Regular Articles

• Vol. XXXIII No. 9, August 16-31, 2023

Our Readers Write

Tangedco tangles This refers to the Name Transfer Mela being organised by Tangedco. While we welcome the programme as it will be beneficial to those consumers who are yet to get their individual service accounts transferred in their name, it will be of immense help to those residential apartments which are unregistered and whose common […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 9, August 16-31, 2023

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– MMM

Madras Week is here It is that time of the year when a few people celebrate the city and an equally miniscule group criticises them for celebrating it. There is a third group that wants to celebrate but has no idea as to how to go about it beyond some vague positive intentions. A fourth […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Madras Week is here again! – But it could do with a lot more celebrants

-- by The Dy. Editor

Madras Day, Madras Week, Madras Month, call it what you will, is back. Here we are, celebrating our city and all that it stands for. Begun around 19 years ago by S. Muthiah, Vincent D’Souza and Sashi Nair, it now has a dedicated band of people who conduct events during the month of August, which […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

GCC to set up dental clinics in all 200 wards in the city

-- by A Special Correspondent

A recent Times of India article reported that Councillor Nethaji U. Ganesan, the GCC Councilor of Ward 38 in Tondiarpet, raised an alert regarding the paucity of dental treatment facilities available to the public. The solitary dental clinic in his area could not meet the needs of the populace, he said. “GCC has 140 UPHCs (Urban Primary […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Heritage Watch: When Heritage has to be distanced

Among the treasures of Mamallapuram, the bas relief of Krishna lifting the Govardhana mountain is truly a gem. The detailing is of the highest order, and you can imagine the crowds that must have sheltered from the rain and marvelled at the miracle. Dating to the 7th century, it is unique in that it has […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Lost Landmarks of Chennai

-- by Sriram V.

The Village of Puliyur If I said Puliyur my guess is that the majority of people would not even know where it is. But if I said Kodambakkam or Vadapalani I am sure it will be instantly recognised. Puliyur was what it was till the 1940s or so, and what is more, it had that […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Telliyavaram Mahadevan, who personified simplicity and epitomised superior intellect

-- by Dr. A. Raman (anant@raman.id.au)

Arcot Lakshmanaswami ­Mudaliar, the longest-serving Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Madras (UoM) and a highly distinguished surgeon-academician, regarded three of his professorial colleagues, Telliyavaram M.P. Mahadevan (Dr. Radhakrishnan Centre for Advanced Study in Philosophy), Thoppur S. Sadasivan (Centre for Advanced in Botany & Plant Pathology), and Gopalasamudram N. Ramachandran (Department of Crystallography & Biophysics) […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Wave Hello to the International Surf Open Tamil Nadu

-- by Varsha Venugopal

This year, Chennai will add another feather to its sporting cap by becoming the first city in India to host an official event of the World Surfing League, the governing body for professional surfers that showcases the world’s best surfing talent. The International Surf Open Tamil Nadu – a WSL QS (Qualifying Series) 3000 event […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Our Readers Write

Creating a rich repository with detailed documentation should be a priority The article TN Government seems to wake up to heritage at last. Will private players follow? (Vol. XXXIII No. 6, July 1-15, 2023) rightly brings forward the work done by the Public Works Department (PWD) in Tamil Nadu with respect to heritage buildings. Of […]

• Vol. XXXIII No. 8, August 1-15, 2023

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– (Wo)MMM

The joy of online meetings The Woman from Madras Musings is a staunch advocate of online conferences. When a camera can bring one face-to-face, why get up from one’s chair, she asks? (Wo)MMM is aware that she does not have many supporters on her side of the ring on this subject, but the idea does […]