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Vol. XXXIV No. 21, February 16-28, 2025

Regular Articles

Flagging the nuisance of party flag posts

-- by Sriram V.

You can see them at every corner. In that sense they are truly democratic for they occupy valuable public space on arterial roads, streets and lanes. We allude to the political party flag posts, which are nothing short of public hazards as they block visibility at junctions. And yet they proliferate chiefly owing to a […]

Rs. 94 crores allocated to restore canals across the city

-- by Varsha V.

According to a recent report published in The New Indian Express, the Greater Chennai Corporation has earmarked funds to the tune of Rs. 94.34 crores to renovate neglected canals across the city. The project will cover Verangal Odai canal in Velachery, the SIDCO Industrial Estate canal, Kodungaiyur canal, Vyasarpadi canal, Mamabalam canal, Nandanam canal, Jafferkhanpet […]

Heritage Watch: A Much-Needed Facelift for Museum Theatre

The Museum Theatre is gleaming after its latest restoration. The seats are in perfect working order, the proscenium arch looks as though it was carved yesterday, and the round corridor is a thing of beauty. We bring you a few pictures to show what heritage can look like when spruced up. Sadly, we also add […]

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– MMM

Food for All The Man from Madras Musings and his good lady, also known as She Who Must Be Obeyed, have been travelling around quite a bit. Butterflies could take their lessons from them when it comes to flitting from place to place. In all of these, as you, our dear readers must have guessed […]

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Thanks MM As I always do when visiting, I was talking with my 95-year old father about people and places when the topic shifted to Neyveli and our neighbor Venkatachalam, which then led to his younger brother Krishnaswamy (Kitcha) and his wife Gayatri. Appa commented that Kitcha received the Queen’s honors, but didn’t recall details. […]

The politicisation of heritage – a necessary evil in present times?

-- by Sriram V.

Last week saw the CM of Tamil Nadu laying the foundation stone for an open-air museum at the Keeladi archaeological site, another for a ­museum at Gangaikondacholapuram and launching a website on the Keeladi excavations. TN archaeology has never had it so good as far as Government support is concerned. But the heavy political overtones […]

Chennai mourns the loss of thousands of Olive Ridleys – Could this not have been prevented?

-- by Varsha V.

Recently, Chennai was left shaken by the mass deaths of Olive Ridley turtles whose remains were strewn along its coastline. News reports say that dozens of carcasses were found in Marina Beach, as well as at sites between Neelankarai and Besant Nagar, Neelankarai and Kovalam, and Napier Bridge and Foreshore Estate. The death toll is […]

Heritage Watch: A Bridge on the River Adyar

It was in 1728 that Coja Petrus Uscan built the first bridge across the Adyar. It was named the Marmalong Bridge after the village of Mambalam that was the closest settlement. In 1783, William Hodges executed a painting of the bridge, which is our OLD.

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– WMM

Airport adventures The Woman from Madras Musings was walking through the airport with a marked bounce in her step. She was feeling relieved at making good time; the city she was flying out from was an unfamiliar place, and she had no friends or family – or credit card, for that matter – to count […]

Giving Legal Rights to our Rivers

-- by Sriram V

How would it be if the Cooum, the Adyar and the Buckingham Canal and the rest of our long-suffering waterways and waterbodies were to sue us in court? The imagination boggles at the possibility. And yet, this may be reality if not tomorrow then certainly in a few years. If this were to happen, it […]

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