Sometimes, you can do nothing but nod your head.
Commenting on my old, old post about Chennai vs. Bangalore, Ankur, who it’s obvious is 4m Bangalore, says this:
Madras is for working class.here the poverty is higher than in Karnataka.people are just movie freaks and fan clubs.TN itself,people are happy with some liquor or a cinema.while in karnataka,the lifestyle is different and people are richer.also karnataka is not like TN where tamil unites people.kannada is spoken widely only in mysore,bangalore,hubli-dharward belt.marathis are more in northern karnataka esp belgaum etc.while Kodavas,Tuluvas populate mangalore and Madikeri areas.the linking language is kannada as far as i know.this makes kannadiga’s accepting northies and others without any problem.infact native kannadigas knows hindi/urdu,tamil,telegu apart from kannada.there open heartness yielded Bangalore recommended for any foreigner or northies when coming to south india.
Tamil Nadu/Andhra is poor people with a bad mentality to loot every other one who reaches their.even the cleanliness is not there for these people.
for chennai,if ur ready to bear the tamil and their customs.it is a heaven for u with that cheap living expense compared to any metropolitan city.So,apart from kerela(i visited thrice cochin,kottayam),karnataka is the wiser option for any one from any place.
well,kerela is such a nice place and the language is similar to tamil,but i can understand many words because of sanskrit it contains.also kerela people are more open minded,they speak hindi(horrible) which atleast helps in communication apart from english which even a villager knows!bad-there is no big city in that state.I liked the people in kerela.especially the girls are soo cute n nice to look.
What to say, Ankur? You’ve single-commentedly (to coin a word) achieved what many, many bloggers have only aspired for. That of leaving me speechless, at the pure brilliance and cold logic of your comment.
Because we are (again) stuck in a phase
This time, the face is Kamal Hassan.
A list:
Aboorva Sagodharargal & Aalavandhan
Sigappu Rojakkal, Guna & Aalavandhan
Nayakan, Aboorva Sagodharargal & Aalavandhan
Nayakan & Thevar Magan
Nayakan, Thevar Magan and (very tangentially, in this list) Virumandi
Thevar Magan & Virumandi
Violation thy name Usman Road
“Violation thy name Usman Road”
Just happened to read this news article on the Hindu and was wondering whether anyone has got the balls to take action against these Textile giants. One thing for sure, unless something major happens no one is going to wake up and take action.
Assuming a fire breaks out at Pothys that too during a peak time like Diwali when thousands are shopping, the amount of devastation that would be caused is unimaginable. With the kind of traffic that is seen on Usman Road/ Doraiswamy Road forget the jumbo sized fire engines, not even a single ambulance can squeeze in for aid.
The Hindu has dilegently provided the figures as regards the action taken by the CMDA, but is anyone taking note of this?
And not to talk about car/ vehicle parking. From my experience staying in Delhi, I realised that every Mall, every Multiplex, every shopping centre (like Palika) have an underground parking/ other parking lots. This would atleast ensure that vehicles are not parked on the roads, thereby facilitating smooth movement of vehicles.
Hope something is done before something really bad happens.
Hey Ram!
Oh so subtle. Oh so brilliant. The music, the frames, the imagery. The Music. The Frames. The Imagery. Mythili (Vasundra Das) posing like Mira with her tambura, mouring her lost Krishna. The actual Tambura in the background. The ‘paati’s photo. The whole fucking package.
AMC’s Mad Men.
This man is living my life. And he is doing that with a few degrees less bullshit than I do/did. Man! I’m jealous.
[YouTube link, thanks to Divya]
Wieden + Kennedy, Delhi. Watch out, other ad-agencies!
W+K (Wieden and Kennedy) is an ad agency. (There, with that one line, 70% of my audience has disappeared.) Now, this agency is behind some insanely famous brands. Nike, for one. And now, Coke. And also now, Nokia. This agency won the Nokia account in a pitch recently and so are coming to India. Or, er, have come. They are here. Here is Delhi. Lucky fucking bastards, the Delhi creatives. One more agency (and what an agency) to hunt for jobs in.
If you’d clicked the image on top, you’d have read the WK London team’s official announcement of the Delhi office. And right there on that page, in the comments section, is something other agencies will want to keep a watch on – the comment “Just Delhi, Just Nokia, for just now”
The Chennai Photowalk route
I’ve decided upon a time and a place, for this.
Here’s the plan.
Sunday, 11th November, 2007, at 9 AM.
Mylapore -> MRTS -> First Line Beach -> Dare house -> Armenian Church -> High Court -> Fort -> War Memorial -> Napiers -> University of Madras -> Chepauk Palace -> Our separate ways. The detailed schedule is below the fold.
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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.
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