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05-09-201423 STORIES

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Celluloid city

From roadside screenings of short silent films to producing big-budget films, Chennai has come a long way since 1897.

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Stones of record

The inscriptions found in various parts of Chennai are important and authentic documents relating to political, economic, social and cultural history

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How the Fort was captured

The evolution of politics and legislature, with Madras as the centre.

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Interview: S. Muthiah

‘200 years of history lost’

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A Bengali poet in colonial Madras

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Malayalees’ dream city

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For the fine arts

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Fort of history

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Interview: S. Muthiah

‘Teach heritage in schools’

Interview: S. Muthiah

‘North Madras has a rich history’

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Final defence

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Domes of heritage

The Indo-Saracenic architecture of buildings found across Chennai gives it a distinct old-world charm.

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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.

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Demographic mosaic

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The place to be

How do writers see Madras? Variously, but for Tamil writers, this is the place to be.

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A place for murderers!

Many place names in the city have interesting tales to tell and there are fierce debates over some.

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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

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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.

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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

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New old city

Madras encompasses the traditional and the modern; the historical and the contemporary; and the poor and the rich.

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In conversation

Memories of Madras

S. Muthiah shares his thoughts on the city he has chronicled extensively from its origins.

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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

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K.Satchidanandan

The power of the myth

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