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  1. Mukesh Ambani is not Ratan Tata’s son

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    / January 27, 2012 / 3 Comments
    The terrible summer has clearly arrived early in Chennai. For what else can explain the sheer kolaveri taking place between the Mahavishnu of Mount Road and the Old Lady of Bori Bunder. The Hindu vs The Times of India sledging in Madras nalla Madras is more rivetting than the Agneepath Down Under. It...

  2. Hindu hits back at the TOI

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    / January 26, 2012 / 1 Comment
    It is a no-holds barred war out there between `The Times of India’ and `The Hindu’ in Chennai. TOI fired the first salvo, indirectly accusing the Hindu of producing news that puts everyone to sleep. The Mahavishnu of Mount Road has now hit back. And how ! Watch the two...

  4. 21 courts, 1 photocopier

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    / January 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    If litigation is tough, getting a copy of your judgement is even more tough as this story from Tamilnadu in `The Times of India’ will tell you. There is just one photocopier for 21 courts in Chennai and it takes atleast six months for a litigant to get a certified copy of the judgement....

  5. Cyclone Thane leaves Chennai wet

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    / December 30, 2011 / Leave a comment
    These are images from the Marina in Chennai, which was deserted, save these group of fishermen boys. When I clicked their photograph, the question they popped was : “Will you put this photograph on your Facebook?” In many areas of Chennai, power supply has been a casualty and the strong...

  6. Why is `Thane’ creating havoc in Puducherry?

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    / December 30, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan Today the cyclonic storm Thane hit the coastal towns in Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh. The most severe impact of the storm was felt in Puducherry and Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The `Thane’ I know, is a suburb of Mumbai. A city on the western...

  7. Kolaveri in Poes Garden

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    / December 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   It was bound to happen. Days after Rajinikanth’s son-in-law Dhanush’s Kolaveri went viral, the Superstar’s neighbour in Chennai’s Poes Garden, Jayalalithaa has experienced the Kolaveri. Leaving Sasikala, her friend of 30 years to ask, “Why this Kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di?”   But then you do...

  8. The lighter side of Carnatic music

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    / November 25, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Parthasarathy I am listening to a composition in Nadanamakriya ragam by Ranjani and Gayatri. I’d just completed `The Economic Times’ crossword and the five-star Sudoku in `The Hindu’. I am in front of my netbook compiling a cryptic crossword in Tamil. Just then Yamadoot comes calling. I signal him...

  9. CITizens love to argue

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    / November 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By V Desikan “Argument is the spice of life”.  It is a healthy exercise to a dull mind. When it comes to arguing, some people simply love it, some totally shy away from it. There is another set of people who specifically start an argument and convert it into a...

  10. Ganga snanam aacchha?

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    / October 25, 2011 / 3 Comments
     By Uma Sudhir   Some things don’t change. At least as long as your parents are around. Diwali eve, I called my mother in Chennai and she was busy making `thattai’. She was already done with the thengoyal, ompudi, mixture and some `nada’. On the sweet side, boondi-laadu, okkarai, mysore pak,...

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