Hot is cool too...

There are many reasons why people don’t list Chennai as favourite place to live. At least vis-à-vis Bangalore. This I guess would be view of anybody (including people from TN) who is not biased of his/her own city/state. Among biggest negatives is the humid weather there. Even though it’s true that the weather is bad, it’s something over-hyped I feel. Anyway, the idea here is to project the plus’es of the city that Chennai is from an unbiased tamilian’s point of view. And I am not talking about beaches that Bangalore is so deprived off.


Firstly, anyone born in TN in the 70’s and early 80’s would be crazy of two things from film industry. One is Rajini/Kamal and other is Ilayaraja (IR). The better combination is Rajini and IR (here I won’t rule out any bias. :P). If you are in Chennai, you are lucky to hear great IR songs played in almost all FM channels late evening. There are 6 or 7 FM channels (here again RJs have bad language skills) that do this with great consistency. Compare this to the stereo-typed, similar sounding kannada songs sung by sonu nigam/kunal ganjawala/shreya ghoshal (taking 10 deep breathes in one song) in Bangalore FM channels. Old kannada songs are so great compared to the new ones

Secondly, the city is so active even middle of the night. I don’t know why Bangalore is hyped for it’s night-life when there is no life on the roads after 10 PM and before 7 AM at least. After all, night life is not all about pubs. In fact, it was so funny to see STD booths in Bangalore open at 10 AM years ago when people were going to STD booths to make calls (remember the less prices early mornings and late evenings?). The real active life is what you get to see in Chennai. There are buses plying through the night. Even if you land wee hours in Chennai, you would see tea shops open and activity on the roads. Frankly, in that sense, there is no night life in bangalore

Thirdly, talking of tea shops, nothing can beat having tea in the long glasses. In places like Bangalore, one gets tea in paper or plastic cup. This is no fun to what you get to experience in Chennai. Besides, you get great food in the hotels and road-side shops. And all this is at least 50% less to prices in Bangalore
Next is for movie buffs. Fame Lidos and Fun Cinemas would be put to shame by the quality of movie-watching in places like Sathyam. The best movie halls in Chennai charge only 120 per ticket. Even during weekends. It’s almost equal to Bangalore multiplexes running buy 1 get 1 offer. Not to forget, the popcorns are proportionately cheaper too. :D

Cold water bath (better for health compared to hot water), local trains, cheap bus and rail tickets (finding a place inside is your talent) are some other advantages
This is not an effort to convince one-self of relocating to Chennai as despite all the limitations as above, Bangalore rocks !!