Fruitshop on Greams Road

The Fruitshop on Greams Road is something that most of us people from Chennai are in love with. A juice shop that sells only fresh, unadulterated juices and also has a drive in facility is certainly a unique concept, at least in India. The prices are a tad bit over the top, but it’s defiantly worth it because the quality is assured. I generally have a pineapple juice without ice for my dinner! I also like the Jughead Special, which is an ice-cream based drink and the Sheik Shake which is a date milkshake. The Fruit Shop on Greams Road gets its name from its first branch that was located on Greams Road, but now they have plenty of branches; Greams Road, Harleys Road Kilpauk, Besant Nagar, Spencer Plaza, Nungambakam, Meenambakam and East Cost Road are the ones that I am aware of and have visited. But the one I frequent is the one on Harleys Road mainly because the location is convenient and the service is extraordinary. Hats off to the boys there. Another added advantage is the fact that my hairdresser is on the floor above it and I like to have a nice head massage along with a Lemon Mint Cooler, generally referred to as the LMC! I hear they are opening a branch in Dubai sometime this month, maybe Chuckeroon or DBluey from the Dubai Daily Photo could get us a picture of the Fruit Shop on Greams Road in Dubai?

Man over Machine

Construction is a big buisness in India, just like any other part of the world. I happen to be part of that Industry as well, so I know quite a bit about how its run. I took this picture from the second floor of my office building, this is a next plot of land that has been constructed upon. Great apartments comming up there, and the price is about US$ 200,000 per apartment. Here in Chennai, Builders still preffer man over machine to do the work, There are about people working on that project, As you can see, the guy sitting on the roof is removing water which was put there so the concrete can harder, this is a job that one machine can do, but there are four people doing it instead. Talk about technology!

The Textile Rainbow

I was at a friends textile store a while ago on a casual visit. I was waiting for him to finish with some clients before we could talk. Walked around a little bit and noticed this part of the showroom where there were materials using which Indian women get a part of their saree stitched. I was just amazed to see the colors. It’s not the best picture in the world, but I personally like the blurredness at one end.

The picture reminds me of my city, or India as a whole, just one word. COLOURFULL!