On the week of its ‘birthday’, it is tempting to wonder how Chennai would have looked like 376 years ago. Well, obviously, it must have been rough, dusty and unpaved. Now, thanks to centuries of concerted development, the picture is totally other way round: It is unpaved, dusty and rough. As they say, the more things change, the more they… Read more →
Psrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sorry. But that was the sustained sound of those of us in the Chennai media uncontrollably wetting our collective pants in the immediate aftermath of the news of Sundar Pichai being elevated as the CEO of Google this week. And if and when he actually visits the city in the future, you can fairly be certain that we in… Read more →
What makes a marriage work? This is a question that has kept humans busy, especially those humans employed at Cosmopolitan- type magazine, because almost every third week you have articles of the kind: ‘30 secrets for a successful marriage’ ’72 ways to keep your spouse happy without using the credit card’ ‘108 ideas to kill your in-laws and keep your… Read more →
There are rumours floating around the State Chief Minister’s health. A huge water crisis is staring Chennai in its face. The Metro construction seems to have run into some major problems and the city’s traffic issues are getting from bad to worse. Garbage is piling up on every street and the crime rate is zipping up. On a week like… Read more →
While the world is pretty kicked up about Google’s driverless car project, we in Chennai can’t be too impressed by it, as we already have the share-autos, which frankly qualify to be the first self-driving vehicle ever because it is not uncommon to find the nominated driver of the vehicle actually travelling footboard on it. I don’t know what precise… Read more →
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