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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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