Chennai city still has a few Heritage Markets, and Zam Bazaar Market is one of the few that still stands. This market is apparently more than a century old, though no is really sure when exactly it came into being. Zam Bazaar is a huge single-storied building housing more than…
#Yellove is a hashtag, an acronym of Yellow + Love , coined by, ‘The Yellow Brigade’, fans of the IPL Cricket Team, ‘Chennai Super Kings’, or CSK as they are better known as. CSK is undoubtedly the most popular team of all the IPL Teams. It has many reasons for…
I have been married into the Telugu community for over 8 years now, and I have got by with speaking only a single sentence of the language, ‘Telugu Matla Chaala Kashtam’ (speaking Telugu is very difficult) 4 and a half years of living in Bangalore and ‘Kannada Baralla’ (I don’t…
Whoa – an expression used to express surprise, interest or alarm. Chennai is a city like any other. Ever so often though it manages to make me go Whoa, with sights that are so typical of this metro. The Sun rises over the city earlier here and the Sunrises and…
Vada – North. Vada Chennai is the North of Chennai. North Chennai originated with the founding of an East India Company factory in the village of Madraspatnam, on 22nd August 1639, and Madras City came into being. This is why 22nd August is also celebrated as Madras Day. All areas…
Unequivocal : Leaving no doubts I had been married for barely 3 months when I attended my first wedding in Chennai. They always say that you remember a wedding by the food you had there. This wedding surpassed all expectations I may have had. The menu was exhaustive, I counted…
If there is a human being on earth who is worshipped after God, it is probably the one and only Thalaiva. Who? What? Thalaiva means Boss or Leader. Thalaiva is Rajnikanth and Rajnikanth needs no introduction. If you still need an introduction though, Rajnikanth is the most popular star of…
Blogchatter started the BlogchatterA2ZChallenge in 2017. I signed up for it along with hundreds of other Bloggers. As I reached the midpoint of the 26 posts, I began to ask myself if I should compile them to form an Ebook. Questions and doubts began to form in my mind, making…
‘Mayuri!’ ‘Hey, hi!’ ‘What is this place you have sent me to??!’ ‘Where are you?’ ‘I’ve just bought some Sarees, and they won’t give them to me…’ ‘Why?’ ‘…they are worshiping them!’ My Saree loving friend was visiting Chennai, and when we caught up our conversation, but naturally, veered towards…
Everybody says that if one has to visit Munnar, it must be in the winters. After all, it is a hill town and the best experience of the mountains comes from the chilly weather, the piping hot teas fresh off the plantations, and the bonfires. But I say, if someone…