On the beach

Sunday afternoon on Kovalam beach, Chennai.
My post for OutdoorWednesday

Wall paintings

These street-side paintings, representing someone's time, effort and talent, go widely unnoticed. Such is life in our city of Chennai, where no one seems to have time to pause and watch.
My post for Sundays in My City

S for Swim pool

Life in our apartments complex in OMR, Chennai, allows for family time at the clubhouse pool even on weekday mornings. It is summer break for the children, but father has a full day's work ahead at office. Such enviable work-life balance is hard to get in most places.
My post for ABC Wednesday

Sniffer dogs

Neighbourhood dogs sniff around for food outside our apartments complex. We can see they are wasting time scavenging, while the yellow trays hold milk packets left by the delivery delivery boy.. Which, I suppose, is what sorts out dogs from men. Dogs don't steal.
Post for SOOC

Toll point Chennai

Toll point on Chennai by-pass road.
My post for SkyWatch and Walk in the Street

Public transport

A newspaper serves a dual purpose for a commuter in a Chennai city bus on a summer afternoon.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

A sky so full of colours

A rising sun paints the sky for us, at the Mantri Synergy residential complex on OMR in Chennai.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday

Work in progress

Extension of the city metro line to connect Chennai airport with Velacherry.The framed photo in the foreground is that of Lord Balaji, placed on the dashboard of the vehicle from which I took this photo.
My post for Sundays in My City

Cloud cover

A clouded view of the rising sun, from our 9th floor flat in Chennai.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Our Apartment complex

A massive signboard has come up on top end of our 12-floor apartment complex in Chennai. We are among the first few residents who have moved in at Mantri Synergy, a nine-block residential complex. Work is still in progress and it would two to three months for all 700 odd families to move in.
My post for Signs, Signs

At the Baba temple

At the Sai Baba temple my wife discovered in our Chennai neighbourhood, to which we recently shifted our residence from Mysore.
My post for My World and Ruby Tuesday.

Chennai at dawn

We have moved in to Padur outskirts of Chennai. And from our 9th floor flat this is what I saw at the crack of dawn.
My Skywatch

Bazar traffic

Experts have it that on city roads in India you can find 18 different modes of transport competing for space. I can count five, not including the car in which I was traveling when I took this shot in Chennai.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Shatabdi Express

At Platform 2A, Chennai Central, ready to leave for Mysore. Time:6 a m.
My Weekend Reflection this Saturday.

Work in progess

My 'H' for this Wednesday is Height. And these shots were taken from Floor-9 of a residential complex under construction on OMR, Chennai. We plan to move in there when it is ready.
My Post for ABC Wednesday.

Swimpool on the terrace

Swim-pool on top of an eight-floored residential complex on Chennai's Old Mamallapuram Road (OMR), a 30-km stretch that has come to be known as the IT Corridor. Almost every global Information Technology company has an office located there. Nearly 50 residential projects are coming up on the OMR stretch.
My entry for Weekend Reflections this Saturday.

Wedding registration

A newly married couple emerging after their wedding registration at Tiruporur,near Chennai.My wife and I were there for registration of our newly-acquired apartment at Mantri Synergy residential complex at Padur (OMR). I took this photo while hanging out at the registration office,waiting for completion of our paper work.I usually carry my camera wherever I go.
My Mellow Yellow shot this Monday.

Urbanizing villages

View from Floor 9 of a residential complex at Padur village, near Chennai. Information Technology companies that mushroomed in suburban Chennai over the past decade and more, have given rise to extensive construction activity in rural areas around metropolitan Chennai.
Perungudi, Sholinganallur, Siruseri, Padur, Kelambakkam are the new Chennai suburbs with high-rise residential buildings and shopping malls. Till a decade ago they were villages on road to Mahabalipuram .Over 50 residential projects are coming up along OMR, a 30-km six-lane stretch that is called the IT Corridor.
My Take on the theme - 'Urban' for PhotoSunday