Ubiquitense

Not very often do we come across our glorious past. When the majority of Europe was in dark ages, people eating people, Tamizh kings were promoting arts and technology through a rich cultural spectrum. The picture above is just an example of what our ancients were capable of – when they didn’t have pesudo-tamizhs and other institutionalized religions.

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Tags: art, dakshina chitra, dexterity, metallurgy, metals, tamizh

Do you think Philips’ tag line ‘Sense and Simplicity’ stands true in India? Well, NO!

Philips’ product strategy in India:

1. Bring a bull-crap product made in China
2. Brand it with Philips
3. Sell in India, and
4. Leave all the spare parts far, far away!

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Tags: complex, india, nonsense, pathetic, philips, product, service

There’s a price for everything. These lampshades are hand crafted, and quite pricey! Well, it’s understandable. These people target their products for Westerners who have money, not the locals.

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Tags: craft, dakshina chitra, ECR, lamp shade

There are zillions of free, premium and freemium WordPress themes out there. Some bloggers pick some good looking theme, and install them, whereas some look at the functional aspects of the themes before installing them.

Following are three exclusive themes that I stumbled upon – packing a fair mix of good design and functionality, yet keeping the layout minimal and uncluttered…

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Tags: free, functional, themes, wordpress, WP themes

Place: Dakshina Chitra, Muttukadu, ECR, Chennai

Inside one of the many old, architecturally intriguing Tamizh houses @ Dakshina Chitra. I guess this is the Naidu’s house. However, the innovative double burner technology, pictured below, is not limited to this kinda’ house.

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Tags: architecture, dakshina chitra, house, naidu, tamil, tamizh