Chennai Times

The news of a small boy falling from terrace because a pet dog chased him is terrible. There are many questions arising out of these. In 6 months, we have had two cases of fully loaded lorries backing up narrow streets squeezing the life out of two people in the process. Last week there was the case of another weird accident on the road side...is Chennai's careless civic life proving to costly? We are all lacklustre to mutual safety norms till we are knocked down, literally. Can something be done? 

Ambedhkar & Mayawati almost resemble Armstrong, the BSP leader in Chennai. All along the north chennai walls you will find this grafitti. Wall paintings are more fun than the flex which just reproduces the original, the small distortions, the wanton changes to facial structure and dramatic colours all render the street walls into art galleries during a heavy political season.