Three Diwali Mornings
I took pictures of the Sunrise on the 13th, 14th and 18th, three Diwali Mornings, to see if the cracker ban works or not. It doesn’t 🙁
TamilNadu
Plastic Use Reducing across India
When I heard the news that plastic bags and one-time use plastic is being banned in TamilNadu, I didn’t believe it at all. I have been in Chennai frequently since 2015 and have seen the rampant use of plastic bags – every store I went to would first reach for a plastic bag and then … Read more
NEETi or kuNEETi or avaNEETi ?
Anitha committed suicide on September 1 and all hell broke loose in TamilNadu…. its extremely sad to see a young girl committing suicide because she did not get admission into a medical college. Its sad for several reasons – why was she under so much pressure to join a medical degree program? Why could she … Read more
நான் இலவசங்கள் கொடுப்பேன். நீ கடன்களை தள்ளுபடி செய்!
Today there was a “bandh” in TamilNadu to show solidarity with the farmers who were protesting at Jantar Mantar. DMK obviously led the protest as they are desperate to score brownie points with the electorate with Jayalalitha gone. The farmers primary demand is that they need a relief package of Rs. 40,000 crores which includes … Read more
Postcards enroute to Madurai, TamilNadu
We started from Chennai only at 7.20 am and stopped for nearly 20 minutes to update a bank password. Our original plan was to leave by 6 am because the distance is nearly 460 kms from Chennai to Madurai. While we had been told and we read on online forums, that the roads are fantastic, … Read more