07 December 2019

Communication, food and transport: A melting pot of problems: Chennai

Last week as I had to go to many Samsung Service Centres and mobile shops to get my mobile phone fixed, I didn't have much time to cook my breakfast. Hence I had to depend on restaurants. In the process I discovered that the cost of food in food outlets in Chennai is beyond the reach of common folk.  I was shocked to note that just one plain dosa cost Rs 51 at Hotel Krishna Prasad and Rs 68 at Murugan Idli Shop located in the Vadapalani-Valasaravaakkam areas of Chennai.
Murugan Idli Shop Receipt
In sharp contrast none of the food items sold in 'Amma Unavagam' outlets launched by former Tamilnadu chief minister Jayalalitha, and run by TN Govt. costs more than Rs 5. I don't see any difference in the quality of food items supplied by Amma Unavagam and expensive restaurants mentioned above.

Everyone including the traffic police  in Chennai know that almost all autorikshaws ply without their metres on and they charge exorbitant fees from helpless commuters. I think the State and Central Governments should look into such important issues, instead of keeping a blind eye to such realities.

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.