Namma Chennai

After more than a year this week has been a real eye opener for me.

Uptil now the my stay in chennai was marred with pathetic food(by now sambhar flows in my body not blood... ), not so good weather, and full of tamil words (which seems more like jalebi to me.. ). I always thought that people in chennai only knows how to work but not to enjoy.

Forgive me but I had my own reasons to believe it. There were no parties thrown in the office as compared to other cities , no huge celebrations on diwali. In fact the area where I live didn't had a single house decorated forget crackers.

But christmas seems to have changed things here.. This week has been totally against what I been used to in here. Office has been decorated, big celebrations going on since last few days even though christmas is yet to arrive. Funny games are being organized and people actively participate.

It was both funny as well heartning to see my simple and modest supervisor giving roses to all the girls in the office (who by the way is married. :) ). While I am writing this a girl is being given a task to take nine turns clockwise and anticlockwise around the christmas tree and then distribute Prasadam of Cadbury in the whole office.Even the most shy guy in the office tried to greet merry christmas and new year in Rajnikanth style.

People are enjoying the holidays and the christmas spirit is everywhere. Now I have realised that people here are simple but still shares the same spirit of life. There are positives to be seen here also. Its just that there ways are different. Now after more than a year I can also say “Namma Chennai (It is our chennai )”.