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Hi all, I am planning to R2I in 2011. I  have 2 kids aged 9 and 5. Hunting for schools! Hope lots of u will be in the same boat. I am planning to try admission in chettinad vidyashram. Does...

Our favourite is a trip down East Coast Road. We love going to the following places on East Coast Road. 1. Mahabalipuram - sculptures, rock temples and more. You can work up a sweat climbing up some ...

We had a good time over the last weekend as we drove down to Pondicherry. Besides the usual list of places to see or explore there, we discovered a few more that I wanted to share with the g...

Auroville is the "experimental" township that is located near Pondicherry (Puducherry). It can be a pleasant day trip from Chennai, and a good place to go even if you are not from Chennai, f...

Besant Nagar Beach in Chennai I have written about this one before here - Besant nagar beach - a favourite haunt My kids and I go there at the drop of a hat. On...

Profile Valli Subbiah is the founder and head of the Kids Central, Nursery and Primary School in Chennai. Kids Central history In 1999, we started in one classroom in AMM. I started it as an after ...

Sadras (Saduranga pattinam) is an old Dutch fort that is located just past Mahabalipuram, near the Kalpakkam atomic power plant. It is next to the beach and is a nice place to have a small picnic wit...

My kids are huge fans of Thomas the Tank Engine and I must confess, so am I.  When we heard about a railway museum in Chennai, we knew we had to go there. A web search brought up a website with g...

Elliott's beach at Besant Nagar is one of my favourite haunts with my children. My kids love the place and as always, the ocean calms us all down. We love to go on Saturday morning or Sunday mor...

Fun activities and things to do for kids, in and around Chennai Dakshina Chitra - Dakshina Chitra is a museum of South Indian cultural heritage.  Kids can visit various stalls set up by ...

The Olive Ridley turtle's egg-laying and hatching season runs from January to April every year.  A conservation group collects a lot of eggs and protects them till they hatch. When they hatc...