This post is part of the blog tag titled, The CBC Tablog where CBC stands for Chennai Bloggers Club. About 35 bloggers from Chennai are participating in this blog tag; everyone will write about their favourite city Chennai and what it means to them. So here’s my post for the CBC tablog titled, What Chennai Means To Me.
Who said you have to like something only if it is perfect? In fact it is the imperfections that makes something all the more lovable. Chennai might not be the best city for others, but for me it will always remain special and close to my heart.
Chennai. My home. My heart.My world. Chennai has given me a life, a wonderful family, a job , a passion, memories and tonnes of happiness. What more could I ask for?
Here is Chennai from my perspective.
Anna Centenary Library
Beach (Marina/Bessy)
Chennai Super Kings
Dhabba Express (best buffet!)
Egg Sandwich (Outside Alsa Mall)
Filter Coffee
Greams Road Fruit Shop
Home :-), Higginbothams
Idly with 3 chutneys
Jilabis in Dhabbas
Kodambakkam , Kancheepuram Sarees
LandMark
Music Academy
Nungambakkam
Ootta Vadai 🙂
Parthasarathy Temple
Queues outside anywhere, specially Long ones. (ATM, Stores offering Sale and Discount, Billing Counters, temples, Cafeteria, Boarding a Flight)
Rosary Matric, Rajinikanth
Satyam Cinemas, Santhome Church
Taj Coromandel (Golden Dragon and Match Point)
Upma
Vanakkam with Both hands folded
Whistle (oh yes I can ;-))
Xerox Shop (I spent half my engineering waiting there 🙂 )
Yoga
Zardozi silk sarees
I haven’t been to Heaven but I know how it would be, because I live in Chennai 🙂
December 20, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Awesome Ashwini! I think no one can do better! Hats off
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December 20, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Wohoo, what a way to describe Chennai and that too so creatively. I was just about to wind up and sleep that I saw this and couldn't resist commenting. Three cheers.
I think you posted this just about when it turned 00: 00, in case the world ends. See you on the other side 😉
Joy always,
Susan
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December 20, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Hi Ashwini,
Good job done. You've done the A-Z of Chennai from your eyes. Keep it up. 🙂
Regards
Jay
My Blog | My FB Page
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December 20, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Ashwini, it's gonna be difficult for the rest of us to write a better post… this is brilliant, succinct and enjoyable.
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December 20, 2012 at 7:55 pm
P for Parthasarathy… kalakitta po. Super ba.
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December 20, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Looks like all of us are awake 🙂 Mayans or Ashwini's post?
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December 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Thank you So much Jothi 🙂 Really happy to hear that you liked the post! 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Ha ha. I clicked the button at the stroke of 12 I guess 🙂
Thank you so much Susan, so many words coming from you, makes my day even more special 🙂 Thanks a lot 🙂
And see you 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 8:02 pm
I wanted to do something different. Glad it clicked. Thanks a lot Jay 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Oh come on, you are talking about the Chennai Bloggers. Each one is definitely going to be at their best. Anyway thanks a lot for your compliment 🙂 Glad you liked it 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Thanks ba! 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Yeah Susan I was just thinking of the same. I would like to believe that my post is keeping everyone awake 🙂
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December 20, 2012 at 9:59 pm
superbly written…and my favourite part of the post…”your description of xerox shop”… 😉
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December 21, 2012 at 2:36 am
Woho !! The first survivor of the Mayan misprediction. Loved the A-Z idea !! And seriously, the xerox shop? Which college did you engineer out of?
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December 21, 2012 at 2:38 am
Susan, only tomorrow we will know. Depends on whether Prasanna rambles 🙂
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December 21, 2012 at 3:04 am
superb 😀 Xerox shop and queues.. ootta vada made me laugh… A-Z idea rocked 😀
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December 21, 2012 at 3:17 am
it was nice post..i could well understand the xerox shop thing:)Sathyam cinemas,anna centenary library , land mark ,EA are spots which have made my time pass for long hours in the past and present and the otta vadai and the filter coffee are one of my favourites…awesome post!!
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December 21, 2012 at 3:31 am
This seems fun.. a good initiative to look at the city from different eyes…
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December 21, 2012 at 3:58 am
Oh yeah! Pocket moneylaam photocopies edutha azhinjipochu! So did u study in Rosary Matric?
