‘MGR Bungalow’ in Tiruchi languishes in neglect

Two rusted iron gates swing inward on to a rough sloping track, opening out to what would once have been an imposing view of a stately country residence set in a tree-lined estate.A. Arumugham, the wa

Two rusted iron gates swing inward on to a rough sloping track, opening out to what would once have been an imposing view of a stately country residence set in a tree-lined estate. A. Arumugham, the watchman, is hanging up his laundry, casting a wary eye on the phone-fixated children seated on a fallen log near the parapet wall, while cuckoos and crows hold a singing contest.