THE DAILY CRUSH: A scene at Anna Pillai street at Kothalchavadi. With the CMDA green-lighting work on a foodgrain market in Koyambedu, congestion in the central business district of George Town is set to ease. Catch the report in the city pages of The Hindu on Wednesday. Photo: M. Vedhan
CITY SLICE: An aerial view of central Chennai. Photo: R. Ragu
EAVESDROPPING: A cart driver catches up on his cell phone as his bullock listens in. Photo: M. Vedhan
SUNSCREEN: A mother and her children share a dupatta on a hot Chennai day. Photo: M. Vedhan
CONTRARY CHENNAI: A long row of two-wheelers parked right by a no-parking sign-board. Photo: R Ragu
WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS RED: This traffic signal on Cathedral Road provides a contrast of fortunes in Chennai. Photo: R. Ravindran
BLEARY SUNRISE: Near the Porur lake, the beginning of what turned out to be a scorcher of a day. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao