Coimbatore (Kovai for short) is the second largest city / Metro in Tamil Nadu. A city with 1.5 million population, it is also one of the faster growing cities in TN. The name Coimbatore always conjures up images of textile mills and industries in my mind. It is also one city that looks urban/cityish after [...]

August 22nd is celebrated as Chennai day (since last year) and the week as Chennai Week. It is a recognition of the act that laid the foundation of city of Chennai as we know today. Many more happy returns of the day Chennai.
Link to S.Muthiah’s article in Hindu on this occassion.

As I was doing some research on the TN cities economic activities, I went through RBI website for some statistical information on banking activities. While I got the information I was looking for, I also came across this mildly saddening statistic. Chennai had dropped down a place from the 4th place in aggregate bank deposits.Â
Guess [...]

TN Top 10 Cities as per population in the 2001 censusÂ
Update - 17 April 2008: Updated figures with final Census tables. The original listing was based on provisional results. While the numbers have changed a little, the ranking of cities within TN hasn’t changed.

Rank
City
Population – City
Population - Metro

1
Chennai
43,43,645
65,60,242

2
Coimbatore
9,30,882
14,61,139

3
Madurai
9,28,869
12,03,095

4
Trichy
7,52,066
8,66,354

5
Salem
6,96,760
7,51,438

6
Tiruppur
3,44,543
5,50,826

7
Tirunelveli
4,11,831
4,33,352

8
Erode
1,50,541
3,89,906

9
Vellore
1,77,230
3,86,746

10
Thoothukudi
2,16,054
2,43,415

The next 5 are (11) Thanjavur - 2,15,525 [...]

IntroductionÂ
As someone born in a major Metro Chennai and who has lived all his life in one or other big city, I am a true Indian City-zen. Although, the saying is India lives in its villages, I seriously believe that cities are the way to go for economic growth in India. Villages are good for [...]

India lost one more match and the finals to Srilanka. Nothing new in that, but it still rankles to see that while Lanka recovered after being 6 down in two previous matches to post wins, India, which required less than 100 runs at 6 an over with 8 wickets, still falls short. Totally useless guys.
Fortunately, [...]