(╯°□°)╯ I mean, who's going to notice another madman around here? ¯\(ツ)/¯ I love trains.
Apr 10, 2021 • 25 tweets • 13 min read
On yesterday's Salem Junction Twitter Space with @krishashok and @sidin (featuring special guest @supriyan), I shared a couple of anecdotes about the fascinating stations codes on the Indian Railways (IR) network. So here, a short thread 🚂 🧵 -
Codes, of course, have been a ubiquitous part of rail (and now air) travel. They help identify where we are going, where something belongs, and where we are at - all in a short and succinct way.
Apr 3, 2021 • 19 tweets • 7 min read
On yesterday's Salem Junction with @krishashok and @sidin, I shared a small story about the grand old Banyan Tree at the Theosophical Society grounds in Besant Nagar, Chennai.
Here today is a short thread on it, with more detail.
The Adyar Aala Maram (Adyar Banyan Tree) has been a fixture of South Madras since well before there *was* a South Madras.
Located on the banks of the Ad(a)yar river as it meanders towards its estuary, the grounds became part of the Theosophical Society in the early 20th century.
Aug 17, 2018 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Forget the "national media". The nation's medium is WhatsApp.
Please feel free to use this image and forward far and wide (link redirects to CM's Disaster Relief Fund).
Please RT. #KeralaFloods
Here is another image with the request text embedded in it. Just save image / download, and send to your whatsapp groups. Please RT. #KeralaFloods
Aug 15, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I have always maintained that the Alaipayuthey BGM is a piece of genius, one that deserves a soundtrack of its own. Here, the Evano Oruvan theme: #ARRahman
(Please Bollywood, this does not mean that you need to make a cheap rip-off starring Prateik Babbar or Aditya Roy Kapur or whoever the fuck the new starkid is with this genius bit of music, leave it alone)
Aug 6, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Good morning. Please go see this wonderful National Award winning Gujarati movie 'Dhh' when it releases in India late September:
Best child actors I have seen in any Indian movie, ever. Lovely film. #Dhh
If you thought Taare Zameen Par was great, this movie will seriously blow you out of the water. Unbelievably relatable to anyone who has ever gone to school in India. Very, very well made movie. Still thinking about it a whole day later.
Jun 24, 2018 • 31 tweets • 8 min read
In 24 hours, this trip has already been a *lot* of fun. I'll be making a Europe thread here. 🚆 ✈️
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