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Vol. XXXIV No. 23, March 16-31, 2025

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Hundred Years of a Masonic Temple

March 28, 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 It was on February 26, 1925 that Lord Goschen, then Governor of Madras, declared open the Freemasons’ Hall in Egmore. It […]
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Cupid’s Bow – Where Romances Blossomed

March 10, 2025

Valentine’s Day has just passed, and I felt that this may be an appropriate time to look back at a lost landmark of our city – a place where romance was always in the air to such an extent that it came to be known as Cupid’s Bow though it had no official name. The […]
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Namma Ooru Thiruvizha, Chennai Sangamam: A celebration of Tamil Culture

March 10, 2025

Chennai Sangamam was inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on January 13 at the Ekambaranathar temple grounds on Periyar EVR Salai at Kilpauk. As it does every year, this Pongal-special festival presented a spectacular homage to Tamil Nadu’s rich cultural heritage.

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Throwing children under the political juggernaut
March 28, 2025
Gig workers inclusion in State Budget a welcome move, but not enough
March 28, 2025
Heritage Watch: Reliving the Freedom Struggle
March 28, 2025
Short N Snappy
March 28, 2025
Our Readers Write
March 28, 2025
Hundred Years of a Masonic Temple
March 28, 2025
Talkie Film Studios from the 1930s – Part II
March 28, 2025

History

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
Talkie Film Studios from the 1930s – Part I
March 10, 2025

Sports

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
Nethra, the champion sailor from Chennai
June 20, 2024
Saurav Ghosal calls time on his professional career
May 21, 2024

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Environment

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
Study underlines need for city to tackle the Urban Heat Island Effect
July 4, 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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