Anna and MGR Memorial
A good part of post-independence, Tamil Nadu state politics and public discussion has been shaped by three people – Arignar Anna (1909-1969), M.G.Ramachandran (1917-1987) and Kalaingar Karunanidhi (1924-). Even, leaving aside…
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Guindy Children’s Park 2014
It has been over five years since I last took my son to Guindy Children’s Park, a part of the vast protected “forest” area right in the centre of Chennai….
Taking my son to Government Museum Chennai
After our yesterday’s trip to Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Railway Museum, today myself and my son went to see Government Museum, Egmore (Chennai). It is housed in historic buildings from…
Visit to Railway Museum Chennai
For many years now I have been wanting to visit this Railway Museum inside the ICF (Integral Coach Factory) Perambur in Chennai. This small museum recently celebrated its 12th anniversary…
Places in Singapore I visited in 2013
For last three days, I am in Singapore exactly after a year. The first thing that impresses you when you land in Singapore is Changi Airport, the Airport keeps continuously…
Vivekanandar Illam
Any one visiting Chennai’s famous Marina beach can’t miss seeing this beautiful circular building in bright pink colour on the opposite side of the road facing the sea. The building…
Computer History Gallery
After nearly 8 years of being at one location, we moved our office (Vishwak Solutions) from T.Nagar to Guindy recently. It turned out we had accumulated a lot of Computer…
Philosophy at an unexpected place
This follows my post on visiting the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. After a few minutes into the museum, I was taking photos with my iPhone (seen below), an elderly Caucasian gentleman…