Need recommendation for good neurologist in Chennai

Any recommendations for a good neurologist (neurophysician) in Chennai? Any personal experiences to share about?

Need info for treatment of persistent headache (about 15days now and still counting) for my dad. Under some medication, but that's not really helping.

If it's not too much to ask, recommendation of doctor preferably in and around

Virugambakkam/Saligramam
Vadapalani/Valsaravakkam
KK Nagar/Ashok Nagar
Kodambakkam/Arumbakkam/Nungambakkam
elsewhere

in that order. However, proximity doesn't really matter if a good doctor is far away.

Kindly ask around/pass on this request in case you can solicit information from your friends' circle. They can reach me by posting a comment to this blog or dropping an email at

sudhir [at] lakkaraju [dot] net
sudhirlp [at] gmail [dot] com

2008 November Rains

The parking lot of the building behind my apartment complex was submerged in rains during the Novemeber rains. They had to pump out the water with around 5 pumps for 3-4 days continuously. Several cars were submerged above seat level in water - anywhere between 10-30K Rupees in repairs was the comment I heard. This is not the first time this has happened for them. Nor will it probably be the last :(

Their parking lot is below the ground level when compared to the road and the design is flawed - causing water to stagnate and cause the enormous swimming pool (200ft x 150ft size of apartment complex).

 
 

Time and distance

Date: Today, 8-Feb-2007
Travel Agenda: Drop Dad at Chennai Railway station and head to office

Onward
Start: Virugambakkam - 6.06am
Stop: Chennai Central - 6.26am
Distance: 15.2kms
Time: 20mins
Route: via Arcot Road, Kodambakkam Bridge, Mahalingapuram, Sterling Road, College Road, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Poonamalle High Road, Central

Return
Start: Chennai Central - 6.27am
Stop: Vadapalani - 6.49am
Distance: 13kms
Time: 22mins
Route: via Poonamalle High Road, 100 feet Road, Saligramam, Arcot Road, Vadapalani

On an average, my 2km drive from home to office (and vice versa) takes anywhere between 10-20mins if it's during regular office hours !

Ain't it fun to be driving early in the morning ? :)

Eat-out recommendations for Chennai ...

Some of my friends from abroad (Indian origin) landed recently in Chennai and asked me for eat-out recommendations. I promptly turned to my most "reliable" source - the office mailing list. Here's the list that I compiled out of the responses.

Personally, my favorite (for quality and standardization purposes) has been the Hotel Saravana Bhavan chain. It's just that they are getting very very costly by normal standards.

I've also liked Cascade on Khader Nawaz Khan Road. Good food. One thing to watch out is that the normal quantity of most items is enough to serve 3-4 people !

Ok, here goes the list ... (I wish this was on a Wiki so management would be easy)

Category based on Indian IT per capita standards :)

Very Expensive / First Class:
* MainLand China - Sterling Road, Nungambakkam (chinese food)
* Benjarong - close to Adyar Park Sheraton, TTK Road (malaysian food)
* Cornucopia - Opp to Dhaba Express near Nandanam signal (meditteranean & gourmet salads)
* Citrus - Hotel Savera (signature restraunt)
* The Crown at Residency Towers
* GRT Grand Days
* Residency
* Annalakshmi - Mount Road
* Southern Spice - Taj Coromandel
* The Park
* Le Meridien
* Radha Park Inn (100 ft road)
* Chola/Park Sheraton


Expensive / Business:
* Cascade - Nungambakkam, Khader Nawaz Khan Road (chinese food)
* Bellaciao - Italian cuisine
* Green Park
* Don Pepe - Cathedral Road (mexican food)
* Copper Chimney - Cathedral Road
* China Town - Cathedral Road
* Subway, Pizza Hut, ... chain - Spencer Plaza & elsewhere
* Hotel Saravan Bhavan chain


Moderate / Economy:
* Eden - Besant Nagar (for vegetarians)
* Little Italy - Nungambakkam, opp Pizza Hut
* Eatalica : RA puram & Sterling Road (good burgers & sandwiches)
* Sanjeevanam - Hygenic stuff from Cholayils - Sterling road, Adyar, Mogappair (veg & bland food)
* Kumarakom - Kerala food
* Matsya - Egmore (Mangalorean food)
* Coconut Lagoon - Kerala again, but you also get beer served here. Do not go to this place if you cant take spicy hot (as in absolutely HOT) food.
* Kabul - Afghani place
* Murugan Idly Shop - North Usman Road
* New Yorker - opposite to The Park (near Gemini Flyover)
* Rangis - close to New Yorker (Chinese)
* Dhaba express / Sachin Ka Dhaba - Anna Nagar, Adyar, Nungambakkam, Kodambakkam, near Nandanam signal
* Frankies at Greams Road near Fruit Shop
* Gangotri - opp Stella Mary's college, Cathedral Road (excellent chats)
* Sangeetha Chain
* Vasantha Bhavan Chain
* Venkateswara boli stall - West Mambalam
* Ratna Cafe - T.Nagar
* Woodlands in Narada gana sabha (good in evening time)
* Drive-in woodlands - Cathedral Road (not for food, but for a normal hangout over a cuppa coffee/tea, couple abundant car parking space in heart of city)


Discount tickets: :)
* Vaishno Dhaba - Sowcarpet
* Gujrati Bhavan - near Bank of Maharastra, opp High Court
* Bombay Mess - Sowcarpet
* Karpagambal mess in Mylapore - opp Bharathiya Vidya Bhawan
* Rajasthani Dhaba - near Blue Star, Anna Nagar


Coffeeshops:
* Mocha - Nungamabakkam
* Barista chain
* Cafe Coffe Day chain


Ice-creams
* Move and pick - Nungambakkam
* Fresco - Nungambakkam


Others (haven't been able to classify these) :
* Heaven n earth - Mount road (Chinese food)
* Hotel Ganges (next to Hotel Park)
* Malabar - on ECR (east coast road)
* Amethyst - near Gemini flyover (coffeeshop, not the kind you'd goto with your parents)
* Sweet Chariot - ispahani centre (near Gemini flyover)


For other recommendations:
* Chennai Food Guide (orkut community)-
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=163622
* Check out Good Food Line in the supplement of 'The Hindu' - every
week some articles appear on food -- recipes, suppliers, eateries etc.