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Chennai collage
In this issue
05-09-2014
23 STORIES
Cinema
Celluloid city
From roadside screenings of short silent films to producing big-budget films, Chennai has come a long way since 1897.
Inscriptions
Stones of record
The inscriptions found in various parts of Chennai are important and authentic documents relating to political, economic, social and cultural history
Politics
How the Fort was captured
The evolution of politics and legislature, with Madras as the centre.
Interview: S. Muthiah
‘200 years of history lost’
Lead Story
A Bengali poet in colonial Madras
Lead Story
Malayalees’ dream city
Lead Story
For the fine arts
Lead Story
Fort of history
Interview: S. Muthiah
‘Teach heritage in schools’
Interview: S. Muthiah
‘North Madras has a rich history’
Lead Story
Final defence
Architecture
Domes of heritage
The Indo-Saracenic architecture of buildings found across Chennai gives it a distinct old-world charm.
Corporation
The first civic body
Set up in 1688, the Corporation of Madras, the first civic body of its kind in India, has done pioneering work despite many ups and downs.
People
Demographic mosaic
Literature
The place to be
How do writers see Madras? Variously, but for Tamil writers, this is the place to be.
Place names
A place for murderers!
Many place names in the city have interesting tales to tell and there are fierce debates over some.
War & the city
Emden, the raider
On September 22, 1914, the day Madras was bombed by the German light cruiser SMS Emden, a new word, emden, entered the Tamil lexicon indicating the de
375 years of Madras
March of Madras
The colonial city now called Chennai turns 375 on August 22. A survey of its growth and transformation from the time Fort St. George came up.
Music
Unsung songs
While the earthy Gana has emerged as a separate genre of performing art in Chennai, several other dynamic sounds have permeated and enriched its music
Contrasts
New old city
Madras encompasses the traditional and the modern; the historical and the contemporary; and the poor and the rich.
In conversation
Memories of Madras
S. Muthiah shares his thoughts on the city he has chronicled extensively from its origins.
Expansion
How tiny was my city
From being a city of vast open spaces, Chennai has rapidly become a congested metro with a colossal shortage of infrastructure and seen a fall in qual
K.Satchidanandan
The power of the myth
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