{"id":2723,"date":"2014-04-03T16:55:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:59:14","slug":"chennai-textures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=2723","title":{"rendered":"Chennai: Textures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve posted before about Chennai&#8217;s endless walls and the fact that many of them get postered, painted, repainted and repostered. &nbsp;This creates interesting textures; so much so, that one of my predecessors did an entire photographic exhibition on just that theme &#8211; and sold many of his photos to boot! When I heard about that, I started to pay more attention. 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