… the crowds has been thronging the shopping areas across Chennai and doing the last minute shopping for the festive season. With Deepavali being celebrated tomorrow the rushes at the Trains, Buses & other modes of transport also has been breaking at the seams.
One such crowded scene at Pondy Bazaar, T nagar.
Posts Tagged ‘T Nagar’
16 Oct
Festive Shopping …
18 Jun
Calculate
… the amount of electricity used by these offices / shops. Was amazed to see 23 Meter boxes in a single complex and that’s not the end of it & this was just on one wing of the building.
The consumption of electricity has gone up way above the usual, irrespective of Earth Hours and [...]
15 Jun
Commoner, Week 4
This is Shankar, the Garland Maker at Pondy Bazaar, T Nagar.
One could spot his shop just opposite Naidu Hall at Pondy Bazaar.
19 Mar
Oh .. english again
Ha haa … I’m back with more English from Chennai.
These Omelette’s are tastier than they sound, but. Found at Bazullah Road Tea shop.
My earlier brushes with english are here One, Two, Three, Four & Five.
27 Jan
Nature bottled
Seen at Pondy Bazaar, but though they look good, i don’t like to see plastic flowers or these plants in place of natural ones.
My side of argument is you could always have the natural plant / pot indoors too, if you could take care of them. What’s your views?
5 Oct
Are you done with your festive shopping?
With the festive season starting now with Dasara, Ramzan, Deepavali and till Christmas / pongal, the shopping spree also starts. The traditional shopping areas are T Nagar, Parry’s Corner & Purasawalkam. But now the shops & retail chains have branches across the city and people (read, like me) shop in their neighbourhoods too.
So planning ahead [...]
24 Jul
Animal Planet on Car Backs
One could see these eye catching soft dolls across Pondy Bazaar, T Nagar and all stacked up on the parked car backs. Just a temporary showcase for these vendors and in a jiffy they move to the next car when the previous one wants to move away.
It makes a visual treat for passer’s by and [...]
9 Jul
lovely fragrance …..
These lovely garlands ready at pondy bazaar, T nagar for any event …. could be a marriage, reception, public meetings, political meetings, funerals etc …..
You can be rest assured you’ll get a ready made garland at this place at any time of the day.
This reminds me of the lovely tamil saying “பூவோடு சேர்ந்து நாரும் மனம் [...]
1 Jul
Saravana Stores
Saravana Stores is synonymous to hassled shopping, but people seems to prefer that style.
To quote Kishore Biyani, founder Pantaloons, Big Bazaar formart stores, he started Big Bazaar in lines of Saravana stores and its merchandises (check his book “It Happened in India“). He also observes people in India prefer shopping not in peace but in [...]
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 [...]
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