About Me

I was born in Madras, India and came to the US someyears ago and have lived here since. Madras, now known as Chennai is one of the most picturesque places I have known.My basic education was in the city of Madras. I especially enjoyed my schooling at Good Shepherd Convent and later college at Stella Maris College where I did my Bachelors and Masters. College was a fun time loaded with friends and crazy times. Because of my upbringing in India I can read and write fluently in two languages Hindi and Tamil other than the main language of education - English. Going a little international, I also did a course on conversational French in college. My hobbies are mainly paintingin oils and cooking different cuisines. I am also very interested in Dance and the arts and make it a point to keep myself up to date on some of the latest developments. I think that's enough of me to start with!

The City of Madras is a seaport bordered by sand and the sea.The City's Marina Beach claimed to be the second largest in the world, is approximately 13 kms in length. There is also another beach that I used to hang out as a teenager called Elliots Beach in Besantnagar. Chennai the first city of South India and the capital of Tamilnadu state, is a historic land of ancient culture. India's southern most city and one of the four main Metropolitan cities, Madras brims with magnificent architecture, exotic pageantry, and age-old traditions. Chennai, a thriving seaboard that did business with the Chinese, Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, and Babylonians 2000 years ago and later the French, Portugese, Armenians, and Arabs. The written history of Chennai goes back to the 4th Century. Immensely proud and aware of the classic antiquty of their three thousand year old culture, many modern day Tamils still live largely the same life in many ways in their culture, language, food and clothes. Tamil, one of the oldest languages known on the earth is spoken by majority of the people. Today Chennai is a city that still sustains a pure Tamil culture vibrantly alive with modern participation. Inspite of successive invasions, the Tamil art, scriptures, religion, dance, drama, vocal and instrumental music and architecture have remained essentially untouched. Modern day Chennai sprawls over 174 square kilometers and is home of more than 5 million people. This modern metropolis of Chennai, Tamilnadu's principal port, offers excellent hotels and transport, a delicious range of food and is one of the best places for silks, cottons, jewellery and handicrafts. Hinduism is a way of life in India and the magnificent temples with their Gopuras stand in silent testimony of the ancient culture of the Tamilians. Madras visited today is still heady with the smells of jasmine and fresh brewed coffee mixed in with the culture of the place that culminates with a frenzy every year at the December festivals of dance and music.