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Praveena Pattabiraman's avatar

Very funny! I approve of anyone who says Madras (as against Chennai 😐)

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Anand Sridharan's avatar

Indeed. Madras is a state of mind.

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Runara's avatar

You don't spare anyone huh!

Dalio Gibberish 😂

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Arjun Sundararajan's avatar

sOkka sonnappA

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Balakrishnan Venkataraman's avatar

Sariya sonne da. Namma vazhi Thani Vazhi

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VJ's avatar

Ne Jam Bazar Jug mame!!🤓

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AR's avatar

$19B in negative yielding assets just got Gaundamani’s “Addi Serupale” 🤣

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Abdul's avatar

Ennoda chennai and ennoda slang. Nice article about chennai vazkai

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Venkat Venkataramanan's avatar

Wonderfully written piece that stirs up nostalgic memories of the Madras I grew up in and the no-nonsense “cut to the cheese” Madras lingo!

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Raghu's avatar

Very good piece- kalakkitte po!

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Devan's avatar

Street smart 😊

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Venkateswaran Govindarajan's avatar

That was seriously funny!! I was born in Madras, lived there until I was 22 and then left the Marina beach for further shores approximately 40 years ago. Maybe I have retained some of Madras bashai cos people do associate me with irreverence but I have not been apologetic or even ashamed of it. This article celebrates that and yes, it is Madras, and will always be to me.

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Ganesh Sankaran's avatar

The 2 important words u missed…..Poda dei 🤷‍♂️

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Archana's avatar

Brilliant, can instantly relate, u see we are also a family of mariyadhai Ramans

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Mahesh's avatar

Flippant with serious points to ponder! 😃

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Prasanth's avatar

Absolutely brilliant !!. Being a "honorary Madrassi" - what being Madras my home for 25 years now, can relate !!

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Rahul's avatar

Brilliant! Though I am not from Madras, as a Tamilian who visited Madras every summer vacation, I can totally relate. Extremely useful way to deal with scamming I-bankers, promoters and their ilk!

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