November, 2018 Citizen Matters, Chennai

What ails Parry’s Corner — colonial history or civic apathy?

November 13, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

Once a historic town in itself, Parry’s Corner is a text-book example of unplanned development, with poor traffic, dingy and unclean roads, and overall chaos. But does history too have a role to play in the present condition of this central Chennai neighbourhood?

Life on the go: Meet your Swiggy delivery person

November 12, 2018 Aruna Natarajan

Food delivery persons face many hardships on the job, including dealing with ‘hangry’ people on a daily basis. Yet, they soldier on in the face of a lack of enough alternatives and in hopes of a better future. A chat with a delivery person for Swiggy in Chennai.

Chennai Buzz: More sparkles less pollution | Lake restoration | CMRL’s digital plans | Looming water crisis

November 10, 2018 News Desk

For the busy Chennaiite, here’s your chance to catch up on some of the key headlines from your city for the week gone by.

Statues of Chennai: Did you know these facts?

November 9, 2018 Laasya Shekhar and Aruna Natarajan

It is the season of statues. As controversies continue around the tallest statue set up in Gujarat, and a prospective ‘grand statue’ at the gates of UP’s newly renamed town, here’s a quick quiz to test how well you know the ones in your city.

Elevated corridor at Cooum’s expense?

November 8, 2018 V Sriram

This was a project cancelled by the newly elected government in 2011 for environmental reasons, as piers for the elevated road were being erected on the Cooum riverbed. But has anything really changed now for the same party in power to revive the project?

Once flourishing, Guindy Estate is now the last place you’d want to be in. Why?

November 6, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

What was once reason for Chennai’s pride, the estate developed around a cluster of small scale industries, has seen a sharp fall from grace, thanks to pathetic civic infrastructure. A look at the sorry state of affairs in the Guindy Industrial Estate today.