Monday, June 06, 2005

You know you are in Chennai when…

  • You see Kollam drawn in front of all Brahmin households.

  • You see sad, tilting, green buses making way to their destinations.

  • You see more Enfield Bullets on the road.

  • You go to the only multiplex in town to watch a movie.

  • You feel hot and humid at the same time like never before.

  • You know that there is only a single arterial road in the entire city.

  • You see people worship moviestars.

  • You don’t have access to Star Movies and HBO.

  • You see more wine shops than you have ever seen before in life.

  • You see wine shops near temples and temples near wine shops.

  • You see wine shops, which have grills protecting the shopkeeper and the liquor from its customers.

4 comments:

Kavitha Kalyan said...

you know you are in chennai when:

- you see cleaner beaches compared to the west coast.
- you see the roads clear by 9.30 pm and bustling at 6 am.
- you see large and small temples EVERYWHERE.
- you see posters of amma, MGR and karu on every fence wall smiling at you promising a better life.
- you see hindi mercilessly rubbed off from signboards.

more later....

Rangakrishnan Srinivasan said...

interesting.. made me feel heavily nostalgic.. its always a thin divide between love and hate for this place.. :)

Anonymous said...

and these wine shops sell anything but wines!!!!

abhilash warrier said...

You see posters of Vasanth & Co. man smiling at you from behind buses.