The City is warming up for Markazhi (December)

Chennai bades goodbye to the black clouds and gets ready to welcome Markazhi (December). Cricket, Music, cool weather, slew of movies is keeping Chennaiites on their toes.

Temperatures during night have dropped considerably and a lot of people are spotted taking their night walks more regularly. Sun has also become lazy these days and the day break doesn’t happen earlier than 6.30 am. Still black birds, crows and cuckoos are ready by 5.30 am for their day break pandemonium. Sun shine is back in the city and roads are spic and span though some remote areas are still waterlogged. Kudos to Corporation authorities who managed the crisis situation with less noise from the public. Lot less vehicles and population near North Usman road,-T-Nagar, the textile and Jewellery capital of Tamilnadu returns to normalcy. The lakes in the outskirts of the city are near to full and a 5 cm rain will make them overflow. Thanks to the rain god, we will have a drought free summer this year. Well it has been over a decade since the lakes were filled to the brim.

People are found queuing up outside the movie halls to catch the Diwali movie releases. Maja, Ghajini and a few other movies have reaped pretty well in the box office. Post Diwali, Hanuman has taken over the box office and he should decide if he will share some with Harry Potter, the latest sequel opens tomorrow.

Indian cricket team’s Slew of victories over Sri Lanka has boosted the confidence and stature of the Indian team among the common people. People still gather around TV’s shops to catch a boundary by Dhoni. Dhoni has become their over night hero.

The city is gearing up for the Markazhi (December) classical music festival. Loudspeakers replacing fireworks with MS and MLV’s Suprabatham and Thirupaavai. At Music Academy election is over and officer bearers are getting busy for the busiest season of the year. Canteens outside the music venues will soon become the gastronomical venue for music connoisseurs.
Swarm of NRI's will soon head back home to showcase their talent to the local audience. People will soon parade the streets in Silk sarees, mulfers and Cashmere shawls for the morning bhajans in the temples, satsang at sabhas and catch a few free concerts in the afternoon.

Well poor Kushboo is pulled to the court room for her comments on AIDS awareness to a local magazine and Suhasini who supported her comments is on the frying pan too. Well isn’t it time to move on and enjoy other things in life?