First the secret....
The Mint Street is one of the longest streets in North Chennai, one end starts from opposite the
General Hospital (Rajiv Gandhi Hospital) and the other end terminates at the Mint clocktower approx 4 km give or take a few metres...
Full of commercial buildings, a substantial North Indian population have their houses and businesses there, we will be returning to it quite a few times in this blog as it houses lots and lots of secrets....
There is this interesting article in Monday's Hindu newspaper about a Mehta Vada Pav shop running for 50 years on Mint street, Gujaratis selling Maharashtrian food to Tamilians . Weird right, but you ain't seen nothin yet...
One thing that bugs me is there is no mention of the exact location of this shop. In a 4 km stretch packed with shops and bylanes with not even an inch gap between buildings, you can search for days and be none the wiser without inside knowledge.
Mission: Locate this shop. Time frame : soon... this way I am safe... ha ha.
Now for the promised rant.
< Begin Rant>
I am already beginning to hate this Metro Rail coming up in Chennai. Ok forget the dug up roads, damned diversions (you must see Anna Salai) and dust....
Whole parks have been ripped apart to provide a concrete montrosity. Shenoy Nagar park gone, Ashok Nagar park gone, huge trees along the Anna Nagar Arch cut down. Is it worth it ?
Hey are you going to compensate for the loss of green cover? not likely if the past record is anything to go by... the only green I am going to see is the color on the metro cars most likely...
and I am saving another rant for the heritage buildings affected by this Metro Rail.
< End Rant for now>
pics pics pics have to take them....
The Mint Street is one of the longest streets in North Chennai, one end starts from opposite the
General Hospital (Rajiv Gandhi Hospital) and the other end terminates at the Mint clocktower approx 4 km give or take a few metres...
Full of commercial buildings, a substantial North Indian population have their houses and businesses there, we will be returning to it quite a few times in this blog as it houses lots and lots of secrets....
There is this interesting article in Monday's Hindu newspaper about a Mehta Vada Pav shop running for 50 years on Mint street, Gujaratis selling Maharashtrian food to Tamilians . Weird right, but you ain't seen nothin yet...
One thing that bugs me is there is no mention of the exact location of this shop. In a 4 km stretch packed with shops and bylanes with not even an inch gap between buildings, you can search for days and be none the wiser without inside knowledge.
Mission: Locate this shop. Time frame : soon... this way I am safe... ha ha.
Now for the promised rant.
< Begin Rant>
I am already beginning to hate this Metro Rail coming up in Chennai. Ok forget the dug up roads, damned diversions (you must see Anna Salai) and dust....
Whole parks have been ripped apart to provide a concrete montrosity. Shenoy Nagar park gone, Ashok Nagar park gone, huge trees along the Anna Nagar Arch cut down. Is it worth it ?
Hey are you going to compensate for the loss of green cover? not likely if the past record is anything to go by... the only green I am going to see is the color on the metro cars most likely...
and I am saving another rant for the heritage buildings affected by this Metro Rail.
< End Rant for now>
pics pics pics have to take them....
