Lines in the sand « Selective Amnesia

11Jul/099

Lines in the sand

There’s an unseen, thin border here. Invisible it may be, but unnoticed it is not. This border parallels the lines on the political map of India, seperating one people from the other. The haves are firmly and wholly on one side, the havenots outside, looking in. Not surprising, in a world of political correctness and a righteously indignant society turning good samaritans to aid and abett the socially inept, denied classes, that there are voices and arms raised against the continued existence of such a divisive, sectarian and partisan system that indulges in petty parochialism and regionalism. Yet it exists and strangely has support from the ruling elite and the ruled vulgars.

This border, this dividing line has a name – the Filter Coffee Line. It begins in Madras and ends there.

Posted by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan

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Yuvi
July 12th, 2009 - 11:00

Filter Coffee? Maybe for oldies.

Now, it’s the Cafe Day line.

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Dilip Muralidaran
July 12th, 2009 - 15:22

wait till starbucks sets shop here, lol!

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jay
July 13th, 2009 - 08:23

No Coffee Day, or horrors, Starbucks, will ever supplant filter coffee, it’s got nothing to do with age in fact the younger filter coffee aficionados are more vocal and committed. FC for ever !!

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aparna
July 13th, 2009 - 10:46

There’s also another line, that exists in Bengal. Pure Darjeeling vs masala tea cooked in milk. So far Darjeeling has won.

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Amoureuse Ben
July 14th, 2009 - 13:18

Starbucks – the paradise of coffee , just try their coffee once , and would never want to buy from somewhere else.

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Navneeth
July 14th, 2009 - 21:23

Glad to see some of the TM’ed C/CC/CG/Chandrachoodan ishtyle back.

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Anu
July 14th, 2009 - 23:08

Amen to that CC.

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Sesh
July 15th, 2009 - 08:40

who is ruled and who is the ruling in the filter coffee line? All of em are the ruled I guess

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sanguine seeker
October 30th, 2009 - 21:15

@ravages
interesting blog you have..Im eager to follow this..
your flickr profile led me here

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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.