LAMPS AND LAMP- POSTS

Looking at these Lamps and lamp- posts take on back into an old French town. These lamps are deigned in iron and add character to the street.

Windows

These ornate decorations that flank the façade represent the inside trying to reach outside to tell us stories and memories lived within the structures. The way windows are dealt with talks a lot about what the people living within want to say. Do they want to be quiet? Or do they want to be poetic ? Let’s find out.

The lifestyle of the people is really not very different from what we might observe, except for :-

The way they use their public and urban space, you might wander on to some people playing chess on the street.

The simple manners and habits in which they establish identity to themselves and their houses

Their incorporated responsibility to the neighbourhood as a community

Their relation to their rich history and how it is imbibed in themselves

The relaxed nature that you don’t find in many neighbourhoods and cities nowadays

Roaming through the street one can find many of such reliefs to quench their thirst.

Street side treats are abundant in Puducherry and offer a wide variety of zing to the taste-buds.

Our taste buds are lingering when we look back at the food that we had while we were on our hunt for the authentic French cuisine.

The subtle taste and its intrinsic intensity continues to reflect the people who make it.

No travel is complete without the food and that is what brought us here to discover the differences that have made the French so popular and sought after.

But that’s not the only thing sought after here. As north Indian food is prominent here as well.

Once our excitement for the French delight succumbed and we were humbly brought back to a humid town in Tamil Nadu, our taste buds were craving a simple soothing warmth of the regional south Indian treats.

Our search ends at Surguru, where we were treated by the aroma of rasam and sambhar waiting for us as soon as we entered the restaurant.

A south Indian thali is unlike any other food item. Its in that beautiful space between good dishes and multiple courses of meals. It’s a platter where every combination of taste and spice is up to the consumer to decide and up to the consumer to enjoy and discover its own palate. YOU COULD HAVE THIS THALI EVERYDAY AND NOT FEEL THE SAME TEXTURE ,TASTE, AROMA. The food is directly related to the people who make it. Hence you can meet the same person everyday and never meet the same person twice.