{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"Elliot's Beach - Chennai &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fYUo0KmLib\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/elliots-beach-chennai\/\">Elliot&#8217;s Beach &#8211; Chennai<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/elliots-beach-chennai\/embed\/#?secret=fYUo0KmLib\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Elliot&#8217;s Beach &#8211; Chennai&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"fYUo0KmLib\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The Elliot&#8217;s beach aka Besant Nagar Beach in Chennai has been a favorite family haunt. Kuttyma religiously makes atleast couple of trips to the beach when she stays in Chennai. We visited the beach early Sunday morning during our recent visit and it left me sad. Morning joggers, walkers, stuntmen, musclemen, castle builders, water lovers, screamers, gigglers, catchers, photographers and dreamers &#8211; the beach had them all. It also had tons of trash. It was a sickening sight. And of course there was NOT a single trash bin in the beach. The one trash bin I could spot was in the car park. Most of the waste was food waste &#8211; easily decomposable. Left me wondering why the stall owners do not provide trash bins. It was quite hard to find a clean spot to sit down in the sand. I had some interesting conversations with folks on twitter and the most common complaint from people who complain about the trash is the lack of trash bins. I spotted every stall at the beach advertising &#8220;Idea Cellular&#8220;. Idea! It would have been better if you sponsored trash bins instead of wasting money painting stores. I would have been impressed and [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6413-300x225.jpg"}