the bus routes were limited the roads here were lonely and dark and i remember the terror i felt while cycling says murari who recalls his kilpauk of half a century ago in his novel four steps from paradise published in 2006when murari left for england in 1959 and returned 30 years later he barely recognized the surrounding he grew up in centuryold bungalows had been demolished to make room for a tight squeeze of highrises of fices shops and gover nment quartersi believe buildings are the anchor to our heritage and if theyre gone well we lose so much and thats what kilpauk has lost he sayslittle may remain from muraris memory of kilpauk but some things havent changed kilpauk i have to admit is riddled with outdated infrastructure and sewage lines but weve never had any flooding not even in the rain that hit chennai last december guess its good when some things never changereaders who have fond recollection of their neighbourhoods can write to ekathaanntimesgroupcom