On East Coast Road in Injambakkam, a strychnine tree stands with attention-grabbing branches, a few of them gnarled and all of them peculiarly stretched out in diverse directions. The strychnine tree — Etti Maram in Tamil — is found within the compound walls of a temple, Ponni Amman Koil in Injambakkam. When the State Highways department presented a picture of …
