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On the Indigo 1026 from Singapore to Chennai, I saw a passenger two seats in front of me watch videos in an interesting way. She had wrapped her phone in a plastic cover, wedged it behind the tray table so that it would appear at a comfortable viewing position, and watched an Asian movie (presumably with bluetooth headphones). At first, I wondered if she travels with a plastic wrapper for this purpose. Then I realized it was from the Indigo safety instructions kit. ...

Here’s my travel schedule. Fri 13 Mar 2026: Hyderabad Mon 26 Jan 2026: Singapore Fri 23 Jan 2026: Chennai Mon 19 Jan 2026: Hyderabad Mon 12 Jan 2026: Chennai Sun 14 Dec 2025: Singapore Thu 11 Dec 2025: Delhi Mon 08 Dec 2025: Chennai Thu 04 Dec 2025: Hyderabad Mon 01 Dec 2025: Chennai Mon 10 Nov 2025: Singapore Sat 01 Nov 2025: Chennai Thu 30 Oct 2025: Hyderabad Mon 27 Oct 2025: Chennai Mon 29 Sep 2025: Singapore Wed 17 Sep 2025: Chennai Fri 12 Sep 2025: Bangalore Sun 31 Aug 2025: Singapore Wed 27 Aug 2025: Hanoi Sat 23 Aug 2025: Ho Chi Minh City Wed 20 Aug 2025: Bangalore Sat 16 Aug 2025: Chennai Wed 16 Jul 2025: Singapore Sun 29 Jun 2025: Chennai Wed 25 Jun 2025: Bangalore Mon 23 Jun 2025: Pune Sat 21 Jun 2025: Chennai Tue 13 May 2025: Singapore Fri 09 May 2025: Chennai Tue 06 May 2025: Hyderabad Tue 29 Apr 2025: Chennai Fri 28 Mar 2025: Singapore Sat 22 Mar 2025: Chennai Thu 20 Mar 2025: Hyderabad Sat 15 Mar 2025: Chennai Wed 12 Mar 2025: Bangkok Tue 25 Feb 2025: Singapore Fri 21 Feb 2025: Hyderabad Thu 20 Feb 2025: Mumbai Mon 17 Feb 2025: US-Newark Thu 13 Feb 2025: US-San Francisco Sun 09 Feb 2025: US-Newark Thu 30 Jan 2025: Chennai Mon 16 Dec 2024: Singapore Wed 04 Dec 2024: Chennai Sat 23 Nov 2024: Singapore Sat 16 Nov 2024: Chennai Tue 12 Nov 2024: Mumbai Tue 01 Oct 2024: Seoul Mon 30 Sep 2024: Singapore Tue 24 Sep 2024: Chennai Sun 22 Sep 2024: Mumbai Thu 19 Sep 2024: Bangalore Sun 15 Sep 2024: Hyderabad Tue 20 Aug 2024: Singapore Fri 16 Aug 2024: Chennai Thu 15 Aug 2024: Bangalore Mon 12 Aug 2024: Hyderabad Sat 10 Aug 2024: Chennai Fri 09 Aug 2024: Delhi Wed 07 Aug 2024: Bangalore Mon 15 Jul 2024: Singapore Fri 05 Jul 2024: Chennai Wed 03 Jul 2024: Hyderabad Wed 26 Jun 2024: Bangalore Mon 24 Jun 2024: Bangalore Tue 18 Jun 2024: Chennai Sun 16 Jun 2024: Hyderabad Fri 14 Jun 2024: Singapore Mon 03 Jun 2024: Tokyo Thu 18 Apr 2024: Singapore Thu 04 Apr 2024: Chennai Tue 02 Apr 2024: Hyderabad Thu 28 Mar 2024: Chennai Mon 26 Feb 2024: Singapore Sat 24 Feb 2024: Chennai Thu 22 Feb 2024: Hyderabad Fri 16 Feb 2024: Chennai Thu 15 Feb 2024: Pune Wed 14 Feb 2024: Pune Sun 11 Feb 2024: Chennai Sat 27 Jan 2024: Singapore Sat 20 Jan 2024: Chennai Thu 18 Jan 2024: Bangalore Wed 10 Jan 2024: Bangalore Sun 31 Dec 2023: Chennai Fri 29 Dec 2023: Kuala Lumpur Thu 28 Dec 2023: Kuala Lumpur Sat 11 Nov 2023: Singapore Sun 29 Oct 2023: Hyderabad Sat 14 Oct 2023: Singapore Sun 01 Oct 2023: Chennai Fri 29 Sep 2023: Hyderabad Tue 26 Sep 2023: Bangalore Wed 30 Aug 2023: Singapore Fri 25 Aug 2023: Chennai Thu 24 Aug 2023: Hyderabad Wed 23 Aug 2023: Hyderabad Wed 09 Aug 2023: Singapore Sat 29 Jul 2023: Chennai Mon 24 Jul 2023: Hyderabad Fri 21 Jul 2023: Chennai Wed 19 Jul 2023: Mumbai Sat 15 Jul 2023: US-San Francisco Thu 06 Jul 2023: US-Newark Mon 29 May 2023: Singapore Sat 27 May 2023: Chennai Wed 24 May 2023: Bangalore Fri 19 May 2023: Chennai Wed 17 May 2023: Delhi Thu 04 May 2023: Chennai Mon 01 May 2023: Bangalore Sun 23 Apr 2023: Chennai Thu 20 Apr 2023: Hyderabad Sun 26 Feb 2023: Singapore Mon 20 Feb 2023: Hyderabad Sat 04 Feb 2023: Chennai Wed 25 Jan 2023: Hyderabad Mon 23 Jan 2023: Chennai Thu 05 Jan 2023: Bangalore

