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Vol. XXIX No. 22, March 1-15, 2020
Regular Articles
Pavithra’s Perspective
by Pavithra Srinivasan
The House where Netaji stayed One of the endearing side-effects of my re-discovery of Chennai’s heritage was the many cabbies I befriended, who overrode their skepticism of my history trails to actively become interested in my quests to find this or that unfamiliar site. What usually started out as outraged curiosity (“I have been a […]
Short ‘N’ Snappy
-MMM
(Im)Mobile Technology Unlike the Chief, whom the Madras from Madras Musings misses on a daily basis, MMM took to cell phones very early. He progressed steadily from pagers to the large brick-sized instruments and the smaller ones. With time cell phones became larger and smarter and MMM kept pace. He can still recall those old […]
Our Readers Write
Setting the record straight I notice my Nadkarni piece last fortnight has drawn a lot of comment in the latest issue of MM. However there are factual errors in Mr. Arumugham’s letter. The incident that is referred to – about several English players not in a position to take the field because of illness – […]
Should Auto Sector Drive the Union Budget?
by The Editor
The Union Budget has just been presented in Parliament and the various measures that it carries are being analysed in detail. One of the interesting aspects of the latter exercise is the way most analysts have approached it from the industry which they represent. Almost all of them feel that it is overall a balanced […]
Lost Landmarks of Chennai
by Sriram V
Of Wood Wharves and Firewood Bankshalls The signboard that you see in the adjoining picture is what triggered off this article. Tiring of going down the same route on the beach each morning, my friend and I walked into the arch that leads from the Marina to the Triplicane Sri Parthasarathi temple via Ayodhya Kuppam […]
Our Readers Write
Double bore The 1964 test match between India and England covered in the last issue is one which I had the misfortune to attend on all the five days. We had a group of cricket crazy friends who used to attend all the matches every day. After purchasing our tickets for the D stand, a […]
Short ‘N’ Snappy
by MMM
Teaching bureaucrats to dance The Man from Madras Musings is aware that there are people in this world who go out of their way to court the society of bureaucrats. The sound logic is of course that you never know when such friendships can come in handy. MMM on the other hand is rather wary […]
Pavithra’s Perspective
Pavithra Srinivasan
Chariot of the Gods I was fascinated the first time I saw Valluvar Kottam. Well, wouldn’t you be, if as a nine-year-old you saw a giant chariot? As it was, I was spellbound by regular-sized chariots at temple festivals and this one was humongous, with steps that people could climb and explore within. Despite aching […]
Our Readers Write
More focus on the present please I am writing this to record my enjoyment and appreciation of two of your brilliant pieces in the recent issue of Madras Musings – one on Sridhar-Bharanidharan-Marina and the other comparing the audiences for music and for dance in the MMM column; hilarious and so true! Look for more! […]
Short ‘N’ Snappy
-MMM
Lotus awards times It seems as though it was only the other day that the Man from Madras Musings wrote about the national awards, you know the ones he is referring to – India Jewel, Lotus Bejewel, Lotus Jewel and Lotus Wealth. And here we are, a year later, with yet another instalment of the […]
In the latest Issue
- Flagging the nuisance of party flag posts
- Rs. 94 crores allocated to restore canals across the city
- Heritage Watch: A Much-Needed Facelift for Museum Theatre
- Stories, Myths, and Conversations – A Study of Trees
- Story of a City Canvas
- What’s up? What’s up?
- Indian rope trick
- Annual Service at the Armenian Church
- Athletics at 87!
- Short ‘N’ Snappy
- Our Readers Write
