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Vol. XXXIV No. 6, July 1-15, 2024

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A severe skill/requirement/attitude mismatch? The Govt. seems to be having an HR problem on its hands

-- by Sriram V.

Headlines of the last few weeks seem to indicate that there is a severe manpower issue as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned. On the one hand there is a shortage of people, skilled and otherwise. And on the other we seem to have wasted resources who could be more gainfully employed. We allude to […]

Study underlines need for city to tackle the Urban Heat Island Effect

-- by Varsha V.

A change in Chennai’s land-use pattern is driving the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, says a study Urbanisation Impacts on Heat Island Intensification: Cooling Strategies for Coastal Cities by the Center of Climate Change and Disaster Management at Anna University. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) emerge when a city experiences temperatures much higher than its rural […]

Heritage Watch: A Farewell to Kuralagam?

Last fortnight’s article on the proposed 21-storey building to be constructed at Broadway Bus Stand apparently ruffled a few feathers for we got a brusque message on social media that the structure will now be only eight floors which in our view is still bad enough. We hope that whatever is planned, and whatever be […]

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– WoMM

Madras Vignettes: Of Tailors, Tennis Players and Trees The Tailor The Woman from Madras Musings is often asked, as women are, about her tailor. This is by no means a tribute to WoMM’s sense of fashion; experience suggests that most women are perpetually in search of a better tailor for some reason or the other. […]

Our Readers Write

Another Monstrosity – Nip it in the bud It is inconceivable even to imagine that the powers that be even are contemplating another monstrosity in the heart of Madras near Central Station (MM, June 16, 2024). A 27-storeyed structure in the heart of the city amidst with many architectural landmarks. Plenty of blue glass plates […]

The Horrors of Highrise — 21 storey building to come up at Broadway

-- by Sriram V.

Multimodal transport hubs are the latest in the Government’s lexicon. Close on the heels of releasing an artist’s impression of the proposed 27 storey Central Tower to be built opposite Central Station (see MM, June 1, 2024), the Government, read Greater Chennai Corporation, has released its plans for a 21 storey building at Broadway, on […]

Train travails at Chennai Central signal dire need to solve overcrowding

-- by Varsha V.

Earlier this month, news reports emerged of ticketed passengers stranded at Chennai Central railway station. They carried bonafide tickets for seats on a train bound for Howrah, but discovered that unauthorised travellers had occupied their coaches; it is said that people began to board the train even as the railcars were entering the platform so […]

Lost Landmarks of Chennai

-- by Sriram V

The Club remembered by a Gate That the Madras Club is located in the Boat Club area is well known. It is also equally well known that the Club, founded in 1832 operated for more than a century in what was known thereafter as Express Estates in Mount Road, the road leading to the premises […]

Short ‘N’ Snappy

–MMM

Newton’s Cats The Man from Madras Musings was reminded of this caption when he recently went to a centre of excellence to give a speech. And let him explain briefly what he means by that reference to the great man of science and his felines. Years ago, when MMM was a mere mmm and also […]

Our Readers Write

Elders remembered Thanks to the two articles titled ‘When Grandaunt voted’ by MMM under Short N Snappy, and ‘A Grandmother remembered’ by V.Vijaysree, the May 16 issue of Madras Musings would serve as a fitting tribute to the wisdom, common sense, and maturity of grandmas and grandaunts of an earlier generation who, though not formally […]

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