COME ALL, THE BOOKS ARE HERE: Students at the Padi Pudu Nagar school browse newly issued books. Photo: K. Pichumani
REPAIR OR DISREPAIR?: Despite recent efforts at renovation, the tower of the Victoria Hall still shows damage. Photo: R. Ragu
PREVENTION AND PROTECTION: Members of PeTA put across their message near the Semmozhi Poonga. Photo: R. Ragu
EMERGENCY, AMENDED: Travellers wait to book tickets under the revamped tatkal scheme at a railway reservation centre in Mooremarket. Photo: R. Ragu
BUILT TO LAST? A Chennai Corporation official conducts a quality check on a new road laid at Officers Colony, Anna Nagar West Extension. Photo: M. Vedhan
PRECARIOUS: A handler balances himself over bullocks atop a truck on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
CATCHING THE PREMIERE: A crow basks in the morning light at the Marina beach. Photo: K.V. Srinivasan