Happy Bday Chennai..

Chennai celebrates its 369th birthday today *claps* *claps*... On this very day, August 22nd 1639,British administratore Francis Day is reported to have recieved the grant for privileges in Medraspatam, the then Chennai. It was official granted that day and the rest as they say is history.

I for one person is born and brought up in Chennai and I'm totally in love with this place. Be it shopping in T.Nagar/Spencers/Citi Center , The Saravana Bhavans that i'm always faithful to thou' how many ever eateries come by, The Beach, ECR and ofcourse Anna nagar(which was once a quiet residential place is now buzzling with activities) and Kilpauk where I spent all my child hood. In connection with the Madras/Chennai Day celebrations a lot of events and competitions have been planned including heritage walks and nature walks , quiz competitions and a lot more. For more details you can check out the Madras Day site here

It is my love for Chennai that I started to blog about it. I know I'm not being all that regular. But, starting on Chennai's 369th bday I'm planning to write a weekly column called 'The food Factor' on every Friday starting next week in which I will be sharing my experiences in the various eatries in and around the city.

Madras Day

Channai/Madras (the former name of the city) celebrates its birthday on the 22nd August , as this is the day the city was found .

With regard to this , the Madras week celebration is being held from August 19th-26th . A lot of activities including heritage walks, public talks, exhibition, tours for children, Madras Quiz, Photography contest and a list of other activities are arranged as a part of the celebration . More details about this can be seen here .

The Madras day celebration was initiated in the year 2004 by three people the city's famed historian, S. Muthiah, journalist Sashi Nair and publisher Vincent D' Souza.Today, they have been joined by three others - senior journalist and editor Sushila Ravindranath, entrepreneur and writer-historian V. Sriram and journalist and web site entrepreneur, Revathi R.

The Madras week jus' few days away ,I wish all madrasas and madrasis a very happy madras day .. Get to know your city well and have a Blast!!