My eyes have been opened. My ways have been corrected.
Thank you, Proud Balija Naidu. You have given me my pedigree, have shown me why I am wrong and rewritten my history.
Hi Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan ! Are you a Ceylon Tamil (Demala) ? I am damn sure u are one. Only you Ceylon Demalas have this kind of name, i.e., Chandrachoodan. Only u Demalas want to vivisect India & create a greater Tamil Nadu. When u can’t defeat the tiny Lankan Army, how can u defeat our mighty Indian Army ? Ur stout leader Prabhakaran was axed to death. So, stop daydreaming. Your leader PERIYAR EVR belonged to our caste. U Tamils are good-for-nothing fellows. Only our Periyar liberated u Tamils from the clutches of the Brahmins. You Tamilians are useless bastards.
Another question
Would you advice the honey collecting, hive building insect to ‘bee itself’?
A friend and I came up with this one this afternoon.
In the world of bees, there are no existential crises. To be or not to bee is not a question. For they are.
Happy Birthday, my friend.
Madras.
Thank you for all the fun. Thank you for the countless hours of pain and pleasure, of freedom and ambition, of company. Of being my muse in all my phases, through all the changes I had to necessarily go through. Happy birthday my friend.
C
The Chennai PhotoWalk Madras Week special walks
What was the ol’ chestnut about distance and heart? True enough on broad concepts, it utterly fails to quantify the details, ignores the tree for the wood. I miss, miss Madras, and having the tangy salty air in my face and the chaos of morning traffic adding 20 minutes extra to my commute.
I also miss being hard pressed for time as I move from one event to the other during the Madras Week. Oh well. The Chennai PhotoWalk has been a fixture in the Madras Week calendar for the past couple years, and this year is no different. While Vatsan has reduced the number of Madras Week special walks (usually 3), the quality/significance of this year’s walks are not lessened. I’d say these are superb routes and great parts of the city to look at.
I highly recommend you attend the walk, at the cost of everything else.
Walk #1 – The 15th of August 2010
Reporting Point: Perambur Railway Station. End point: ICF
Time: 7 am
Perambur is a superb place to walk around in. I live (while in Madras) in Kelly’s and Perambur is a familiar haunt. The old houses, the beautiful railway quarters, the metal fences, the shrubbery and undergrowth that is at once chaotic and pleasing, the quaint streets (in parts) are all superb photo opportunities. Somebody tell me, has there been any progress at all on the flyover near the station?
Walk #2 – The 22nd of August 2010
Reporting Point: St Thomas Mount (outside steps leading to the Church). End at Veteran Lines
Time: 7 am
Another familiar haunt, St. Thomas mount and the area around it are, if one wants to believe certain stories, important settlement sites of early men. In any case, the area has superb history, and the architecture and landscape here make for good photos. Somebody please photograph the statue of Jesus looking out at the city, a-la Rio.
As always, for directions, further information and general stuff, call Vatsan on 9500070176 or 94449 99456.
And, if this point even needs to be made, don’t miss any of the Madras Week events. They are all superb and fantastic in their own ways, and in all the sense of those two terms. Here’s a calendar of events, try and squeeze in as much as possible.
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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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