Comments on: Shirts that fade and Madras http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: raj http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5391 raj Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:52:56 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5391 Lovely post. Though I have been living in Chennai all these years, your post and the links, sent me into a nostalgic trance - yearning for the old Madras. Lovely post. Though I have been living in Chennai all these years, your post and the links, sent me into a nostalgic trance – yearning for the old Madras.

]]> By: anantha http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5158 anantha Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:34:50 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5158 Neha: Here in May/June, Old Navy (which sells budget casuals for the twenty somethings, me thinks) had this start of summer campagain (look for "Old Navy 'Madras' TV" in <a href="http://www.gapinc.com/public/Media/med_image_on_archive.shtml" rel="nofollow">this page</a> called "Make it Madras". Ofcourse, like any other fine Indian name like Ananthanarayanan, they had to mangle "Madras" into something that sounded like "Mad -Russ"! And the collection was full of plaid skirts and what not. Neha: Here in May/June, Old Navy (which sells budget casuals for the twenty somethings, me thinks) had this start of summer campagain (look for “Old Navy ‘Madras’ TV” in this page called “Make it Madras”. Ofcourse, like any other fine Indian name like Ananthanarayanan, they had to mangle “Madras” into something that sounded like “Mad -Russ”! And the collection was full of plaid skirts and what not.

]]> By: Neha Viswanathan http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5112 Neha Viswanathan Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:16:24 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5112 Kamla: Wasn't it the Royal Highland Fusiliers that spread tartan love wide and far? Interesting, will poke deeper into the Himalayas next time. gauravonomics: I know of a lot of people who refer to the same city as Madras or Chennai depending on which language they are speaking. Interesting. Janefield: Not really. Chennai has been Chennai for a lot of people. Or so I think. Primalsoup: Oh yes! Chennai is more real than Madras is. Madras is that magic land of ripe jackfruit and raw mangoes. Madras can be pickled and had in doses with thayir saadam when desired. As for Jeevansaathi - maybe someone's sending you signals. Cough! Kamla: Wasn’t it the Royal Highland Fusiliers that spread tartan love wide and far? Interesting, will poke deeper into the Himalayas next time.

gauravonomics: I know of a lot of people who refer to the same city as Madras or Chennai depending on which language they are speaking. Interesting.

Janefield: Not really. Chennai has been Chennai for a lot of people. Or so I think.

Primalsoup: Oh yes! Chennai is more real than Madras is. Madras is that magic land of ripe jackfruit and raw mangoes. Madras can be pickled and had in doses with thayir saadam when desired. As for Jeevansaathi – maybe someone’s sending you signals. Cough!

]]> By: Primalsoup http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5107 Primalsoup Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:39:20 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5107 By the way, everytime I visit your page I see this ad for Jeevansaathi.com. Is it just me, I wonder?! :) By the way, everytime I visit your page I see this ad for Jeevansaathi.com. Is it just me, I wonder?! :)

]]> By: Primalsoup http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5104 Primalsoup Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:26:39 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5104 How very nicely written, Neha. Chennai rolls out rather easily from my mouth. No political ideology here, but it just works. But yes, to me Madras will always be the somewhat magical land that I came back each year for my summer vacations to. It was this overtly romanticized place inside my head. When I eventually moved here, Chennai seemed like a much better and more real way to refer to it. The memory of Madras preserved forever. Your blog is getting better by the day, must be the air in the city! :) How very nicely written, Neha. Chennai rolls out rather easily from my mouth. No political ideology here, but it just works. But yes, to me Madras will always be the somewhat magical land that I came back each year for my summer vacations to. It was this overtly romanticized place inside my head. When I eventually moved here, Chennai seemed like a much better and more real way to refer to it. The memory of Madras preserved forever.

Your blog is getting better by the day, must be the air in the city! :)

]]> By: Janefield http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5099 Janefield Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:01:01 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5099 Madras is referred to as Chennai only by those who politically prefer it! For me, its always been Madras and also Bombay, for that matter. Madras is referred to as Chennai only by those who politically prefer it! For me, its always been Madras and also Bombay, for that matter.

]]> By: gauravonomics http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/09/shirts-that-fade-and-madras/comment-page-1/#comment-5094 gauravonomics Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:39:18 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=934#comment-5094 Very well written post, Neha. I write a series called <a href="http://gauravonomics.wordpress.com/tag/bombaywallah-mumbaikar-discuss/" rel="nofollow">Bombaywallah & Mumbaikar Discuss</a> at <a href="http://mumbai.metblogs.com/" rel="nofollow"> Metroblogging Mumbai</a> and Bombaywallah and Mumbaikar always refer to the city as Bombay and Mumbai. I, for some reason, find myself calling it Bombay in speech and Mumbai when I am writing. Very well written post, Neha. I write a series called Bombaywallah & Mumbaikar Discuss at Metroblogging Mumbai and Bombaywallah and Mumbaikar always refer to the city as Bombay and Mumbai. I, for some reason, find myself calling it Bombay in speech and Mumbai when I am writing.

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