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45th Chennai Book Fair 2022
Every year for the last 45 years, Chennai city has hosted a mega book fair with nearly a thousand bookstalls selling all kind of books in Tamil and English. My coverage of previous year’s visits is here: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010. Check them, I have given extensive coverage with photographs of many of the books and the stalls exhibited each year. Last year 2021, I missed due to the pandemic. To compensate the loss, this year (2022) I visited three times on the same number of days, all the visits were during working days after lunch (1 PM to 5 PM) when there were less crowd. In this post, I will write…
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Greenery in Guindy Estate
Today I was visiting an office building for a meeting in the Guindy Thiru.Vi.Ka industrial estate. I never imagined a location in the heart of Chennai, has so much greenery and looks unhurried. Thanks to the government owned lands and campuses like #kingsinstitute Chennai in the area.
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பொருநை ஆற்றங்கரை நாகரீகம் தொல்பொருட்கள் கண்காட்சி
சென்னை புத்தகக் காட்சி 2022யில் தமிழக அரசின் தொல்லியல் துறை சார்பாக “பொருநை” ஆற்றங்கரை நாகரீகம் என்கிற பெயரில் தொல்பொருட்கள் கண்காட்சி நடைபெற்று வருகிறது. எல்லோரும் தவறாமல் பார்க்க வேண்டும்.
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நானும் பாரதியும் – கவிதை
பாரதிக்குத் தலையில் வெள்ளை மூடி, எனக்கு வாயில் வெள்ளை மூடி! (இதெல்லாம் கவிதையா? என்கிற உங்கள் மைண்டு வாயிஸ் கேட்குது) #பாரதி #சென்னைபுத்தகக்காட்சி #முகக்கவசம் #தலைப்பாகை #chennaibookfair2022 #subramaniabharathi #poem
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Ranganathan Street on an early morning
In Chennai aka Madras, T.Nagar’s Ranganathan Street is one of the most popular destinations for shopping. You can buy everything you would need for a small army here, right from textiles, footwear, kitchen utensils, grocery, electronics, jewellery, and everything in between. The area is known to be packed with a bustling crowd on any given day, especially before festival days when you will be squeezed from all sides even when you are just passing through the place. With basic caution from the shopper’s side, the place is safe to visit – while physical harassment of ladies and pickpocket thefts are non-zero occurrences, they are not common as well – the…
