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Vol. XXXIV No. 5, June 16-30, 2024
Featured Articles
Nethra, the champion sailor from Chennai
-- by V. Venkataramana
Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) is the motto of the Olympic Games, the sports arena that every ambitious sportsperson aims to compete in. The previous edition – the Tokyo Olympics – saw four young sailors from India winning accolades for their skill, if not medals. It is a mark of pride for Chennai that […]
I had the honour of translating Kalaignar
-- by Dr. P. Raja, Bi-lingual creative writer & translator, Pondicherry
Around six in the evening of August 07, 2018 the authorities of Kaveri Hospital, Chennai announced that Kalaignar Karunanidhi had passed away at the age of 94 years. To the people of Tamil Nadu, he was 20 years their Chief Minister, from 1969 to 2011, and that was for five terms at a stretch. It […]
Out of Print – An occasional column on long-forgotten publications from Madras
-- by Karthik A Bhatt
The Tamil Digital Library, an initiative of the Tamil Virtual Academy is an online repository of books, magazines and journals. It hosts more than 40,000 books and 31,000 magazines and journals primarily in English and Tamil digitised from collections of organisations such as the Saraswathi Mahal library and the Connemara Public Library, besides the government […]
V.S. Srinivasa Sastri down under, 1922
-- by Anantanarayanan Raman, anant@raman.id.au
Most of us would know of the exceptional English-language command of V(alangaimaan) S(ankranarayana) Srinivasa Sastri, customarily prefixed with ‘Right Honourable’ – because of his membership in the Privy Council, a privileged body of advisors to the crown of the United Kingdom – also entitling him to use the letters ‘P.C.’, after his name, in formal […]
Viji, the Turtle Girl from Chennai and other Women in the Wild
-- by Ambika Chandrasekar, ambikachandrasekar@me.com
I discovered the pleasures of birdwatching quite late in life, and through birds I experienced trees, flowers, nature and the outdoors in a rather different way – I learnt to observe, I marvelled at all that I had missed and have new respect for all those who work so hard to protect, preserve and document […]
He quietly transformed ICICI from a development bank to a corporate bank
-- by Sushila Ravindranath
I met Narayanan Vaghul in 1992 when he was chosen by a panel consisting of who’s who of industry as the Business man of the year, an award given by Buiness India magazine. I was to write the cover story on him. It was a wonderful experience to meet this brilliant man
Thank you, Donors
We today, publish donations received with thanks for the period January-March 2024. – The Editor Rs. 100: Kb. Baskaran, Yugesh R, D.R. Aravamudhan. Rs. 200: E.Umapathy, G. Srinivasan, Karuna J., T. Srinivas Chari, R. Parthasarathy, Soora Chandramouleeswaran.
Government Marine Aquarium on the Marina promenade, Madras, established in 1909
-- by Anantanarayanan Raman
In 1905–1906, Edgar Thurston (Superintendent, Madras Museum, 1885–1908) sowed the seeds for a marine aquarium in Madras, because of city’s coastal proximity. This effort eventuated as the Madras Marine Aquarium (MMA) in
A Grandmother remembered
-- by V.Vijaysree, v.vijaysree@gmail.com
“Don’t come too close,” our normally affectionate grandmother would beseech us. (mela padadhey, mela padadhey was the refrain in Tamil.) Once she had showered, no one, not even a toddler, could touch her till she had finished her morning prayers. She followed these rules of ritual purity, which had been handed down to her as […]
Pride in your heritage – A Bengaluru story
-- by R. Gopu, writergopu@yahoo.com
A lonely slab in a thick bush – ignored for nearly a hundred years, until Udayakumar came searching for it. The Kannada inscription on this slab had been recorded by B.L. Rice, a British archaeologist a century ago. The inscription stated that a king had gifted village as an agrahara (brahmadeya), during a solar eclipse, […]
In the latest Issue
- A severe skill/requirement/attitude mismatch? The Govt. seems to be having an HR problem on its hands
- Study underlines need for city to tackle the Urban Heat Island Effect
- Heritage Watch: A Farewell to Kuralagam?
- Lost Landmarks: The Stuffed Calf
- Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar – an inspiration to all
- You Tube Journalism
- Welcoming a missing person
- Madras Employment Exchange
- An amazing journey in squash for Srikanth Seshadri
- Thank you, Donors
- Short ‘N’ Snappy
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