Bhubaneswar and Konark Sun Temple
Last weekend, I had travelled with extended family to Bhubaneswar for a 4-day vacation – my first time to the state of Odisha (Orissa). Unlike, other state capitals in India,…
Architecture
Beauty of Libraries
In my view, libraries are sacred places of the human civilization worthy of spending most of our waking hours. Prior to digital revolution library buildings have got lot of bulk…
Old Madras still in pockets
Today after a scrumptious lunch at Woodlands Dosa restaurant at EA Mall, I glanced out of their large glass windows overlooking the road below. I noticed something that took me…
Royapuram–Chennai Heritage Walk
Following last year’s Chennai Heritage Walk on the Old Madras Fort Wall by Mr Sriram V, I registered this year too. Today, the walk was in the Royapuram area. I…
Beautiful floor tiles in Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
I have noticed that countries with Islamic cultural influences tend to have beautiful patterns on their floor tiles. You can see these tiles not only in palaces or star hotels…
My House renovation
The independent house I live in the west mambalam area of Chennai is over 28 years old. The last time we did painting & repair was before my marriage and…
Trip to Pondicherry
Last week my son had the whole week off from Tuesday through Friday for his school annual day. My work in the office was relatively light, so I decided to…
Mysore Palace and its splendour
Finally, I found some time to start writing and posting the photos of my recent Mysore and Coorg trip. On our way back from Coorg, we made a stop-over in…