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Vol. XXXV No. 1, April 16-30, 2025

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Heritage Watch: Department of Posts celebrates GPO while continuing to neglect the building

April 24, 2025

The Department of Posts has brought out a special pictorial cancellation featuring the Madras GPO. This is a welcome development as it brings into focus one of the celebrated heritage landmarks of the city. Unfortunately, all is not well with the building itself. After a fire swept through it in 2000, the structure underwent a […]
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New Plans for Old Anna Salai

April 11, 2025

Recent news has it that the Government has invited consultants for a Rs 10 crore contract to come up with Local Area Plans (LAPs) for Anna Salai and OMR. The idea behind this is that the consultants need to suggest how best to unlock the real estate value of the commercial space on either side […]
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Hundred Years of a Masonic Temple – II

April 11, 2025

This article was written for a special souvenir released by the District Grand Lodge of South India to commemorate the centenary of Freemasons’ Hall and is published here with kind permission. – Sriram V (Continued from last fortnight) A committee comprising prominent Masons had been formed to study at length the financing of the purchase […]

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Better Public Discipline Needed at Mylapore Temple Festival
April 24, 2025
Parandur airport proposal receives approval, faces mixed reactions
April 24, 2025
Heritage Watch: Department of Posts celebrates GPO while continuing to neglect the building
April 24, 2025
Short ‘N’ Snappy
April 24, 2025
Our Readers Write
April 24, 2025
Chennai insect tales – Micro Monarchs of Chennai: The insect empire at work
April 24, 2025
Through The Lens: The Art, Spaces and Stories of Chennai Photo Biennale — Edition IV
April 24, 2025

History

Hundred Years of a Masonic Temple – II
April 11, 2025
Heritage Watch: Hundred Years of Freemasons’ Hall
March 10, 2025
Our Readers Write
March 10, 2025
Cupid’s Bow – Where Romances Blossomed
March 10, 2025

Sports

GS Boxing Club: Shaping Champions, Changing Lives
April 24, 2025
Winner of 51 medals at National Masters Swimming Championship
April 11, 2025
C.D. Gopinath – The oldest living Indian Test Cricketer
March 10, 2025
When Olympians blessed a Madras stadium
July 17, 2024
An amazing journey in squash for Srikanth Seshadri
July 4, 2024

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Environment

The Adyar Riverbank at Gerugambakkam, Indira Nagar
April 11, 2025
More loss of green cover: Chennai District Green Committee approves NHAI Port-Maduravoyal Expressway project
July 17, 2024
History of recording climate change on the Coromandel Coast*
July 17, 2024

Culture

Our Readers Write
March 10, 2025
Cupid’s Bow – Where Romances Blossomed
March 10, 2025
Namma Ooru Thiruvizha, Chennai Sangamam: A celebration of Tamil Culture
March 10, 2025
Talkie Film Studios from the 1930s – Part I
March 10, 2025

Civic Issues

Trouble in Paradise? What the Samsung labour issue portends for TN Industry
March 10, 2025
Chennai’s flyovers command big budgets, but what of the impact?
March 10, 2025
Our Readers Write
March 10, 2025
Yet another Government-run Museum in city – with no creative plans for making it relevant
July 17, 2024

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