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The arcana of buying land

I hear many -often, young people- say, “I will buy a small piece of land and take to growing trees or growing crops or whatever”. The wish to get back to land is compelling and frequent. I succumbed to that once, 26 years ago and having seen a patch go green, have begun again with another bare lot.
I thought setting down my experience of the legalities of buying land might be of use to wannabe homesteaders. …read on

On first seeing Vellimalai

The search for a suitable land was into its sixth frenetic week when on June 17, Manoharan, a fisherman of my village Muttukkadu, said: “I have just the kind of property you have in mind. A friend has the details. Give me a day, for me to go visit it and confirm it meets your needs.” …read on

The hunt for an earth canvas

Some of the basic search criteria for a suitable piece of land to locate pointReturn are easy to understand. For example, that it must be within 100 kM of Chennai city. Or that it must be affordably priced.
Other criteria need some explanation. …read on