An amazing and wonderful clock:
Industrious via an amazing website:
Frances Pritchett's South Asian Links.

Some links to articles about Chennai's heritage:

S. Muthiah's
Madras Miscellany articles in The
Hindu newspaper
Heritage articles in The Hindu for all cities (most of the Chennai articles have also been written by S. Muthiah)
Reminiscences of Chennai by Tamil writer Ashokamitran - from
Chennaionline, which is an excellent site for all kinds of information about the city
Global Adjustments is a commercial relocation service for foreign families coming to India. Their
newsletter often includes articles on Chennai culture and history.

Pictures of
Indian Currency Notes, part of a larger site,
The World Paper Money, via
Dublog
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Yes, that
is Mahatma Gandhi (no relation), right there on the biggest note of all.

(And by the way: To the person who asked Google for a picture of brinjal: other names for brinjal are eggplant and aubergine.)
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