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December 21, 2012 at 4:02 am
A-Z is a good idea. It requires a lot of thinking too. Publishing it at 12:00 AM is another creative idea. I would have liked to see Puliyodharai along with Parthasarathy Temple. They make awesome Puliyodharai over there and combined with the Otta Medhu Vadai, it's just a treat!!
Destination Infinity
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December 21, 2012 at 4:39 am
So heavenly:)
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December 21, 2012 at 7:16 am
Fantastic way to portray Chennai Ashwini. Nice to know how much people love their city (like me and Mumbai).. On a side note, I now know why IPL started and became a huge success in the initial seasons! 🙂
PS: Nice initiative guys!
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December 21, 2012 at 7:35 am
Such a sweet presentation. Your heart, your home.. and you gave us a quick and refreshing glance into it!. loved it. 🙂
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December 21, 2012 at 8:22 am
Fantastic stuff! Specially like the xerox center and long queues anywhere 🙂
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December 21, 2012 at 10:18 am
Loved the ABC for chennai.. Have a few blogger friends in chennai now , including you.. So you guys got your work cut out .. when I land I want to see all of them 🙂 he he he and NOW I have a list too.
Bikram's
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December 21, 2012 at 1:47 pm
This is the sweetest thing you can say about your city, 'I haven't been to Heaven but I know how it would be, because I live in Chennai.'
It was such a sweet post.
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December 22, 2012 at 10:54 am
Well I rambled and you are alive to read the post :P.
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December 22, 2012 at 11:56 am
How lucky we all are 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 11:59 am
He he 🙂 Thanks a lot for the compliment 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Oh yeah, the first survivor 🙂 and you haven't been to the xerox shop to take copies of notes? Seriously? Which college did you graduate from? 😉
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December 22, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Hey thanks a lot 🙂 oota vadai is our speciality no? 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Thank you 🙂 Yea those are things which most chennaities would relate to 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Oh yes 🙂 its fun to read so many posts and so ,any people writing on a common topic. All thanks to our Susan, the mastermind behind this 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Yea, I spent so much on those. And yes, I studied in Rosary Matric 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Thank you so much :-). Somehow I am not that much in favour of the Puliyodharai there, coz my mom makes it even more spicy 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Thank you Sir 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Thank you Binu :-), And yes with people like us, anything that carries the name of our city will find supporters 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Thank you so much 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Thank you Deepa :-). Look around and we are bound to see queues just about anywhere. And xerox, what could I have done without that for 4 years?
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December 22, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Thank you Bikram ;-), Oh Yes please let me know who your other friends our, We'll put forward a wonderful itenary for you 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Thank you Saru ;-), Our city is indeed an abode of Heaven 🙂
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December 22, 2012 at 6:01 pm
that was wonderful….i had been there many times and love to go there every time…:)
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December 23, 2012 at 4:44 am
Thank you Irfan ji 🙂 Glad to know you like this place too 🙂
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December 23, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Never been to Chennai but have lots of frnds over there. Love the A to Z of Chennai specially C- Chennai Super Kings! My fav. IPL team after Mumbai Indians ( Sachin Tendulkar being the sole reason for liking it ) .. 🙂
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December 24, 2012 at 4:41 am
U know what, I almost studied there! My bro studied in St.Bede's and we were living in Santhome – so my parents thought it would be great if I studied in Rosary. I still remember the LKG school admission interview I attended – there was a Christmas tree and little trinkets hanging from it. The sisters pointed them out one by one and asked me what they were. I knew what they were but deliberately did not answer. Obviously I didn't get a seat 😉
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December 24, 2012 at 6:58 am
A very sweet post about your beloved city. Absolutely loved it, Ash. And being a fellow Engineering student I can completely understand your xerox shop reference. 😀
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December 30, 2012 at 9:04 am
Thank you Prasoon 🙂 and It's because of people like us who love our city more than anything that the IPL is a huge success 🙂
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December 30, 2012 at 9:04 am
Thank you so much Akshay 🙂 and yea,any engineering student would relate to that 🙂
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December 30, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Awesome write-up. Loved the A-Z idea, very innovative indeed 🙂 Anna Library, Filter Coffee, Parthasarathy temple, Marina, Whistle, Xerox shop etc are my favorites!
Chennai is our beautiful home and the BEST!
Keep blogging, cheers! 🙂
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December 30, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Thanks a lot Sowmya 🙂
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