I am testing out Blogjet, a blog editing program.  Seems to work very well so far.

The platform at Chennai Egmore station on a slow Friday night.

I passed time in the morning reading, but when I took a break I got my first look at the Western Ghats out of the window.

You can see the sores on the side of this poor elephant.  It is considered good luck for an elephant to pat you on the head with its trunk.  As compensation for this service you are expected to hand a coin to the elephant.   The elephant, using its trunk, then hands the coin to the driver.  The driver of this elephant is obviously hard up, he is working this poor elephant past any point of decency.  Very sad.   This is, unfortunately, very consistent with all episodes of animal treatment I encountered in India.