Chennai & the places I have lived in

I have lived in Chennai for 2 years, 1 month & 21 days as of , 23rd Nov 2008. I came here on 2nd Oct 2006 to join my fellowship at SN. Believe it or not, in this time I have lived in 3 homes & been associated with a 4th. I use the word homes, even though it sounds funny as I dislike to use house.


Well, the first place I lived in (this can be called a house) was the hostel-flat SN provided us with. Though much better than the hostel room in KEM at Mumbai, I would any day prefer the KEM hostel. A large flat with 5 bedrooms, I was initially in a room with 3 other girls. Then I shifted to another room which I shared with another girl. Somehow, I was never comfortable & happy there & soon shifted out.







The Home I shifted to was New no 5, Old no 11, lake area, Behind Valluvar Kottam. This was Home. A lovely place with nice people as my landlords, who lived below. Or rather I lived on the first floor of their banglow. It brought me peace & happiness. A lot of people asked me if I was lonely living alone. Well, I was not. I was happy & satisfied. It was also while living there that I came to know Hari. (Not that I met him in that home. Just that I lived there when it happened).

The Beautiful sit out, where baba is standing, was a lovely place to relax after a days hard work. The funny part is I always wanted to take photos of the place but ended up doing so just before I left the home. This photo of Dad is taken on my wedding day evening when we came back from the hotel after the wedding.










This is my room. Mom asleep. This is on 22nd August morning, when I was getting ready to go to the Kula Daivum. I vacated the home on this day evening. Still miss it, in some ways.










Which brings in the almost home place. No actually it was home. Hari's place at Choolaimedu. I spent so much time there, It was more home to me than my own place :-D. Spent some memorable days in that place. Our relationship was built at this home. Hari missed this home a lot after we moved out...... So did I.







And the fourth place is Our Home now at Kilpauk. Lovely place. I love it. This is the place where we begin our lives together. Hari loves decorating the place. The lamps, the Ship with sails & the brass things are some of his favourites.

There is a lot of us in every place we live & a lot of that place in us. They mould & shape us. Build our character. Teach us to survive. The hostel taught me to live with people I did not know in harmony. Being an only child this was an important lesson. Living alone later taught me to look after myself & my need on my own. The responsibilities of running a home. Hari's home brought us together & gave our lives a new direction. And Our home helps us build our lives together. In love .......