Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music

Category: Madras Week 2013

  • Roaming around Royapuram

    Sreemathy Mohan penned this report on the Royapuram tour that was conducted as part of Madras Week. This appeared in Madras Musings When you have a group of 50 enthusiasts looking to learn about the locality in the northern part of Chennai – which has been “heard” more of but not “visited” – and a…

  • The three laws of Madras Week

    Our beloved journal, representing Chennai Heritage, organised its eight lecture programmes and mighty successful they were. The speakers and audiences were unanimous in praise. The hotels did a magnificent job too. The freeloaders had a field day as well, though their numbers have diminished. The Man from Madras Musings has formulated three laws based on…

  • Madras Week programmes I wish I had attended

    1. Kilpauk tour by Deepa 2. The Widows of Ice House talk by Nitya Balaji and Kaveri Bharath 3. Pigot, the Nawabs of Arcot and the Rajah of Tanjore at the British Council 4. AR Venkatachalapathy at Roja Muthiah Research Library on the History of Tamil publishing 5. Tulsi Badrinath’s book launch 6. Launch of…

  • The Royapuram tour

    Yesterday’s tour of Royapuram was one of the most satisfying ones that I have done. It was great having so many people (the George Town by night of course beats it hollow) and it was fun walking around the place. Many thanks to Karthik Bhatt for having been such a good second-in-command. And Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy…

  • Chennai 375! 301-375

    1. Henry Davison Love (author of Vestiges of Old Madras) 2. E Talboys Wheeler (author of Madras in the Olden Time) 3. All right Girish, I concede that The Mail deserves a place 4. Sisters Javanthi Singaram (in Chennai) and Chandrika from the UK want Arya Bhawan to be added 5. Ragothaman wants R Krishna…

  • Chennai 375! 250-300

    Wow! Never thought it would make it this far. And I love the way people have responded 1. Tweeter @extragaaji recommends the Landmark Quiz 2.Gayathri Krishna says I must have the Royal Madras Yacht Club, second oldest in India 3.Madhushekar sends a whole list several of which are repeats,but I will select Jammis Liver Cure,…

  • Chennai 375! 200-250

    After a minor recession, the list is once again booming. Wish the economy would also do so 🙁 1. Devan and his Tuppariyum Sambu says Neeraja 2. and adds Bhagyam Ramaswami the creator of Sita Patti and Appuswami (also Rasagundu, Bheema Rao, Gita Patti and Pattigal Munnetra Kazhagam). It is a man incidentally and he…

  • Chennai 375! 151 to 200

    Now we add more, though I must say the first flood has abated somewhat. 1. Durgabai Deshmukh 2. Dr AR Venkatachalapathy – the brightest brain in today’s academia. 3. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4. S Venkataraghavan 5. K Srikkanth 6. Samaithup paar Meenakshi Ammal 7. Voluntary Health Services 8. Roja Muthiah Research Library 9. Ramalinga Swamigal 10.…

  • Chennai 375! 101-150

    This has taken on a life of its own and is snowballing. Arasi suggests that we split it into 375 people and 375 others. She also admonishes me for missing out Subramania Bharati! 1. Subramania Bharati 2. SR Sundaram suggests KR Sundaram Aiyar and 3. Enfield. If so, 4. co-founder Easwara Iyer cannot be left…

  • Chennai 375! 51 to 100

    Here is the second list. Many thanks for those who are sending in their suggestions. 1. Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy, the WIA and the Cancer Institute (Revathi Ram 2. Romulus Whitaker and the Crocodile Bank (Navneeth – my old faithful commentator) 3. Integral Coach Factory (Apoors, Revathi R and Ravi Srinivasan) 4. Vivek’s (Karthik Bhatt –…