So Slumdog Millionaire has conquered the BAFTAs too;  all we have to do now is wait for the Oscars and see what happens there. Above is the hoarding from the nearby Satyam cinemas.   Went with a few friends a couple of days ago to see Slumdog again, and, during the closing credits when A.R. […]

Second time back in this sweet city on the sea….teeming with more vellai than you pass on the streets of Chennai….had a wonderful coq au vin at lunch, browsed some  pirated Tamil DVDs on the beachfront,  and just as we were leaving, we stumbled across a temple, complete with an anklet-bedecked elephant named – what […]

…where Jyothika’s school takes the kids on  trip to Mahaballipuram, as we were walking among the Five Rathas, a group of hearing-impaired school children of varying ages overtook the entire area, and had great fun yukking it up in front of anyone with a camera:

What would the city be without Rajni’s image sprinkled liberally throughout?

Echoing his TV ads, the streets of Madras show a bearded (ergo, allegedly more mature) Irrfan selling insurance:    

Dear friends and visitors…..I’ve broken the cardinal rule of blogging and been away for way too long.   It’s been a rough last few months, sorting out my late Mom’s affairs and also being very tied up at work. After Christmas and in spite of the many snowy weekends,  I did manage to see Prakash […]