It was my good friend’s (Kannan or es-jay as we call him) birthday a couple of days ago and we decided to head down to the local Marriott to grab some dinner. The security at the hotel was at an all time high, thanks to the teams that had arrivedin the city to participate in the international squash championships. I used to take pride in the fact that Chennai was probably the safest city to be in and that you could just go about and not worry about anything other than getting run over by a bus on the road.
Some 2 years later, you can still get run over by a bus and vehicles of all sizes but the numerous check points around the city and hotels and getting constantly pulled over for a check reminds you of how much the world has changed. My hometown is now on the radar for a terrorist attack. Sucks.
PS. I still think that buses and trucks are much much more deadly than any terrorist. Now, I would be genuinely scared for my life if the terrorists were trained to operate trucks on the city roads 