Chennai Day (22-Aug-2008)

It is 369 years since Chennai was formed as 'Madraspatnam'. It suddenly struck in the afternoon and thought why not check with my project teams on what they like and dislike in Chennai. I sent a mailer to 80+ people. 50% of the people responded enthusiastically. Some samples below...
Raviram writes:
What I like in Chennai:
1. The Music – Chennai is Music and Music is chennai
2. The language – it is a fun to pronounce tongue twisting tamil words
3. The local train facility to almost all the parts of the city with high frequency
4. Job opportunities in IT
5. Giving work opportunity for women with minimal educational qualification
6. Traditional look of people, especially mamees in their pattu sarees
7. Being a better and the best place for shopping and especially window shopping
8. People adjusting just with Sambar as part of their meals in their entire life span.

What I don’t like in Chennai:
1. Narrow Mindedness
2. Dominating mentality of people
3. Doesn’t accept any other language than Tamil
4. Finding faults in other cultures
5. Changing the pronunciation and spelling of many words which are mostly common and same in the other parts of the country

Arul Jegan writes:
What I like in Chennai:

I like Temples. Particularly Maylai Kapaleeswarar & Parthasarathy Temple.
About cinema theatre I like Prarthana theatre. Good employment opportunity. Finally city bus service for fewer amounts we can trip to all places in Chennai.

What I don’t like in Chennai:
Poor city infrastructure. Mosquitoes are increasing day by day which is dangerous to our health. House Land rates and house rents reached sky high. No plan and Vision for Chennai for next 5 years from Government. City population is increasing day by day. So, spending time with family only should go to beach. But there also I could feel so much of crowd. So, I am hopeless about Chennai to live longer here.

Manikandan K (Cricketer of Calsoft) writes:
What I like in Chennai:

Mount Road, Spencer Plaza,Central Station ,Satyam Theatre, Thayir Sadham,Anna Flyover, PTC, Kamal's Acting, Ajith Style, Ranganathan Street, Vandalur Zoo, EgmoreMuseum, MGM, Illayaraja, ManiRathnam Movies,Chepauk Stadium, Kapaleeshwar Temple, Santhome Church, Mount Road Darga, ECR, Saravana Bhavan Sambar Vadai, EGA Theatre, Hot Hotter Hottest May Masam, Pani Puri @ Gangotri, Landmark @ Nungambakkam, Movie Posters, Burma Bazzar, Ritchie Street, Pondy Bazzar, Koyambedu Bus Stand, Adyar Bridge, RoadSide Book Shops, Gandhi Statue And of course Marina Beach, Elliots Beach

What I don’t like in Chennai:
Beggars all over the places mentioned above.