Friday, September 22, 2006

Remembering My Great Chennai - A special report from Chennai Machan! - Part I

Considering the fact that this article is a 400th article in Made in Chennai, I am writing this special article remembering chennai.

Dear Chennai,
I LOVE YOU my dear Chennai. I love you so much that no one can measure. I was born and did my schooling in Chennai. I just feel at home. No Hassles and No problem. Always had fun in Chennai. In fact some calm times are in Chennai only.

You are a perfect blend of rural emotions and urban facilities. People who live in Chennai enjoy both the advantages of rural and urban combinations. You can see whole lot of Rural floating population and also settled Urban population.

This article will manifest my love towards Chennai and also my dreams for Chennai.
I cannot make Chennai as New York, but I can make Chennai as another New Chennai, which is better than New York. This is my dream for my Chennai.

I want to call it "Pudhiya Chennai".
Kanavu Kandaen Naan Kanavu kandaen.
Yen Pudhiya Chennai Uruvaaga Kanavu Kandaen...Naan..
Kanavu Kandaen Naan Kanavu Kandaen..

This is a song written by me. But this dream has to be made to reality. That is what I will work towards.

I want to bring everything world class in Chennai. You might think why should I work on Chennai to get things straightened. Yes. I am thinking globally, acting locally, which I think is a success formula. Seeing the changes I make in Chennai, that exemplify for other cities over the country.

The areas which we will have to concentrate on:
1. Education to reach all and walking towards 100% Literacy in Chennai.
2. Every citizen in Chennai should get full meals three times a day.
3. Employment for every citizen. Walking towards 100% employment in Chennai.
4. Sow Entrepreneur seeds and make banyan trees out of this activity.
5. Clean and Green Chennai
6. Clean and Organized Traffic
7. People's Attitute towards Life
8. Improve Technology and Business in Chennai to lead towards a wealthier city.
9. Concentrate on Food, Clothing and Education.
10. Every Chennai citizen should get the basic thing and everything should be affordable to everybody.
11. Abolish child labour
12. Introduce a single number to track and help all of the population.
13. e-Governance
14. Population control
15.Sow Entrepreneurship in everyone's mind
16.Reduce tax rate
17.Abolish Corruption
18.Legalize abortion
19. Make it a best welfare city. Improve the income of the government by more and more industries, which in turn will create jobs.
20. Promote Small savings
21. Promote Tourism, which will be the highest revenue generating business for the city
22. Start a Mayor relief fund
23. Youth welfare and Sports development
24. Health improvement - Hospitals
25. Animal Husbandry
26. Horticulture
27. Agriculture
28. Poultry
29. Chennai District Mil Producers Union Ltd.,
30. Education - Schools, College/Universaties - UG, PG, PhD.
31. Fisheries
32. Handlooms and Textiles
33. Health and Family Welfare
34. Industries
35. Kallar reclamation
36. Revenue
37. Social Welfare
38. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
39. Tourism
40. Transport
41. TWAD

People might think I am crazy, but probably I am. Why am I worrying only about Chennai - shouldn't I be concerned about all about India or all about mankind? You are right! But, my approach is - if we are able to make some positive change in Chennai, which is a small city in India and it is a part of India - automatically this positive change will spread across India and across the world. This is my opinion and I believe in this chain reaction.

In my life time, I can only work on something small and I want to achieve that. I don't want to take up a task in my life, which I will not be able to achieve it. I want to take up something which is challenging and at the same time achievable!! That is why Chennai!!! Moreover, I love Chennai!!!

Well, I have not talked yet about "remembering chennai". I have to talk more about Chennai in terms of what I remember!:-) in the following part II!!

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