Category Archives: Sights

In and about this planet.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix: A Visual Treat

“The mind’s eye.”
This mythical retina of our imagination is all you can employ when you are immersed in the world of books. You use this eye to create the setting, to imagine what the characters look like and to visualize the action in moving pictures even as the story unfolds as words on a page. [...]

How to cross Nageswaran Road in T Nagar, Chennai

I am just back from a 3-week whirlwind vacation to India and now I just need a couple of more weeks to get over it. Most of the time was spent in my native city of Chennai and I learnt quite a few useful things this time. However, it was the inevitable trip to Kumaran [...]

SPB Live - S P Balasubrahmanyam In Concert at Connecticut Tamil Sangam

“Athindhom!”
As the sonorous voice rang out inside the crowded auditorium, a collective cheer erupted from the eager throng. The king of playback had begun what would turn out to be a memorable evening for a packed audience at the Newington High School in Connecticut on Sunday, 8th October 2006. With wonderful accompaniment from his orchestra, [...]

you’re hired!

looks like double-o-7 is not the only brit who finishes the job, floors the car and gets the girl.

keep laughing, daddy!

when my dad first told me he had started a ritual of waking up early in the morning, jogging to a nearby park and laughing out loud for no apparent reason, i thought the time had come to call the people in the white coats. but when year after year his health started to improve, [...]