Chennai in Novels

All Indian fiction novels happen in Delhi, Bombay or any other city in north. Doesn't anyone out in Chennai or a Mysore have a story or maybe it doesn't sound interesting to say anything about these cities?

I wanted to read a story which easily references Pondy Bazaar in the same vein as Sarojini market in Delhi or shopping in Nungambakkam as chic as in Colaba in Mumbai. A drive around Marine drive would be replaced by a bike ride near Marina beach. Oh yea Chennai has got one of the maximum number of bike riders in India, so instead of a BMW or a Audi it would be a Pulsar,  India Gate replaced by our own Anna Samadhi?!

Is Chennai way too traditional which doesn’t have some interesting story of its own? Not sure how traditional is connected to this, but you get the point right?

Interesting in the sense like college fun, booze, virginity, late night parties, discotheque, office politics, business dynasties. 

Oh, that reminds me, what's late night in Chennai? Tucked in your bed by 11? Yes, it's strict out here! We have one of the largest numbers of engineering colleges in India; don’t we have any story based out of them? Does Indian novel sell only when it is based around Mumbai or Delhi?

Let me start researching today to see if there are any stories out there...or let me finish the story I have in my draft for ages!

Season 3

This is my 3rd attempt in writing a blog and I feel a sense of blankness although I have written more than 250 posts in my earlier ‘seasons’ and yes I had to blow my own trumpet here but it’s more of a self-encouragement, yes, i can do it!!

I know, you just saw the usage of ‘seasons’ here. I’m hooked on to the English sitcoms for the last 2 years and probably I was the most effective user of Netflix when I was in NY. Currently, it’s the Suits season 2, on and off with Big Bang Theory, Greek, How I met your mother, 8 simple rules, Guys with kids, threesome and whatever is premiered in comedy central and I got tired of Gray’s anatomy

I’m back to my oldest passion – books. Just finished reading all of Durjoy Dutta’s books and just now completed the Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup. It’s one un-stoppable book if there is such a word. Took hardly a day for this one. I will write more about them later.

Till then adios!