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VOL. XXIV NO. 11, September 16-30, 2014
Dates for your diary

Till September 21: Dusshera Festival with Dollu Kunita folk performers – Raghavendra and troupe from Karnataka performing every day; display of golu dolls in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu houses; crafts and textiles from Karnataka; and Lambani craftswomen displaying their colourful embroidery (at DakshinaChitra).

Till September 30: Group exhibition by Karuppu Art Collective, a new chapter in the Madras metaphor. It is a collaborative effort of nine artists from the College of Fine Arts drawn from three generations (at DakshinaChitra).

Till September 30: Exhibition of paintings by Cynthia Prabhakar (at DakshinaChitra).

DakshinaChitra Workshops

for Adults

September 17-21: Mysore Painting

September 20: Terracotta Jewellery

for Children

September 20-21: Painting a Dasavadharam (the ten different incarnations of Lord Vishnu) Golu set: This two-day terracota workshop for children is a part of Dusshera celebrations and will include a storytelling settion on the ten different incarnations of Lord Vishnu and the characteristic of each incarnation. An unpainted Dasavadharam set will be given to each child to paint and take home to keep in the Golu display there. (at DakshnaChitra)

For further information contact: 98417 77779.

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In this issue

There appears to be hope for the Canal
Time to stop Chennai losing industrial edge
Madras Landmarks - 50 years ago
Madras Week
The bridges of yesterday
No word like 'Chennai' in Tamil
Recalling Triveni
A story of three major triumphs

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