For a long time i thought that the word cooum in tamil literally meant a stinky drainage. i realized that it is actually a proper water body that has been fully polluted that nobody can even stand near it. recently when i went to chennai, i heard that people there are planning to clean up the cooum for nostalgic reasons that once upon a time it was a nice place for people to go on boat rides. And more so after the movie "Madrasapattinam". i rather think the guys are doing it for amy jackson (obvious reasons associated with nostalgia that i neednt specify here :P ) [jeez, we need angrez now again for us to realize some tehzeeb or cleanliness,etc]
Well that was something important i wanted to mention here besides a few more things about my trip down south.
I was so bored on the very first day when i went. thankfully i was staying at my cousin's place as i landed there. although my cousin doesnt stay there now, paati, uncle and aunty make nice company. that was a perfect moment for me to declare to my mom that i am not attending the wedding reception. And i dint. i went out with all of them and had a good outing. i felt chennai was no worse than hyderabad. Well according to my own theory/ statement of chennai, i should be torturing myself for not disliking chennai now or should label myself as eccentric. i liked some parts of the city, sans the central station(or egmore for the matter of fact) which i eternally detest for its humidity and stink. Then about the transport facility there, one of the most amazing transport facilities i ve seen. in hyderabad, i d wait for a bus not less than half an hour unless i have a really lucky day.
I had one of the most hectic plans for my travel this time. and all over down south, i loved the travel be it in the auto, or taxi or in the bus.
then i returned back to chennai. attended the other wedding also. and before that i went for some shopping and i was overwhelmed. all those things gave me a really good zeal to work really hard to be able to afford all those things in life. well, not that i cannot afford them but want to have all that with my own money.
Then last but not the least- pirated cds. Well, i dont want to tell where exactly i found them. but bought 2 movies. i dont quite support piracy anymore after watching those movies. they were not worth my effort.
i know i m ending it quite blunt here. but thats a brief description about my vacation.
2 comments:
Not that I cannot afford them, but want to have all that with my own money.
- That's the spirit, Amzu. :)
And hey, I know from where you would've got the Pirated cds. :D Sad that it wasn't worth the buy! What movies were they? Like you said, transport grid here is well structured. I don't think I need to elaborate on it. My Thrilling Thursday travel's a proof of how well the city remains connected. And cleaning up the Couum? Big sham! All these Amy Jackson crazy fellows vowed to do such a thing.. It never happened anyway! Hmph!
One was Madrasapattinam as you can guess, the other was naan mahaan alla. The second movie got over by just fast forwarding. Dirty action !
Regd cooum, Chennai urupdave urupdaadhu! Plus the statistics Govind was telling about pollution levels at T Nagar! I really wish some miracle happened to Chennai
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