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COVER STORY
05-09-2014
375 years of Chennai
Chennai collage
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Briefing
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’
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Interview: S. Muthiah
‘North Madras has a rich history’
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Final defence
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Architecture
Domes of heritage
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The Indo-Saracenic architecture of buildings found across Chennai gives it a distinct old-world charm.
Corporation
The first civic body
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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
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Literature
The place to be
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How do writers see Madras? Variously, but for Tamil writers, this is the place to be.
Place names
A place for murderers!
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Many place names in the city have interesting tales to tell and there are fierce debates over some.
War & the city
Emden, the raider
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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
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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
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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
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Madras encompasses the traditional and the modern; the historical and the contemporary; and the poor and the rich.
In conversation
Memories of Madras
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S. Muthiah shares his thoughts on the city he has chronicled extensively from its origins.
Expansion
How tiny was my city
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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
The power of the myth
K.Satchidanandan
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