Here is an on dit for all you folks interested in “How to keep a fashionable city”. The latest in urban landscaping is….wait for it….plastic Palm Trees! Blew your mind didn’t it? Hold on there is more. The colour of your plastic palm tree is of paramount importance. You must use a bright cheerful yellow. Occasionally you may dabble with green fronds and yellow trunk but don’t make it a habit. The pièce de resistance, are the lights that you just have to string up on the palm. This adds just the right touch of glitter that is so essential for a well dressed plastic palm tree. To see some classic pieces of this style of urban landscaping please visit Madras Central Station and Pondicherry (diagonally opposite Surguru hotel and near the bus stand where you turn for Cuddalore).
Whoever came up with the palm tree idea, has certainly done one better than the minister for Tamil culture who ingeniously spread Tamil culture by erecting large hoardings along the ECR, “Long live ancient glorious Tamil” or something similar. I totally learnt every bit of Sangam literature from seeing a dozen of those billboards. It was magical, my version of the Road to Damascus only in my case it was the East Coast Road.
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Hey sn,
Here's something I noticed, in keeping with your landscaping post.
Very close to Aavin Circle (you know where that is, right ?), there is a hotel/eatery called HOTEL RUNS. The implication was hilarious and also made me wonder why anyone would want to grub there. I thought you would find it amusing.
LR.
Yeah...forgot about that one! Hotel Runs has been there for ages...my dad knew about it in is salad days at IIT! i've actually bought stuff from there and can vouch for the lack of after-effects.
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