Curious Canine

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“Hope he got my picture right” the dog seems to think. The Chennai Photowalk, Besant Nagar. 4th Avenue

Acrobatics at Elliot’s Beach

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The ‘Car-Free Carefree Sundays’ scheme at Elliot’s’ Beach continues to be popular. While some popular activities are retained, there are new activities too. Some boys who are regulars at the beach, continue with their acrobatic training. A home- fabricated spring board seems to be a new addition. There was a lot of camaraderie among the boys […]

Is Aloe Vera really beneficial?

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Aloe Vera is often promoted as a wonder ingredient in cosmetics and medicine. It is supposed to have healing, soothing and rejuvenating properties. No wonder, you see a lot of new generation cosmetics and drugs claiming to contain aloe vera. A closer look at the various technical literature shows that there is no concluding scientific evidence to […]

Painted pottery for Pongal

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It is Pongal time. You can see some long and disorderly queues in front of some shops. These are people waiting to collect some freebies from the government, causing traffic dislocation and tension in the air. This time, the package consists of a kilo of rice, some sugar, Rs.100 and a stick of sugar cane. […]

Kolam – Men Do it Too

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While women were feverishly competing in a kolam contest one street away, this man goes bout his daily task of drawing a kolam in front of his shop near Kapaliswarar temple. Location: In front of Kapaleeswarar temple, Mylapore. (13.033476, 80.270694) Date: 10-01-2016 The Hindu supplement,Downtown also wrote about Govindarajan, a 61 year old man […]