FMCG giants like Hindustan Unilever, Proctor & Gamble and ITC better watch out!. Here comes the local competition ‘Shakthi Soaps’ – door delivered in a moped.
A scene in Nandmbakkam
Local competition
Month: September 2017
Single Window Clearance
Locks for houses, saris for marriage, mini cradles for progeny. All in one counter.
Navaratri
Navaratri is around the corner. This festival over 9 days celebrates and worships many forms of the Goddess.
A view a temple wall in Ekkattuthangal.
See also 10 Mahishasuramardinis in my other blog, Stone Stories
Homeless Jesus
Statue of Homeless Jesus at St.Thomas Mount, Chennai.
The original concept is attributed to a Canadian sculptor who put up the first such image of Jesus sleeping on a park bench in a church in Toronto. Since then, several facsimiles have been put up in several churches around the world.
Supermen
At the entrance to the Park Town MRTS station.
Aattu kallus on the Main Road
Grinding stone
People in Chennai do not think twice before throwing their discards on the streets – be it garbage, abandoned furniture , construction debris, packing materials and what-not.
Recently I saw three grinding stones (the pestle part of an Aaattu kallu, used for grinding idli -dosa batter) right on the busy Rama Krishna Mutt Road opposite to Mylapore tank.
What next?
Trendy Chennai
Chennai anointed as the trendiest city for shopping, dining and nightlife by SilverKris, the Singapore Airline Travel Guide.
Read the full article here.
golisodastore.com is also endorsed as the cool place for sustainable products.
Upcycled Lamps
In a narrow but crowded street in Villivakkam, I was amused to see these lamps being sold. I have seen these during my childhood in areas where electricity had not reached. We called them ‘Kozhi muttai villakku’ (egg shaped lamps) . These were used for light duty in small rooms and for carrying between rooms. I had not seen them for quite sometime.
What was more interesting was that the bodies were made out of upcycled (repurposed) tin sheets. I hope organisations like www.golisodastore.com which specialize in Upcycled products, stock such items.
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