Does n’t these two names has something in comm’n?…..This is the first question I had in my mind while flying(was actually travelling in MRTS(Mass Rapid Transit System) which in tamil translates to Flying train(poor translation, atleast this is what I could see in all those station message hoardings) across the MA Chidambaram Stadium today …
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Running all this in my mind…..”Che” + “pauk”—– putting aside “Che” for now, “pauk” is a common suffix for places in and around Chennai …for Non-Chennai guys…dropping some names …iyapakkam,thamarai pakkam,Shen paakkam and the famous pattina pakkam which is nothing but the beach facing side of Santhome………..
Coming back to the story…..I wanted to know somehow the link of Che and our local Chepauk…Did Che made to visit to Chennai.?.with my little understanding of history…..quizzed over the communist/socialist parties and their influence on this part of India…a sudden thud from the back……sir…..vazhi vidunga sir…….(translates to Sir .. give way..) oh gosh…….I too have to get off the train at this station….arae…….hold on hold on…no…..i am finally down on platform…….Made it a point to search in WWW..and found
“pauk” came from “bagh” which means garden and “Che” means Six …..considering Chepauk is full of govt offices and universities which are in fact sorrounded by tall trees and greenery…
so from what iyapakkam,thamarai pakkam,Shen paakkam and pattina pakkam came ????/////////////
finally I have one more question//// Che the same as in “Che”nnai….aha//////