Border Thottam to Besant Nagar

Had actually reserved this title for a book I wanted to write someday, on second thoughts y not for a blog.
These are 2 places in Madras(now Chennai) very close to my heart and the 2 places that equally contributed in making me.
Well Besant Nagar needs no introduction...and Border Thottam also needs no introduction to hardcore Madrasis, but for the not so hardcore ones heres the link that gives a lil dope http://wikimapia.org/5286895/Border_Thottam
Both these places sit at the 2 extremes of the social strata of Madras. I was fortunate to have experienced both the places in equal share. The first dozen years of my life at Border Thottam and the other dozen in Besant Nagar. (doing my third dozen in the Sheikhdoms of the Middle East).
I end up meeting a lotta people from Madras where ever I go, Pubs, Airport Lounges , Get togethers, general parties.... The convo almost goes like this every time I meet some one from Madras(if he/she is above 35 or Chennai if he/she is below 35).
''U frm Chennai / Madras'' (apply logic described above)
''Yeah''
''Whr in Chennai / Madras''
Besant Nag....
''Oh wht a place to liv maaan..Kewl... the place rocks..''
Hang on I say ''I used to live in/on Mount Road.''
''How cld u possibly live on Mount Road''
''Well u know Border Thottam'' I go on to explain the geography
''Yuk u lived there....'' but any one who knows the place well gives u different kinda respect
It wasnt kewl to live in Border Thottam but it was really macho....a Highly notorius part of the city....believe me even today if I wanna handle the auto guys in Madras I still tell them I live in Border Thottam...The Fords, the Toyotas, Mitsubishis and the Mercs landed here much before Madras came to be known as the Detroit of India.