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These shops in Chennai have almost everything âcoveredâ: gardens, cars, camping experiences and industrial machinery (opens the original)
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Umbrellas are a victim of âfolk associationâ. They are certainly not the sole preserve of the monsoon with its drippy skies, but that is the period they get busier and therefore, get almost entirely associated with the rains. The tarpaulin shops at Nehru Market on Sydenhams Road in Periamet are busy through the year and get a tad busier when the monsoon is round the corner. But one peek into these tarpaulin shops and there is not a shred of doubt about their all-year relevance. And now, 'tar
A bling street behind barricades: how C.P. Koil Street in Chennai keeps its âgolden glitterâ despite Metro Rail work affecting access to its doorsteps (opens the original)
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Chengazhuneer Pillaiyar Koil Street off North Mada Street in Mylapore can be missed by footwear-clad hooves other than those heading to it aware of what it has to offer, a standout craftsmanship nestling quietly inside. Narrow and hemmed in by non-decrepit buildings, it slips past the eye unless one has known it for what it is: the bling street in these parts. In terms of numbers, both of shops and transactions, C.P. Koil Street is no patch on Edapalayam Street, which winds like a necklace betwe
Murray & Co at 99: the famous âhammerâ of Madras nears the century mark (opens the original)
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Any popular music consumer who scours the decades for earworms would be familiar with the phrase âHammer timeâ, sung elegantly by M.C. Hammer in his âU Canât Touch Thisâ. In Madras and now Chennai, a different form of âHammer timeâ has been playing out since February 10, 1927 when Murray & Co saw the light, having been founded by brothers A. Vedantam and S. Rajam. In the 99 years plus a few months of its existence, the auction house has not given that hammer a break except for a co
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