Trichy or Tiruchirapalli, is the the fourth largest city in TN with a population nudging 1 million. It is also the most centrally located large city of Tamilnadu. It has excellent road connections, with more than a couple of National Highways and good rail connections to Chennai and Madurai and after BG conversion, to places [...]

Just as I was lamenting the various incidences of moral policing in the country comes a few more in quick span.
The violent and vulgar protests against Khushboo for what seems to have been a sane advice.
The paparazzi type photos published by Dinamalar by gatecrashing a private party in a star hotel.
The police taking action against [...]

A quick search in Google blogsearch (http://blogsearch.google.com) yielded this statistics.

City

Number of hits

Delhi

77,617

Mumbai

59,425

Bangalore

48,046

Chennai

32,958

Hyderabad

16,081

Pune

13,841

Kolkata

9,634

Bombay had 34,294 results, Madras had 8,510 [...]

Really. The picture is of Shivalaya Apartments, situated on the banks of the holy river Cooum, in C-in-C (Now Ethiraj) Road in Egmore.

I am sure when the apartment complex was built in 80’s, Cooum river might have been in much better shape and, located in the heart of city, this apartment would have commanded a [...]

Time for some more photos. This is Mount Road, opposite Spencer plaza

I had first come to Bangalore in 1991 and shifted here semi-permanently in 1997. For a city with one-third population of Tamils, it was very difficult to find Tamil style eating places. While the Sagars and Darshinis offered the same Idly/Dosa, Rice, Sambar etc, it was not the same as we get in TN and [...]