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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Singara Chennai-the place to be.....

Chennai-The place reminds one of life filled with fun,peace and happiness,am sure every chennaiite will agree with that and so will the non-chennaiites, especially the northies who may curse the conservatism or the south-indian food or the autowallahs initially,cannot help but start liking this place.
Despite the tsunami,the sea has not failed to attract crowd,moreover no juhu beach can match the marina or our own bezzie.The city has seen only three types of climates,warm..warmer... warmest.It hardly rains here,yet when it does rain, man doesn't it rain heavily flooding the whole city,postponing exams(take it from me, students love the rains here!).
The autowallahs charging at alarming rates always using the fuel hikes as an excuse.One would always wonder why do they have a meter at all that jus never seems to work.
A bangalorean or a mumbaiite may criticise the conservatism in the city,cos late night parties or dating are a rare sight and are usually frowned upon,atleast parents no longer worry about kids getting spoiled,and what the heck there's more to life than some stupid parties.
The chennai roads are famous for their bumps and even more famous are the road users,especially the cyclists and the autowallahs who always find the roads to be the perfect platform to showcase their gymnastic talents and the way they yell at each other in the rush hour traffic is really amusing if one has the mood to watch.Being a two-wheeler rider can either increase your capacity to be patient or shoot up your BP levels.
All said and done this is such a peaceful place,atleast we don have to worry about any religiuos riots breaking out or sudden bombings killing innocent lives.
Where else in India can you witness the pakistan cricket team receiving a standing ovation from the crowd,for beating India,in a close test match.That's the spirit of the cricket supporters in this city, the only interruption for a cricket match can be caused is through RAIN,everyone knows the affair between cricket and rains in this city.Kris Srikanth once joked that one way to bring rains to chennai is to schedule a cricket match here,rain will follow soon;-)
How can i not mention the famous Metro water,there's this tamil movie song in the film May Madham where a line goes "Madrasin Hero athu Metro water...".It's amazing to see how ppl swarm up the metro water lorry with their plastic containers fighting for the water.
On the whole,chennai will always remain as the place to live life peacefully and have fun!
Apart from commenting on the post do answer the question:-
What's the one thing you love about the city and what's the one thing you hate about the it???
This is Reva signing off!

11 Comments:

  • At 7:32 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    Reva i think u r absolutely rite!! Chennai really rulezz!! A place for fun-loving ppl.. One thing i like the most abt chennai is the Marina Beach !! Marina can never be compared to Juhu... U hardly find a wave in Juhu... But the thing i hate abt Chennai s the traffic.. God!! Tat's really horrible...

     
  • At 8:11 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    yo revs.. As u said Chennai rocx al tim.. n u cvrd on the possibl things whic i wud hav done if i wer 2writ bout Singara chennai..
    i cant jus specify jus oly 1 thing tat i lik bout chennai... i lik a lot of things in chennai cos tis s the place wher i hav born n brot up.. i jus luv evrythin frm the malls.. temples... roads(evn thou its bumpy.. cos u cant c one lik tis in sumothr city..;))to the rstaurn n beach in here.. u cn gt nythin n evrythin in chennai..! i hav gne 2 soo mny plces but stil i ll alwys badly mis ma chennai weneva am outta station! its lik CITY sweet CITY...
    the things whic i hate bout chennai s obviously the traffic.. kachda crowded roads.. rash driving of auto driv.. n so on.. Cmprd 2 mumbai.. calcut.. n wateva the plce mebbe chnnai s 1 of the cities i prefr 2 spend ma tim n i neva mind bout the weathr coz ppl lik rev n me alwys prefr "HOT" climte.. lol.. overal CHENNAI... i mean SINGARA Chennai RocXX!!!!!!

    AiShhh...

     
  • At 8:28 AM , Blogger shiv said...

    hey ya revathy.. perfect .. this is the place to be.. who cares about being cinservative.. we atleast make a good good test bed for companies wanting to market their products.. if its a hit here .. its a hit in the entire Country..
    btw who cares about these northies.. all they can do is eat aloo paratha and fart...

    and ya the best thing i like abt this country is the peoples attitude towards a game like cricket.. guess the best place to have a cric match.. they have the same passion for the game like calcutta and they take defeat in the right spirit unlike calcutta
    :-)

    and the thing i hate abt the place are these stand on reservation and the forward community.. atleast by the people in the govt.. well its like ths in the whole country but i din have any negative comments like tht..

    well ppl have commented on the traffic all i can say is its atleast better than places like Delhi :-)

     
  • At 8:00 PM , Blogger Sriram said...

    there are more things tat spoil a kid than parties or dating...infact making this a tabooed issue makes it worse if u ask me...
    each city has its own identity and its culture...and i guess chennai prefers to think of itself as this conservativ disciplined city....though i really dunno how long this ll happen..givn the IT boom...
    water lorries...wat can i say...i used to hav a good physique depite watever i used to it...all cos of the bucketloads i used to lift...all a thing of the past...i really miss the horn of the lorry tat used to make everyone drop anything they were doing and run to greet the savior of the day...
    @ shiv...come to delhi b4 u decide to comment on the traffic and the roads there...our nukkad ki gali will be bigger than ur densest roads...and the discipline in the traffic is somethin u can never imagine in this city...why do we still hav traffic jams ther...cos ppl ther can afford more and hence more cars...i dread to imagine wat would happen to chennai if ther were so many cars here...city would hav come to a complete standstill...and northies can do more than eat allo paranthas...come to think of it...dont u also eat allo paranthas and fart...;-)
    the best thing i like about the city...the people...and the thing i also hate about the city...the people...its strange i know...but tats how it is...

