Regular Articles

• Vol. XXXII No. 21, February 16-28, 2023

Our Readers Write

Besant Nagar woes Garbage dumping It is gratifying to learn from media reports that Greater Chennai Corporation has launched six drones and 200 pesticide sprayers for strengthening mosquito control operation in Chennai city. It is said that the sprayers will be used for control of mosquito larvae and 3,312 workers are involved in mosquito control […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 21, February 16-28, 2023

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– MMM

MMM & the right to Information Damsels in distress over pending PhD theses, RJs and DJs needing content, Government officials needing presentations to entertain visitors at short notice – they all beat a path to the door of the Man from Madras Musings these days. MMM like Sherlock Holmes ought to be demanding a bejewelled […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 20, February 1-15, 2023

Chennai’s losing battle against posters

-- by The Editor

A recent news item has it that the Chennai Corporation has decided to take steps to counter the poster menace, one that our city has been fighting probably from the time when print became a possibility. The latest in the various rather ineffective measures our city fathers (and mothers) have decided upon is to levy […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 20, February 1-15, 2023

A Welcome Initiative: Turtle Conservation and Rehabilitation Centre to come up at Guindy

-- by A Special Correspondent

Tamil Nadu is blessed with a lovely, long coastline that is frequented by five species of marine turtles – Green, Leatherback, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley and Hawkbill turtles. Of these, the critically endangered Olive Ridley nests along the Coromandel Coast, which forms a part of the migratory corridor en route to the mass nesting beaches in […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 20, February 1-15, 2023

Heritage Watch: Better days for Brodie’s Castle?

A recent report has it that the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 2 crores for the restoration of historic Brodie Castle, located on the banks of the Adyar. Now known as Thenral and the home of the Arasu Isai Kalloori, once the Central College of Karnatic Music, it has been crying out for such an […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 20, February 1-15, 2023

Our Readers Write

More on Vellala Street, Purasawalkam The letter of Sri Ramamurthy Ravichandran (MM, November 16th, 2022) reminded me that the Vellala Street in Purasawalkam is another equally landmark street of ­Madras, although Kalki Ra. Krishnamurthy did not reside here. The door numbers (whatever I can remember) may have changed presently. Forgive me for such omissions. The […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 20, February 1-15, 2023

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– (Wo)MMM

Vignettes from the neighbourhood It has been a hair shy under six years since The Woman from Madras Musings moved to live in a different area of the city and she must admit that the neighbourhood association here is much livelier than the one in her childhood home. The association, which comprises a small, residential […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 19, January 16-31, 2023

Chennai Sangamam – A welcome revival, but let’s keep politics out

-- by The Editor

Chennai Sangamam is back, after a gap of 11 years. By the time this issue of MM is in your hands, the event will have concluded and here is to its success. May it prosper and may the residents of Chennai once again have an opportunity to soak in all aspects of culture that the […]

• Vol. XXXII No. 19, January 16-31, 2023

Chennai ranked the most suitable Indian city for working women

-- by A Special Correspondent

That South Indian cities tend to fare better in social indices than their Northern counterparts is a matter of general acceptance. This fact has been borne out yet again by a recent study of 111 cities conducted by consulting firm Avtar on the inclusivity of women in the workforce.

• Vol. XXXII No. 19, January 16-31, 2023

Heritage Watch: Fifty years of Women in Tamil Nadu Police

December 2022 marks the beginning of the golden jubilee of women in Tamil Nadu Police. It was in that month, in 1973 that an all women team comprising one Sub Inspector, one Head Constable and 20 Police Constables was recruited for Madras City. The women were trained for one year and on November 1, 1974, […]