Visiting Chennai
Some weeks ago had the opportunity to visit Chennai. The ride to Nizamuddin station was accomplished with ease.At the entrance of the station as we reached they put up a barrier and one had to go all the way and then take a u turn where the entire premises is packed with vehicles on either side and to reach the entry point of the stairs that take you to platforms is quite tedious. The alley through which one vehicle can go at a time is both challenging and divulging a little about not that secured set up.
As i hailed a porter, he showed his willingness to carry the little load for 100rs. Inside the coach, the lower berth amidst not that loitering crowd made for a simple setting. The train left delhi at 3.55 pm. It went past Tughlaqabad 4.10, palwal 4.40, Hodal 4.59 and Mathura at 5.32. I was seated among three lads dedicated to work towards a company making towels and allied products. No sooner the train left the calls and the accompanying thunder began to register. One among them appeared so agitated that he banged the cell at a pitch that sounded as if ringing a bell. As narrated by them and not confirmed by others they had come from the state of punjab having taken a morning train and reaching national capital of delhi in the afternoon when weather was cold and there weren't any attempt to get bold. Some among them deprived of adequate sleep decided to take a break only to get up and go back to rest time and again; the chasm showing on what they desired to do and what actually they were going through. Some among them having graduated from a private college in the outskirts of national capital brought the debate back on plethora of private colleges and the vast army of students with professional qualifications from these private colleges and yet failing to get the requisite job.
As for train ride, Raja Ki Mandi Agra came at 6 , main Agra station 6.15, Gwalior 7.30, Jhansi 8.50, Bhopal 11.58, Nagpur around 6 the next morning. Agni station which comes a little later is fairly clean, Sewagram 7.05, some station with letter H comes at 7.30; between 7.30 and 8.30 comes chandrapur. In and around this area what one could make out is the need to apprise people about hygiene. Balharshah came at 8.45, Sirupur Kazhak Nagar 9.53, Belampalli 10.18, Pedammpet 10.38, Ramagundam 10.41 (fairly clean), warangal around 12, mahubabad 1.10, Gundrati Matugai 1.18, Errupalem 2.40, Vijaywada 3.30, Surareddipalem 5.35, Bitragunta 6.23, Nellore 6.28, Gudur 7.30 and Chennai 9.20.
The meals on board was ok except for the night meals the second day and its after effects. The fruit salad should have been avoided. As i reach Chennai and stay there for a week, the stay in a lodge near chennai central station is a mixed one. Stay in virudhnagar nadar mansion.
AS for outings in the city they were neither limited nor liberating. On a Sunday left chennai park station at 11.20 am on a local and reached tambaram at 11.45. After doing stories from a cyber cafe, left at 4.40 and reached at 5.24 in chennai park. On a monday left chennai egmore at 8.40 am and reached trisulum at 9.20. From Trisulum leave at 10.35, minambakkam coming at 10.37, st thomas mount 10.42, guindy 10.45, saidapet 10.49, kodambakkam 10.55, nungabakkam 10.57 and chetpet at. 11. There used to be a govinda temple in the airport premises. In the renovated airport surroundings i could not locate that.
The phone booth at the airport is a big farce. It does not operate. Nothing spectacular about the renovated airport.Yes inside it carries a warmth of its own. A word of praise solely for Trisulum station and the entry /exit point. There is an expansive flyover coupled with a fast moving traffic that does not engineer praise. AS for Tambaram there is an expansive market adjoining a huge flyover. Outside local station there are fewer ATMs and at nearby bus stand, i am told it takes two hours for a bus to reach periamet, egmore.
Some weeks ago had the opportunity to visit Chennai. The ride to Nizamuddin station was accomplished with ease.At the entrance of the station as we reached they put up a barrier and one had to go all the way and then take a u turn where the entire premises is packed with vehicles on either side and to reach the entry point of the stairs that take you to platforms is quite tedious. The alley through which one vehicle can go at a time is both challenging and divulging a little about not that secured set up.
As i hailed a porter, he showed his willingness to carry the little load for 100rs. Inside the coach, the lower berth amidst not that loitering crowd made for a simple setting. The train left delhi at 3.55 pm. It went past Tughlaqabad 4.10, palwal 4.40, Hodal 4.59 and Mathura at 5.32. I was seated among three lads dedicated to work towards a company making towels and allied products. No sooner the train left the calls and the accompanying thunder began to register. One among them appeared so agitated that he banged the cell at a pitch that sounded as if ringing a bell. As narrated by them and not confirmed by others they had come from the state of punjab having taken a morning train and reaching national capital of delhi in the afternoon when weather was cold and there weren't any attempt to get bold. Some among them deprived of adequate sleep decided to take a break only to get up and go back to rest time and again; the chasm showing on what they desired to do and what actually they were going through. Some among them having graduated from a private college in the outskirts of national capital brought the debate back on plethora of private colleges and the vast army of students with professional qualifications from these private colleges and yet failing to get the requisite job.
As for train ride, Raja Ki Mandi Agra came at 6 , main Agra station 6.15, Gwalior 7.30, Jhansi 8.50, Bhopal 11.58, Nagpur around 6 the next morning. Agni station which comes a little later is fairly clean, Sewagram 7.05, some station with letter H comes at 7.30; between 7.30 and 8.30 comes chandrapur. In and around this area what one could make out is the need to apprise people about hygiene. Balharshah came at 8.45, Sirupur Kazhak Nagar 9.53, Belampalli 10.18, Pedammpet 10.38, Ramagundam 10.41 (fairly clean), warangal around 12, mahubabad 1.10, Gundrati Matugai 1.18, Errupalem 2.40, Vijaywada 3.30, Surareddipalem 5.35, Bitragunta 6.23, Nellore 6.28, Gudur 7.30 and Chennai 9.20.
The meals on board was ok except for the night meals the second day and its after effects. The fruit salad should have been avoided. As i reach Chennai and stay there for a week, the stay in a lodge near chennai central station is a mixed one. Stay in virudhnagar nadar mansion.
AS for outings in the city they were neither limited nor liberating. On a Sunday left chennai park station at 11.20 am on a local and reached tambaram at 11.45. After doing stories from a cyber cafe, left at 4.40 and reached at 5.24 in chennai park. On a monday left chennai egmore at 8.40 am and reached trisulum at 9.20. From Trisulum leave at 10.35, minambakkam coming at 10.37, st thomas mount 10.42, guindy 10.45, saidapet 10.49, kodambakkam 10.55, nungabakkam 10.57 and chetpet at. 11. There used to be a govinda temple in the airport premises. In the renovated airport surroundings i could not locate that.
The phone booth at the airport is a big farce. It does not operate. Nothing spectacular about the renovated airport.Yes inside it carries a warmth of its own. A word of praise solely for Trisulum station and the entry /exit point. There is an expansive flyover coupled with a fast moving traffic that does not engineer praise. AS for Tambaram there is an expansive market adjoining a huge flyover. Outside local station there are fewer ATMs and at nearby bus stand, i am told it takes two hours for a bus to reach periamet, egmore.
As for mambalam, it has a fairly cowded market, so congested is this that some people begin to lose their sanity. Two eating joints i visited was ok. One can fairly assume the market has fewer concerns about how to keep its surroundings safe. the book stall in mambalam station looks good and here i happen to meet soundarajan and s murthy.
The stay for seven days had its share of pain and mixed tidings. One could feel the pollution in the air in the area around lodge near chennai central station; made more difficult by digging and construction work. The ride to Adyar saw me go past broadway market, high court, chief secretariat, university of madras and presidency college.
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