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The land of the
Dosas, Murugan, Pongal and very recently the Superkings Chennai covers the
diversity between modern and traditional seamlessly. The modern looking city is
one of the fastest developing cities in the world, yet it holds on to its past
very strongly. The past traditions is ingrained in the very essence of Chennai.
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| Dosa |
There are a lot
of preconceived notions about the city and they are not very youth friendly I
must say. Yet Chennai today hosts one the most intelligent educated bunch of
people. They have the right opinions about the right amount of things. And they
have insights. As people are the personality of any city we could safely call
Chennai insightful.
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| Marina Beach |
I am not going
to list the to dos here. You can get it anywhere on the net. I just want you to
know what I felt in Chennai. I did not have a lot of expectations and was glad
I was surprised. We have become such creatures of the night that we forget to
explore and imbibe a city in the daytime. Well Chennai is a daytime city. From
a healthy fight with the auto drivers to the sweltering heat to the bumping
into people, all of it is a part of the city. But so is sitting on the beach
looking at the sunset and a long drive on
ECR buying as many tender coconuts as possible.
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| A Collage of the city |
What struck me
the most is its quiet pride. It is a city which does not boast, not will it
tolerate any wrong. Chennai is proud of its culture, tradition heritage, faith
and modernization. The twenty first century has not intruded upon it. In fact
it has emerged into the millennium rejoicing.
Go to the
Crocodile bank and Dakshin Chitra. Eat some dosas in Saravana Bhavan. Listen to
a concert in the Madras Music Academy, be as young as you want to in Zara and
eat a fancy meal in Fusion 9. Bow your head in the Kapileshwar temple. While you are at it, visit the Chepauk
Stadium and be dazzled in the yellow brighter than sunlight. On your visits you
will realize what I did. Chennai is proud of itself.
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