Poudichéry a.k.a Pondicherry a.k.a Puducherry

Puducherry translates to "New Village". Puducherry became Pondicherry when Foreign invaders had trouble with pronouncing it. Ahem... btw Now there is no use talking about who invaded and what they did. Pondicherry being my hometown, its obvious i'll like that place. But the old French archtitecture, the beaches, the food bandis selling soups, the perfectly parallel roads. The Boulevard where the streets still retain their french names.... the boards dispaying names of the streets.... The red cap the Police Constables wear.... All these at one place. Pondicherry.

You get quite good French food in the restaurants. The Beach can really be a good place to hang out. The rock beach may be to meet people and the sand beach in Auroville if you want to be solitaire.

Auroville Town can be a great place if you want to go on a ride. French Chics ;), Grannies riding Bullets, Phirangi Munis, hippies, you'll see lot of things you wont be able to see anywhere else. We used to go to Auroville through E.C.R, East Coast Road. A biker's paradise, can turn to hell at any time(hope you're getting me) . Matrimandir is now being renovated... So they're not letting visitors in. They just show you a view of the Structure from outside the fences. Its fun standing at that point where people get a glimpse of the Matrimandir. This was were Kaki got obsessed with French chics. There other spots in Auroville where the tourists flood is the Visitor's Center. We used to see lot of desi chics here.

Now going further North from Auroville on the E.C.R we'll be able to notice a Bunglow on the Right side, it is the Vice Chancellor's Bunglow. Just opposite to it is the Pondicherry Engineering College(PEC) and the Pondicherry Univ. PEC, established in 1985-86 is a reputed Engineering college. Lots of trees, a huge gate, Canteen similar to TASMAC [google it if u donno what it is ;;)], a huge Air conditioned Auditorium. I must havebe been in there. You see couples under trees whiling their times. A group of boys/ girls gossiping. And nothing more. Actually i dont know that much about PEC.

Going back into the Boulevard, you'll get into M.G.Road. We used to hang out in temples in M.G Road. There is a Venkanna Babu Mandir and a Shivalayam. I dont know about who built them and stuff but they do look quite old. The other interesting places in M.G.Road are Eden Gardens,a Juice shop(not on par with the Fruit shop on Greams Road), Dhanalakshmi Ice Creams, serves delicious ice creams, The Snack shops near the "Chinna Mani Koondu" serve hot prawn bajjis and pakodas, The Church.

Coming to the rock beach, the Park Guest House, Ajanta Bar and Restaurant, War Memorial, The Promnade and the virtually existent breeze. For me, the rock beach no sense. I mean generally if someone says that he is goin to the beach, it must be to get some air. But here its gonna be different. The beach is the most suffocating place in town. But it serves as point de réunion for old friends.

Mission street can be one of the happening roads in town. Coffee.com, Geetha Bakery, Immaculate Conception Church, Focus - The book Shop, Casablanca, Pizza Corner and a lot more. Geetha Bakers serve good breads. Casablanca is a small shopping mall.

Going to Lawspet... The only thing i like over there is the Airport road. Everything else is Bullshit... Apart from these JIPMER campus is worth going.

Pondicherry as such is a great place to live in. But the growing population and the increasing number of automobiles is making it worse. The traffic is becoming aweful. The streets being really narrow, even proper regulation doesnt work. God must be working on this for a solution... Please God do work out.... We want our Pondicherry as it was about 6-7 years ago...




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