By Sriram V on January 4th 2016
When you are done with exploring St. Thomas’ Street, walk west, on the road that flanks the southern wall of the Fort. You will cross St. Thomas’ Gate on your left. Walk further and you will notice that the road now turns at a sharp angle towards northwest. Cradled in this bend is a long […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
Chandra Sri Ram, a grand-niece of S.R. Ranganathan, the legendary librarian, recalls him after a visit to Sirkazhi, where he was born and did his early education. Almost every city, town and village in the world has one. Certainly every university and almost every school.
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
to Monegar Choultry A sure sign of growing old is that you start developing an interest in the past. I now recall that when I was a child, my Sundays had a set routine. After breakfast, my parents, brother and I drove to my (paternal) grandparents’ home and spent the day with them.
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
If you are in the mood for a monsoon picnic, here is one option. Travel to Pulicat (Pazhaverkkadu) along the coastal road. Hit the Ennore highway (where the container lorry traffic has become fairly disciplined), travel towards the duty thermal plant side, keep to the wall of the Kamarajar and L&T ports and then hit […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
Pelathope was a vintage Mylapore locality for the early-career advocate. Rather, it was considered lucky to start from there. A well-to-do lawyer moved to one of the Mada streets and on becoming affluent acquired a spacious bungalow in Luz Church Road, Sivasamy Road or other Mylapore surroundings. The family doctor In Pelathope Days, G. Ram […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
Banner barriers And so another year has ended, yielding place to new and the political class fulfils itself in many ways. The Man from Madras Musings has a number of resolutions for himself in the new year (the completion of the Chief’s assignments on time being among the first) but he also wishes that the […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
Waterways and their care I was reading the New York Times recently when I came across an obit about a man who had led in setting up an organisation named ‘Waterkeeper Alliance.’ It seems to be relatively widespread and appears to have ‘chapters’ in North India (e.g., trying to save the Yaumna). There may be […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
(Current Affairs questions are from the period December 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.) 1. Which Indian golfer won the coveted Order of Merit crown of the Asian Tour for 2015? 2. The ground-breaking ceremony of an ambitious 1800 km-long TAPI gas pipeline project was held in Turkmenistan. […]
By Guest Author(s) on January 4th 2016
Till January 8: Exhibition of paintings by TRIFED, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. This agency of the Government of India under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is primarily engaged in the development and marketing of tribal traditional products, including handicrafts and natural products. As part of its marketing initiatives, TRIFED has […]