks really cute on her …..
20 Jun
MRTS ….. is it rapid enough
Mass Rapid Transit System, is becoming popular in one corridor of Chennai. But the pace at which the it is progressing has left the average commuter out of their scope.
19 Jun
Mother & Child
The Mother & Child hospital at Egmore. This hospital is on the pantheon road and caters to quite a bit of “Would-be-moms” from the neighbourhood.
The structure, like many in Chennai, is British days style …..
18 Jun
Light up ….
The High Mast Lamps are now quite common in public areas & main Junctions.
These carry the burden of making up for the loss of lighting after the Billboards have been removed in the city.
17 Jun
R.I.P
An hearse seen in the early morning traffic, carrying the just departed.
You could see the legs of the corpse in the open door of the vehicle. Not sure why they don’t have vehicles which fit the freezer boxes to carry the deceased. This looks spooky, very casual in attitude.
May god bless the departed and rest [...]
16 Jun
Hotel Ashoka
Hotel Ashoka, has been in existence from 70’s. When it comes to marriage receptions it’s either Ashoka or Palmgrove or New Woodlands in chennai even now. Abhinandan, their restaurant is a delight for veggie’s.
Located at Pantheon Road, Egmore.
15 Jun
The Kirk
The 185 years old and 166 feet tall “The Kirk” as its called, the St. Andrews Kirk is at the Poonamalle High Road near Egmore.
Conceived and executed by Major Thomas Fort de Havilland and Col. James Caldwell, the Kirk is modelled along the lines of St. Martin-in-the-fields, London. The church was consecrated in 1821.
P.s. : [...]
14 Jun
Happy Weekend
Happy weekend ….
…….. enjoy it like this father & son off to a relative’s place, or a beach or a place of worship.
13 Jun
Maruti 800 …. still going strong
Maruti 800, the first from the Maruti Suzuki stable, way back in Dec’84 (also called Mehran 800 by Suzuki, Pakistan).
Though this car has undergone various face lifts, the car remains the same from 1984 till now. Still a popular car for the 1st time buyer, who graduates from a two wheeler.
Yes my first car was [...]
12 Jun
i know what you did this summer …
Though there are shops like Ice Berg’s, Movenpick, Fresco’s etc mushroomed in the high end of Ice creams, the traditional push cart vendors are still popular among the kids all summers. These guys are affordable, have simple ice creams and pocket friendly for the summer beaters.
11 Jun
Egmore Railway station – 100 years
The Chennai Egmore Railway station completes a 100 Years of existence today on June 11th 2008. The structure is still an head turner and retained its charm.
Happy Birthday Egmore Station.
10 Jun
Rangoli Homes
Chennai seems to have taken to bright and cheerful colours for their new/renovated residences. The Oranges, Yellows, Roses & purples which were never used are now quite common. One such residences near Saidapet which sports a Rangoli of colours.
Soon the building to its right will sport a new colour i guess after remodelling …
9 Jun
Jackfruit … now open
Earlier i had shown the Jackfruit’s season start, this one shown here is the classic example of the breaking open the fruit and eating it too . The knives need to be coated with oil, so as the milk out of the fruit doesn’t stick and easy to open, once the fruit is open [...]
8 Jun
Vrindhavan ….
“Vrindhavan”, the speciality South Indian Vegetarian restaurant at The New Woodlands Hotel, R K Salai, Chennai. The walls adorn such lovely paintings of Lord Krishna and his chronicles.
The food is heavenly, only sad part is they’ve stopped their popular Tiffin Thaali (a meal with tiffin and not rice/roti).
P.s. : Pls bear with the high noise [...]
7 Jun
Gods by the street corner 3
This Ganesha seems to be in a better premise, by the OMR, near VHS Hospital. The temple has got a fresh coat of paint and well maintained.
I watch quite a few passersby stop for a second and offer a prayer always near these temples on the streets.
6 Jun
Don’t jump …..
The Chennai city traffic police have placed these signs at some arterial road junctions warning the traffic about the penalization of violating the signal/stop line.
The residents sincerly hope the users adhere to the rules by the book & spirit. Any amount of policing doesn’t curb the traffic violations unless we all, the road users abide [...]
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