Madras Musings Lecture Series
We are back with a fresh edition of our Madras Musings Lecture Series to commemorate Madras Week. The details are given below and all are welcome. Please note, no prior registration is needed. All programmes are from 6.00 to 7.30 pm (first half hour is for refreshments) unless specified otherwise. No live streaming or later upload on social media is planned.
August 17, Saturday – Kreeda Experience Centre, GR Complex Annexe, 408, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai 600035 – 5.00 to 6.00 pm followed by refreshments – The Forgotten Games of Chennai – Vinita Sidhartha, Founder, Kreeda.
August 18, Sunday – Hanu Reddy Residences, Poes Gardens, Chennai 600086 – Chennai’s Ecology – Drab, Mysterious or Baffling? Talk by Jayashree Vencatesan.
August 19, Monday – The Folly, Amethyst, Whites Road, Chennai 600014 – The DakshinaChitra experience – Dr Deborah Thiagarajan in conversation with Sriram V
August 20, Tuesday – The Folly, Amethyst, Whites Road, Chennai 600014 – A YouTube Channel for Books – RJ Anandi in conversation with Sriram V, event in collaboration with Madras Book Club
August 21, Wednesday – Residency Towers, Sir Theyagaroya Road, T Nagar, Chennai 600018 – 6.00 to 8.00 pm QUEERING MADRAS: highlighting the ways the LGBTQIA+ communities have succeeded in carving out spaces—and lives—in this city, and the way forward for inclusion. Panel discussion with Dr L Ramakrishnan, Jaya, Meera Sundararajan and Fred Rogers. Moderated by Jaiveer Johal
August 22, Thursday – Auditorium, Surana & Surana International Attorneys, International Law Centre, 61-63 Dr RK Salai, Mylapore, Chennai 600004 – Three Olympians of Madras – Muneer Sait, V Bhaskaran, & Charles Cornelius in conversation with Satyan Bhatt
August 23, Friday – Hotel Maris, Cathedral Road, Chennai 600086 – Memories of Stage – Veteran actor ‘Kathadi’ Ramamurthy in conversation with Karthik Bhatt
August 24, Saturday – Radisson Blu Hotels & Suites GRT, 531, Grand Southern Trunk Road, Parangimalai, Pazhavanthangal, Chennai 600016 – The Life and Genius of Kannadasan – Mohan V Raman
August 25, Sunday – Savera, RK Salai, Mylapore, Chennai 600004 – Event in collaboration with Cinema Rendezvous – Bahurupi Kamal Haasan’srise in Madras Film Industry, Talk by K Hariharan, filmmaker, film historian and author