- published: 29 May 2014
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Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர், pronounced [kɔəjmbaːʈɔrɪ]), also known as Kovai (Tamil: கோவை, pronounced [kɔʋaːəj] ( listen)), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the 15th largest urban agglomeration in India with a metropolitan population of over 2 million. It is a major commercial centre and has often been referred to as the "Manchester of South India".
The Coimbatore region has been ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas, the later Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire and the Madurai Nayaks and is believed to have been named after a chieftain called Koyan. In the 17th century, the city became a part of the Kingdom of Mysore and remained so until its conquest by the British East India Company in 1799. The history of modern Coimbatore, however, dates from the 1930s, when the city grew rapidly capitalizing on a textile boom. Since then, the city has witnessed steady growth fueled by its favourable soil, climate and political and economic conditions.
Coimbatore is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation which comprises 100 wards grouped into five zones. It is situated on the banks of the Noyyal River in western Tamil Nadu and is surrounded by the Western Ghats on all sides. It is well connected by road, rail and air with major towns and cities in India.
(Willcox / Bogen / Bush)
Bring on the wooden boxes
Christ all my friends, they've died
Watched my heroes tape their memories
I broke down and cried
At least that changes history,
You know that's something before they go.
Bring on the computers, the ones that cannot lie
Tape every grey cell, every scene, and every sigh
You can be my friend or stay until I die
And when I do go, computer, can live my life
Bring on the computers, the ones that cannot lie
Tape every grey cell, every scene, every sigh
Bring on the computers, the one that cannots lie
Tape every grey cell, every scene, and every sigh
They're painting the deliverance
Of the ones that they despise
Since there's eternity
In their beautiful immortal eyes
Bring on the computers, they want to see me die!
Tape my every grey cell, every scene, and every sigh
I, I'm still waiting,
I wanna be immortalised.
But time it drags so slowly,
I'm slowly losing my mind!
Computers
Oh they talk to me,
I can hear them now –