chennai then and now

Sights of chennai
whats in :
engineering college buses blocking roads in the morning
IT company buses in competition to pick up where those buses left off!
Clean streets
No footpath to walk even though every other footpath is being relaid
Two wheeler mafia of the zig zag variety
Ladies and young girls in two wheelers giving a complex to young men and boys in their attempt to dare other road users.
Everyone with a mobile phone wherever they are whatever else they are doing and talking endlessly
elderly ladies forming morning clubs and having their chat sessions on the beach
for all festivals roads become extension of shops
deccan chronicle screaming from bill boards
staggered timings for schools/colleges(but still traffic jams outside schools)
Everyone who has passed out of plus 2 wants to get into an engineeeeeering college.
Every six months a visit to TUCS for ration card mahotsavam
Silk sarees of 50,000 hues and 40,000 outlets
Aadi discount.
gyms and beauty parlours
bill boards of massive proportions/everywhere there is a skyline
What's out:
churidars among girls/ladies below age 50
school buses(replaced by the ubiquitous vans)
youngsters on the beach,during weekdays(have all them vanished inside bpo/call centre cubicles?)
Passport hassles for new,renewal anything
Airport delays for custom/immigration/baggage clearance
elegant and old worldly charm of bungalows
cycle rickshaws other than in bylanes of mylapore and abhiramapuram
power problems
Typical mylapore mami
eating at home all 24/7
waiting list for landline,gasline,two wheelerline