Fabricated from Chennai: From poems to collages, readers share their love for Chennai

Artwork by Subhashree Sridhar

In a blue patterned scroll, P Mary writes what Chennai means to her. “A metropolis of goals, come what might,” reads a line from her poem. On a yellow postcard, Okay Prasanna Pandian sketches quite a few well-known landmarks – the Central Railway Station, Anna Nagar tower park and Ripon buildings. “Chennai, a metropolis of infinite power,” says R Sethubai, in his letter to the town. 

Artwork by Abirami

These have been among the many many entries acquired as part of ‘Expensive Chennai, with love’, an initiative by The Hindu Fabricated from Chennai to commemorate World Put up Day, celebrated in October. The codecs have been diverse; sketches, poetry, scrapbooks, essays, and even collages, however the love for the town tied all of it collectively.

Artwork by Anisha Maria

 
For a lot of, it was an opportunity to soak in some nostalgia as nicely. Priscilla Yazhini’s sketch of an previous gate on the Madras Christian Faculty was captioned, ‘The brand new gate has no hint of the previous, however I’ve reminiscences that can final’. For R Okay Kumari, Chennai was the ‘vibrant charmer’ when she first visited in the summertime of 1978 from Tirunelveli on a trip. In her letter, she fondly recalled being awestruck by the hustle and bustle of mount street. For the town’s youthful residents, there’s a lot concerning the metropolis that they’re rising up in that they’re falling in love with. 11 yr previous Okay J Jishnu despatched in a finger portray of the Marina seashore lighthouse, and mentioned he was impressed by the structure.

Artwork by Aishvarya Ashok

 
Among the many many correspondences from folks from different cities expressing their love for the town was Babitha Babu’s inland letter in stunning calligraphy, all the best way from Kollam, through which she referred to the town as a ‘stunning neighbour’. Poetry, musings concerning the language, the ocean, the structure, heritage and extra featured on quite a few postcards from the scholars of the College of Madras.

Artwork by Prasanna Pandian

 
In all of the sketches and odes to the town which made up the entries, one factor was evident –  the town’s many myriad sides seize one’s creativeness like no different.