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May 22nd, 2005, 05:12
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A paradox called Chennai... er... India
A piece by me about Chennai/India in today's edition of the "New Sunday Express" in South India. A nice surprise for me to see they've published it.
http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/su...Travel&rLink=0 http://www.travelwriters.com/colintodhunter Last edited by ColinT : Jul 18th, 2005 at 02:24. |
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May 22nd, 2005, 05:19
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Great, Colin - Congrats!
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May 22nd, 2005, 05:27
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 That is terrific Colin! You've captured the very essence. |
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May 22nd, 2005, 10:21
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Wow! I turned straight to my copy of the paper to find and read the 'real thing', displayed with a colour picture and a blue background, one of only two articles on the page. Nice. Very nice. Congratulations
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May 22nd, 2005, 14:30
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excellent piece, I really enjoyed that
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May 23rd, 2005, 22:58
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fabulous story! 102 days from today I leave to attend a Chennai yoga school. I've emailed your story to all my friends who want to know what Chennai is like. As for me, your story makes me want to go to India even more....
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May 23rd, 2005, 23:45
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Glad you liked it. I also liked it, not least because they didn't butcher it in the editing process. I don't think they changed a word. After seeing it, I also want to go back! But I won't be going for a few months - just too hot there now.
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May 24th, 2005, 00:03
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May 24th, 2005, 20:04
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Thanks for sharing Colin. I thought the piece was very evocative ayee yoo lei whish I was back there. I too never really left.
Thanks for stealing me away back :thumbsUp |
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May 24th, 2005, 20:24
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"A couple of kilometers from Triplicane I entered Spencer Plaza on Anna Salai. Spencers is a cathedral to consumerism and is on par with the best that Singapore has to offer in sterile shopping malls. Inside, the place is a monument to cleanliness and order and outside there is chaos and pollution: air-conditioned paradise and pollution-choked hell. "
Hehehehe! Nothing about "Spencer" rates mentioned here? Even the auto ricks guys outside tune up their rates to the air conditioning inside! Still, quite a place! I work from the 6th floor of this place. There have been talks of moving our workplace to something more posh and modern downtown, but we are putting our foot down. After all, how many offices have their own malls?
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May 24th, 2005, 20:26
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Yes, those rickshaw guys aren't stupid!
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May 24th, 2005, 20:27
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Well Expressed
Pardon the pun but Colin this is well experessed.....Good job.
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May 24th, 2005, 20:31
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Haha Ranggs those guy's outside sheesh
 As for having a shopping centre under work what a god send. What ever you need pop out and get it. Including oops Subway that autralian cookie guy thingy and the most resonable hidedesign anywhere in th world. Ohh and a plus the Connemara bar round the corner. Man I wish my work place had all that  |
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May 24th, 2005, 21:05
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Congrats Colin !! Terrrriffic
Triplicane to Connermara it's hardly 15 minutes by auto. That's exactly the distance from third world to the first world |
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May 24th, 2005, 22:03
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very nice article, colin.
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