     
  • At 11:16 PM , Blogger Sia said...

    Hey Revs
    Tas was a good one...Well every city has got its own charm..N Chennai has rocked coz of the people here..It indeed is a place to be..
    The one thing tat i like @bt the city is the people here( i had mentioned it lon back in my earlier post), very level- headed n sensible...N ofcourse "Bakya"...
    Ofcourse the food..(u cant get a better onion dosa anywhr)
    Something tat i don like is people s attitude ..I knw Chennai is a very good place but tat does not make other places bad..Nw i ve got a strong point..Jus ve a look at all the othher comments..I dont meanto offend my frens..Ofcourse Chennai is a wonderful city but pls do visit other places in India n try to appreciate their beuty too.
    @ Thenu - Jus go to Marine Drive or someother places in Mumbai.In mumbai u can travel at 12 o clock in the trains..
    @ Shiv - See farting is a biological activity..Something tat every person shud do..Otherwise, i hope u knw ;)..The only difference people in North eat Aloo partha n fart whereas here they eat Masala dosa n Fart..N don forget u fav Sachin Tendulkar is also a northie ;)..Not all North Indians r bad n so r nt all South Indians..Its all ur perception..
    Well wt all these things i wud still conclude tat Singara Chennai Rox for te people here n for the places here..
    Vids

     
  • At 10:28 AM , Blogger manjugemini said...

    Hmmm for someone who hated the city when i first arrived here i've come a long way. I love the city so much today that i can't think of any other place to live in. Wat i love most about Chennai is its perfect balance between old and new, tradition and trend etc etc. It still holds on to its values but is a modern city. I don't hate anything about the city but i would like to see the social circles get stronger here. particularly in apartments. But one thing is sure Aayiran than sonnalum namma ooru mathiri varuma!!!

     
  • At 6:09 AM , Blogger Revathy said...

    hey ppl!thanks a ton 4 ur comments!
    thenu-u are rite Marina is the best in India.
    Aish-u are rite no matter wher we go we still miss chennai a lot!
    Shiv-tat was a good point abt companies marketing their products here,i missed tat out!
    sri-chennai doesn't it's conservative n disciplined but only outsiders have given tat name to the city:-)!
    vid-marine drive is a great hangout,still we love the marina;-)
    manju-u were actually in my mind when i posted this cos i knw how much u hated this city when u came here and now as u said u simply love it here!

     
  • At 8:05 PM , Blogger Sowmya said...

    ya reva..as u said Chennai simply rocks!!!!1The marina....our very own chepauk satdium, the tennis courts here...Guys v have a superb ATP tournament called the Chennai Open at the start of the year...and v have got those numerous top ranked players coming here to get the flavour of the city!!!

    AS pple say v r conservative here and thats one of the reasons v r proud of...V have managed to stick on to our roots for a longer period than any other indian city!!!!!!

     
  • At 5:48 AM , Blogger shiv said...

    well sriram and vidya it was an instinctive reaction tht i got and i wrote it here. jus like most of the northys do when they talk abt the south.. and i do have experience in this..every northy whome i have met make some instinctive comments tht are not very pleasing to here.. if i start losing my temper to everything i here, guess it wud start a nation wide riot.

     
  • At 7:25 AM , Blogger Revathy said...

    hi som yep u were absolutely spot on abt the tennis point!Nowhere else do we see such tournaments,plus the city has produced some of the greatest tennis players 4 r country!
    As u all said evry city will have its own positives n negatives and as i was brought up here i'm biased towards chennai!

     
  • At 12:50 AM , Blogger Vijayram said...

    Wowww...superb post, covered everything rite frm A-Z of Chennai... I jusss love Chennai esp. Marina, ther s no better place to enjoy with frnds..Then cums the heavy rains they need to b appreciated, coz they were the ones who came at the rite time helped me clear sem.examzz which got postponed, and nowhere in the world u get dosas,pooris better than Chennai, thers hotel in every nook and corner of the street..Ther r lotsa places to hang out,Sathyam,Inox theatres, lotsa temples,beach,clubs and its true heavenly atmosphere....!!!!! The only thing u ve to improve is cleanliness, ppl spitting,public toilets,..other than tat Chennai simply Rocksssssss.....!!!!

     

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