Colorful Pongal kolams from the neighborhood As usual, I went for a walk in the neighborhood on the evening of Pongal to hunt for kolams an...

The Pongal festival weekend went well; however, we couldn't celebrate it in our traditional way of cooking Pongal on a firewood stove. T...

Colorful Kolams The above one is from the New Year, and what follows is our Pongal kolam. And both the simple kolams were drawn by my aunt. ...

It's good to hear The Chennai Sangamam, a street festival of Tamil Nadu's traditional folk arts held during Pongal, the harvest fest...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023  My colorful Christmas decorations from our previous home on the backstreet, where we resided betw...

Cyclone Mandous, which has been making headlines for nearly a week, made landfall very close to Chennai last night, with winds reaching up t...

Evening, I noticed a jet flight pass through the sky, leaving a contrail; it was passing at a high enough altitude to be easily missed unles...

It had been a long time since I visited Palavakkam Beach in ECR, which I frequented once. When we were staying in our apartment flat in Thir...

My nephew Kavin (brother's son) celebrated his 1st birthday on Oct 26th wonderfully in the Food Village (a beach restaurant come party s...

Metro Juice Park    A small juice and coffee and tea shop on the descent of Adyar bridge, opposite Sathya studio.  It's been some time s...

My sky I look into his eyes  The cloudy eyes say something  A query that emits fire in words Yet an intensity hides behind those eyes. It...

Kavin, my nephew, is having fun with his colorful toys! I purchased this beach toy set since he is fascinated by the winnow, mug, and other ...

Here are some sky-watching shots on September 5th and 7th from outside the balcony. The sky resembled children's artwork, with puffy clo...

Stormwater drain reconstruction was the worst project the Greater Chennai Corporation had ever carried on. The idiots who accepted contracts...

Ganesh Chaturthi, a renowned Indian festival, was celebrated yesterday by Hindus all around the world. The festival is celebrated based on L...

Krishna Jayanthi is a Hindu festival celebrated in India and wherever Indians live around the world to mark the anniversary of Lord Krishna&...

On Sunday, after a two-month hiatus, I emerged from the house or was hoisted down through the elevator for an evening stroll. As you may or ...

The 44th Chess Olympiad is taking place at Mamallapuram, near Chennai, on the ECR. The chess tournament will be officially inaugurated tomor...

The ECR is a scenic coastal road in Chennai that leads to Puducherry, and I generally traveled on it up to Mamallapuram, my ancestor's h...