eight timeri murari given box camera click picture ancestral home coarsegrained black edward douglas white jr photo hangs framed living room window master copy sprawling garden cottage built one family ever really snap house street lived like indian families never kept record aver murari whose family among oldest residents kilpauk wish though may exposure matinee paragon mg ramachandran shot prospect several movies murari landons road bungalow level fountains cricket legend century k nayudu first captain indian test team used come house game murari grandfather vasu naidu father murari avid rather unseasoned time sound out murari distinctly commemorate waking one cockcrow finding chariot driven house krishna one strange sights would rouse number movie shoots garden says murari unmatchable city wellknown novelists today written rule book taj screenplay squarely r2 counted among best films time garden large looked like jungle backyard democratic shooting spot big enough full fledged game cricket says murari incidentally also played cricket young days chennai old chennai today loved movies loved cricket fact kilpauk home several picture show studio tone tamil nadu talkies citadel bosco college artistry design hundred yards murari landmark home landons sparsely populated kilpauk vast expanse land scattered sprawling garden houses rice fields backyard jungles george tired stochasticity wanted space moved extended family says murari lives small portion remains master bungalow extended taylors road kilpauk stage day murari avenue named father fought world war ii way present day vasu street named grandfather families owned bungalows kilpauk murari remember thrill felt family would troop grandfather ford duke go poonamallee in high spirits road chicken feed transport sparse city tram service extend kilpauk bus routes limited roadstead lonely dark remember terror felt cycling says murari echo kilpauk half century ago novel four steps paradise published murari left england returned years later barely recognized surrounding grew bungalows demolished make room tight squeeze highrises fices shops gover nment believe buildings anchor heritage gone well lose much kilpauk lost may remain murari memory kilpauk things changed kilpauk allow in permeate outdated infrastructure sewage lines never swamp even out rain smasher chennai last december pretend good things never reviewer warm recollection neighbourhoods write