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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 [...]

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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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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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Come December, kids and grown up locals jump the walls of our little house just to gather some gooseberries (nellikai or amla or Phyllanthus emblica), without permission (ain’t there a single word starting with ‘S’?), from the garden. Yes, India is very much a democratic country, and these locals have every right to cut trees [...]

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This picture is an example of how framing plays an important role in photography. This wasn’t taken by a professional photographer, but by someone whose creativity was at an all time high when she handled my bulky, button-crazy camera.

And…that someone is none but my WIFE!!!
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