Tata Chennai

Chennai- the land of the Marina;the land of the Coovam...
Chennai- Hot and sweet filter coffee;Hot and humid and sweaty days!
Chennai- The new IT hub spawning glass and stone mammoths everyday; The quaint land of the temples and kancheevarams steeped in culture...

I can go on and on about the great diversities of this city.

Chennai means so much to me... loved ones, friends, birthdays, sleepovers, happy times, pondy bazaar shopping, arguing with auto drivers, dance classes, being excited that inox finally has come to town, spending hours at spencers, bliss of getting last minute tickets at Satyam, driving down ecr, long beach walks, temple trips, strands of jasmine, tangy rasam n appalam, golden brown dosai n sambhar, cups of piping hot filter coffee, muruku, soaps on sun tv :) , bumpy college bus rides, cursing the mount road traffic,cursing the pot hole ridden roads, yet another jayalalitha vs karunanidhi election, thalaivar movies... Images just flit across my mind as I weave a tapestry of memories...

Despite her many quirks, Chennai is the only place that I will call home. I know for a fact that I'd rather be here than anywhere else in the world. Having lived here for all the 21 years of my life, I feel numbed to say goodbye...