Express Avenue is the new Mall to be coming up soon in the City of Chennai’s Landscape. The work is on full swing and there were announcements of tie-ups with various Retail Stores and Entertainment Service providers.
Expected launch is March 2010, i guess.
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26 Nov
Express Avenue
24 Nov
League of its own ….
…. yes the TNCA aka Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has about 132 teams in leagues starting from 1st Division Leage, 2nd Division, 3rd Division A & B, 4th Division A, B & C, 5th Division A, B, C & D, totally 11 league teams, which fight among themselves for their respective shields.
Many teams have [...]
22 Nov
People, Week 26
This is Nalini Radhakrishnan, a multi faceted personality. Involved in Event Management, Golfer, Rotarian, Brings theatre to the city and many more.
This photo was taken when she’d organised a Treasure Hunt Car event for the Mahindra World City.
21 Nov
Integrating languages …
… this school (though it might be for demographic reasons and/or commercial reasons) prominently announces its name in all 4 languages, namely English, Tamil, Telugu & Hindi.
Hopefully many such practices allows people to start accepting many languages in their city of dwelling, more peacefully.
20 Nov
Medical Supplies …
TNMSC also expanded as Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Ltd, is a State Government initiative to ensure continued supply of live saving drugs and pharmaceuticals to all Government run hospitals. They are engaged in procurement, storage and supply of 268 drugs and medicines, 84 suture items and 63 surgical items to govt run hospitals and [...]
19 Nov
Classic ropes
They call it the Golden Fibre. These fibre are made out of a few plants and obviously eco-friendly. Though Sanal (in tamil சனல்) featured here is a rope made from jute is mainly used as a tying rope, especially paper packets, cartons etc, there are other uses too for this fibre.
Seen at a front of [...]
18 Nov
Nature, Week 2
… Camel Foot Tree, Butterfly Wings Tree are a few commonly used names for this tree. Also called the Raja Mandharai (in tamil ராஜ மந்தாரை) and scientifically called Bauhini purpurea.
16 Nov
Sell the air ….
… yes but no. Ha haa.
The Movie UP definitely portrays the Balloon seller in a different light. So many people like these professionals are Unsung heroes in many ways, the kids brighten up seeing them, the carnivals/parks are made cheerful & colourful because of them and many more ways.
A balloon seller late in the evening [...]
15 Nov
People, Week 25
The young parishioner at the Our Lady of Lourdes Church – Mary Immaculate at Perambur. He was too shy to tell me his name, but. Though he was very happy to see that he was clicked and posed quite a bit.
14 Nov
Pirambu
… aka Bamboo Cane baskets. Pirambu Koodai is the tamil name for this.
These baskets used for carrying / selling flowers or vegetables or fruits by the retail vendors. Also used by the retailers of perishables at their shops to display their wares.
Eco friendly baskets instead of plastic ones.
A shop selling them at Koyambedu Market.
13 Nov
Catch them RED handed?
… or RED legged (with blood on the glasses too!).
This is a technique applied by many households in yesteryear’s, to avoid robbers and thieves scaling their roofs and running away with their loot. They place broken glass pieces on their front portion of the compound walls / roofs etc to keep the thieves in [...]
12 Nov
Emperors new clothes
…. with the dust & dirt around in urban situation, all vehicles get a new cover when parked for a while.
Looks like every vehicle needs a dust cover to be carried along with them and safely covered before it gets parked.
Scene at Parrys Corner, near Seven Wells.
11 Nov
Glorious 155 Years
…. this school at Mint street has seen 155 years of service and that many children passing through them to go on to higher studies. Some of their alumnae are Vallalar, Dr S Thanickachalam and many more.
But this school currently is in a bad shape due to their inabilities to raise funds and sustain the [...]
10 Nov
Save More
Some lovely melon shaped Piggy (!?) Banks seen on the streets … these made of clay / sand are to save coins and some occasional notes. Has only one way to take the money out, that is just break them to retrieve the money, no other way.
Seen them near Sanskrit College, Mylapore.
8 Nov
People, Week 24
Hussain Raja is a Rickshaw puller / driver. One could hire his services at Sowcarpet area. He normally sits at Mint Street.
7 Nov
Illuminart ….
Come festive season, you get to see such lovely light arts at various worship places to jewellery shops to garment showrooms. The represent mostly god pictures from all faiths.
One such art at Sun plaza junction at GN Chetty Road and Mount Rd approach.
6 Nov
Nature – Week 1
Sterculia Foetida is a Native tree and has quite a bit of Medicinal Qualities. Originally from East Africa & Australia. Its a tall & Straight tree.
Its but famous for the unbearable stench its Fruits / Flowers produce. When you are near the tree in its full blossom, you’ll wonder if you’re near a sewer. [...]
5 Nov
Colour coded
Every faith insists on a specific colour to their devotees. The usual colour worn by the devotees of Hinduism in south India is “Kaavi” (light terracotta shade), but many faiths insist on White, some specify shades of off-white and a few red (like here). Many Christians wear white for their Sunday prayers.
Here you see a [...]
3 Nov
Telugu still around ….
… yes the older establishments still have Telugu (language) signs in their boards. Many establishments in the older settlements like Mylapore, Purasawalkam, Triplicane, Parry’s corner, T Nagar etc have quite a sizable population of Telugu speaking residents.
This is at Kala Pharmacy, Pantheon Road, Egmore.
2 Nov
Walks, Flys, Crawls, Swims …
… yes many in us prefers to eat delicacies made out of these birds, and many likes to cook them in their own styles and serve.
These are specific to sunday’s at bazaars / markets in many neighbourhoods you get to see the ducks and hens and goats and various other exotic animals ready for [...]
1 Nov
People, Week 23
Tamizharasan, works on weekends at the Koyambedu Vegetable market at his family shop which sells pumpkins in wholesale. Is studying on other days of the week at a neighbourhood school.
31 Oct
Music after 20 years
… yes the Madras Chamber Orchestra played for the second time yesterday at the Egmore Museum Theatre (1st one was this April’09) after 20 plus years after it was formed in 1960’s and stopped playing from 1988 onwards. Once conducted by the eminent musician Mr V S Narasimhan, now revived and conducted by the French [...]
29 Oct
Tamil & its Prachara Sabha
…. when the language Tamil needed some push at schools with the students they probably would have formed this “Poets Club” aka “Pulavar Mandram”. They conduct various competency tests for the language Tamil at school level and award certificates. Need to check with schools if this is still in existence, as we’ve written exams in [...]
28 Oct
Dance Needs
Many search for a Shop which caters to all the dance needs (especially for the classical ones) like the costumes, accessories et al, found one such shop which caters to all requirements for a dance show.
Found opposite to Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore.
26 Oct
A Sunday Morning …..
…. a typical sunday morning street scene. September Sun is blazing and the street’s empty, as the residents are either sleepy after their morning chores or not up from their beds yet.
A bye-lane of Gangadeeswarar Koil Street, Purasawalkam.
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