Cooum (or Koovum), the stinking hole of Chennai. The butt of many a joke about Chennai, this most reviled river bisects the city, flowing through its heart before draining at the sea near Anna Square. Mostly a dry river, it gets filled with water after it enters the city, pretending to be a perennial river, but it is [...]

A 2 minute video of a night drive in GST Road from Guindy to Airport

Following the (violent) actions scenes in the local body elections comes this comedy. Some expelled people from ADMK have started ‘Amma Anadhaigal Peravai’, reports Indian Express. Tamilnadu politics seems to be following the path of formula masala movies.

Kumbakonam is the temple town of Tamilnadu bar none (barring perhaps Kanchi, but it will be a close fight).  I fondly remember one rushed trip visiting 7-8 temples in a day last November. Forget weekend, even a week is not enough to do justice to this place. These huge temples, some famous, many less so, stand silently as finest monuments of Chola [...]

Celebrating this ‘Festival of Lights’ with a few photographic experiments with light. Happy Deepavali everyone. Let there be light (and a lot less noise please).

Thanjavur in Tamilnadu Cities Series  

Thanjavur, anglicized to Tanjore and thankfully reverted to its original glorious name, is the capital of Thanjavur district, considered the granary of Tamilnadu. It is located about 55 KMs east of Trichy and 350 south of Chennai, on the banks of Vennar in the central part of Tamilnadu.  With a population of 220,000 it is the 11th largest [...]