08 Mar 2010
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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 [...]
17 Feb 2010
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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.
Photo © Ubiquitense
16 Feb 2010
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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 [...]
29 Jan 2010
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What’s the name of this flower?
It might be a weed too, not sure though. Along the trekking path towards Soochipara falls, this combination of reddish pink, and lush green invites shutter bugs!
25 Jan 2010
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After all the blah on blogs, news portals and news papers, I watched Aayirathil Oruvan (AO). I wish I were a director in the Tamizh movie industry. Why? Well, it’s so easy to spin a story out of 10 other Hollywood movies and present it in a third-rate platter, for an equally third-rate audience that [...]
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