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Vol. XXVII No. 23, March 16-31, 2018
Regular Articles
Wordless Gopulu
- THE EDITOR
The late Gopulu during his Ananda Vikatan days had a series of wordless jokes that brought about loud laughter. These were brought out as a book, in 2005, and a copy was recently sent to me by Charukesi. We are pleased to publish these cartoons for a new generation of Madrasis.
Quizzin’ with Ramanan
(Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s questions are from February 16 to 28. Questions 11 to 20 relate to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.) 1. Which popular social media communication app, owned by Facebook, has been given permission to have a payment feature for its Indian users? 2. Whose record did Roger Federer beat to become the oldest World […]
Short ‘N’ Snappy
-MMM
Of mugs given & taken Of late The Man from Madras Musings is invited to all kinds of events. The expression all and sundry would be the mot juste with emphasis being on the sundry. MMM imagines his position to be equivalent to that of an ageing and waterlogged boot that gets regularly caught in […]
Our Readers write
Tamil Nadu downturn Your correspondent has pointed out that Tamil Nadu is not among the top three on various parameters (MM, March 1st) of development. Time was when the State was quoted as the shining example of development. The slide began when MGR became the Chief Minister. His very first statement was that Government would […]
Quizzin’ with Ramanan
(Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s questions are from February 1 to 15. Questions 11 to 20 relate to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.) 1. Name the Jnanpith recipient and Kannada litterateur who has been elected President of the Sahitya Akademi? 2. According to a recent report by New World Wealth, which Indian city with a total wealth of […]
Short ‘N’ Snappy
-MMM
In which MMM ages There comes a time when age suddenly catches up with all of us. And so it has with The Man from Madras Musings, who until recently was of the view that he was a young man on the threshold of life. That he was not so came home to him rather […]
Dates for your Diary
March 7-11: Ugadi Utsav. The five-day long Ugadi celebrations will bring to life the culture of Andhra Pradesh with the traditional Lambadi and Madhuri dance forms by the Abhinaya Sudha Kala Varadi from Telengana (at DakshinaChitra). March 8-13: Watercolour landscape paintings from distant and varied countries by artist A. Murugesan (at Lalit Kala Akademi.) March […]
Wordless Gopulu
- THE EDITOR
The late Gopulu during his Ananda Vikatan days had a series of wordless jokes that brought about loud laughter. These were brought out as a book, in 2005, and a copy was recently sent to me by Charukesi. We are pleased to publish these cartoons for a new generation of Madrasis.
Short ‘N’ Snappy
-MMM
Expiating for an eclipse And so the moon went into eclipse recently. And what a drama people made out of it. The Man from Madras Musings is no atheist (in fact, he is more of a theist than anything else) but he did find the goings-on stretching the very limits of credulity. Mind you, this […]
Our Reader write
Amendments ignored After the 73th and 74th Amendments to the Constitution, it is mandatory that elections to the local bodies from Panchayats to Corporation (MM, February 1st, 2018) are held without fail. Tamil Nadu is the only State that violates the Constitutional obligation. It is a right of citizens to have his or her elected […]
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
