Can someone create art with wires? Well, today I visited Apparao Galleries in Chennai where the art-work models created by an artist called James Chedburn were displayed. They are calling...
Image: Destination8Infinity. This image is published under this creative commons license Shakuntala Jagannathan Museum of Folk Art is located in a 400 year old heritage house called ‘Brahma Mandiram’ in...
Image by: Stanislas PERRIN (Own work) [Public domain, GFDL] There were two games which I was (supposedly) good at. One was cricket (living in India, this had to be) and...
I have crossed the C P Ramaswami Aiyar road in Chennai many times before, but did not know that the person after whom the road is named had such an...
Before I get into my cooking disaster (that happened today), let me show you what went right. Potato curry: (more…)
As a part of the Madras Day celebrations, a nature walk was held at the Pallikaranai marsh by Madras Naturalists’ Society. We were asked to assemble at the Pallikaranai Forest...
The Indo-German Urban Fair (Mela) is currently on in Chennai. The theme seems to be about sustainable living in cities. Frankly, it’s an advertisement for the products and services of...
The first time the name ‘Micromax’ had any impact on me was 2.5 years ago when my friend told me that he was going to buy a mobile and it...
A Tree Walk was organized by an organization called Nizhal, at Kalakshetra (Tiruvanmayur, Chennai) as a part of the Madras day celebrations. While we might know that Kalakshetra is a...
Most of the students choose their careers by chance. Not choice. Do you agree? (more…)