The imperturbable faces of the crooked red letter boxes planted all over Chennai are like epithets the city has forgotten to use. The ones that remain, project the presence of an era that broods in its absences.
For a generation that has forgotten, or never learnt the joys of sending and receiving packages by post, a letter box is often confused with the post box. The post box is what people hang outside their doors or gates. Whereas, letter boxes are big, red and planted on the street or prominent junctions, and run by the post office.
