A boulevard is a wide street with trees along its sides. The word comes from Dutch and means bulwark/ rampart. The earliest boulevards were built in the ancient Middle East. Paris has some of the most famous boulevards from the 17th and 18th centuries.

A thread on boulevards 🧵 There are many examples of boulevards around the world, each with its own history and charm. Some of them are:

Champs Elysees in Paris, France: One of the most famous and elegant boulevards in the world, lined with luxury shops, cafes, museums and monuments.

The cost of keeping the Netherlands dry is quite high, as the country is located in a low-lying delta region and is prone to flooding from both the sea and rivers. The total budgeted water system levies by all the waterboards in the Netherlands was €1.78 billion for the year 2022.

How inclusive is Tamil Nadu and India? But before that, what’s inclusiveness?

One strange thing I've been observing on Dutch trains is that, people don't like sitting next to each other. People would walk multiple compartments filled with one individual per two seater before they find another two seater for themselves. Some would even crowd the entrance to the compartment and stand with much higher proximity than if they just took the empty seat next to a person.

Kaveri Delta

For the third part of the four part series of spatial zoom ins on the trends of urbanisation in Tamil Nadu, we look into Kaveri delta. The Kaveri delta region was historically a thriving urban region during the Chola's heyday. But it doesn't have glorious urban centres anymore.

For the second part of the four part series of spatial zoom ins on the trends of urbanisation in Tamil Nadu, we look into western TN. The dynamics of urbanisation outside of Chennai's sphere of influence is seldom discussed in popular discourse. That makes the next 3 zoom ins that much more interesting to start a dialogue on the regional dynamics of urbanisation in the state.

Urbanisation in Chennai from 1975 to 2030.

The unfettered growth of the city is a bit scary. Last week, we looked at the Urbanisation of the state of TN.

This week, we’ll do a series of zoom ins to understand the nature of urbanisation in different parts of Tamil Nadu, starting with Chennai, followed by Western TN, Kaveri delta and South TN.

Ring roads as a ‘spatial imaginary’ has been quite a hit around the world. Most large cities around the world have one. Bypasses around many large and small towns were built in many areas when many old roads were upgraded to four-lane status in the 1930s to 1950s, leaving the old road in place to serve the town or city, but allowing through travelers to continue on a wider and faster route.

Maybe unpopular opinion. Please challenge and correct me if you disagree.

I think Indians at large, but also Tamil people don’t have a strong idea of citizenry. We take good care of our personal stuff, our houses and our properties within our property lines. Anything outside that, we don’t give a shit. We clean our homes and throw the trash in front of our homes. A cm outside our compound walls are not our problem.

Is that why, we don’t care too much about the dismal standard of public services?

Just realised that #vijay and #ajith movies from 1995-2000 had some dope songs and lyrics!

YouTube resurfaced a lot of gems today! #90sKids

(1/n) This thread is a #summary of the #book "Write it down and make it happen" by Henriette Anne Klauser

#habits #productivity #motivation #neuroplasticity (2/n) A lot of people only have vague ideas about what they really want. They desire more money, a better job, someone to love or the chance to travel somewhere exotic.
You may have similar desires of your own. But if you want to make them a reality, you need to be precise.