Degree Coffee by the Yard by Nirmala Lakshman

Degree Coffee by the Yard by Nirmala Lakshman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you love Chennai like me, you will like the book. It starts with the history of how Chennai began as Chennapatinam and Madraspatinam and how it has metamorphosed into the city it is now. Somewhere cosmopolitan, but retaining its traditional aspects just under the surface. Scratch the surface and one can see this.

Extensive research and emotion has gone behind the book. If one has lived in the city when it was called Madras, one will definitely get a feeling of nostalgia even of one continues to live in the city.

The book derives from the fact that in some places, Chennai, the coffee is referred to by yards/length an coffee is a culture in Tamil Nadu.

Lovers or Madras and Chennai read the book.

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