#NoVisa — Pasticcio Madras Day

Oh, hovering clouds · Spread the euphoria in me · The city of Chennai · Is lit up like a fair

#NoVisa Pasticcio Madras Day © Gilles Denizot

On 22 August 1639, the town of Madrasapatnam (now Chennai) was bought from the local kings by the East India Company… #NoVisa Pasticcio Madras Day

A map of India with a red pin indicating Chennai (left) · A decorated wall in the arrivals terminal of Chennai airport (right) #NoVisa © Gilles Denizot

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#NoVisa © Gilles Denizot

#NoVisa © Gilles Denizot

Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, a state in south-east India. I arrived in the middle of the night, during monsoon season. The city was flooded, it was drowning.