I called a few movers in Chennai, including “Unicorn Packers & Movers”, listed at 7015580411. He couldn’t understand what I said. I said, “We’re shifting to a house in Mylapore,” and he asked, “Shifting house where in Hyderabad?” (The reason became clear later.) It seemed I had the wrong number, so I said, “No, sorry, we need someone else,” and hung up. His phone rage began. He called back and said, “Why did you wake me up and waste my time?” From his tone it was clear I couldn’t say anything helpful. From the quality of my signal it was clear I couldn’t have a meaningful conversation. So I just put the phone down without cutting it. ...

My family and I relocated to Singapore today. Most of my major life decisions have involved the distance from Chennai. In 1992, I wanted to study physics at IIT Kanpur or Kharagpur. My father erased the choices from my admission form and calmly said, “Tick anything in Chennai.” I ticked everything except Chemical Engineering. Prof Kalyanakrishnan saw my rank, said “You’ll get Chemical Engineering”, and ticked it for me. No one heard me say, “But I don’t like Chemical Engineering.” ...

Chennai on Google Earth in high resolution. Mylapore and other areas near the coast are not yet in hi-res, though.

Calvin and Hobbes in Chennai. The posts between 10-13 March 2006 have (pretty good) doodles of Calvin & Hobbes eating idli and visiting the Marina beach. Comments Doodler 1 Apr 2006 5:11 pm: :) hi anand..great blog with something new everyday!well am frm infy too..do u blog in the infy blog? S Anand 1 Apr 2006 7:20 pm: Wow, you’re from Infy? Amazing cartoons you had there. My Infy ID is subramanian_anand. Drop me a line, if you can?

I had declared 30th May 2005 as my longest day. Air India proved me wrong. My longest day was 18 Feb 2006. I didn’t plan to fly Air India to Chennai in the first place. British Airways had more convenient timings and a similar fare. But I clicked on the wrong button, and didn’t realise until a few days before the flight that I was on the Air India, and that the flight left at 8:45am. ...

Water problems at Chennai. And Mumbai. And Ahmedabad. And Andhra. The rest of the world will, too, in a short while.

Air Sahara is auctioning tickets. Pity Chennai is not on their list!

You can book train tickets online in Chennai. In fact, the Indian Railways will probably introduce it soon.