Tag: The Hindu
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Chennai, powered by the sea
We don’t often ponder over how much we in Chennai owe the sea
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December Music Season – the great survivor
The December Music Season survives despite minuscule numbers chiefly because it has kept pace with changes over time
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Saving A WWII Shelter
It is not often that we at Madras Musings have occasion to celebrate when it comes to heritage. Most of our stories are gloom and doom, chiefly documenting official apathy and wilful neglect that results in various grandiose edifices biting the dust. But in this festive season, we do have reason to rejoice. Last week…
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Saving The Air Raid Shelter
In what is nothing short of a miracle, the old air-raid shelter in Kasimedu has been repaired and restored by the Indian Oil Corporation. This would have never happened without the active intervention of The Hindu’s City Desk.
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The Hindu, at 140
A tribute to The Hindu, which completes 140 today, September 20, 2018
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MS Subbulakshmi at the United Nations
Recalling the first article I wrote for The Hindu, which in turn recalled MS Subbulakshmi’s United Nations concert.
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Hidden histories: A fallen Governor’s forgotten market
Did you know that apart from the Connemara Library and Connemara hotel we also have a Connemara market in Chennai?
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Madras needs more writing on its history
A summary of my conversation with Dr AR Venkatachalapathy, which was held as part of The Hindu’s Lit for Life event.
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Father, Son and The Hindu
Between SVK and his father SVV, they wrote for The Hindu for almost a 100 years.
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When Madras first voted
Remembering the 1937 elections to the Madras Legislative Assembly, the first somewhat ‘mass-based’ polls that our city experienced.
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