Reinvention of Kattabomman – a talk by Venkatesh Ramakrishnan
A few weeks back on a Saturday (6th April 2019) Mr Venkatesh Ramakrishnan, who is a bilingual novelist, and author of several books including ‘Gods Kings and Slaves’, unraveled the…
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Rare book exhibition at Chennai’s Connemara Public Library
//Connemara Public Library at Chennai is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. Established in 1896 the…
Kesari (2019)
Kesari (2019), a Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, is based on the brave “Battle of Saragarhi” in 1897. It was a heroic battle with an unimaginable imbalance of odds between…
The Periodic Table
As a student, Chemistry was not my favourite subject – I scored 98% in my 12th Standard exam (school leaving exam) but that was thanks to a great teacher I…
Women in Ancient India by Dr Upinder Singh
Dr Upinder Singh, Professor of History, Ashoka University, Sonepat is known for her scholarly works on Ancient India, including her recent book “Political Violence in Ancient India” (video) in which…
Kamarajar Memorial House, Chennai
Chennai has many memorial houses where famous personalities had once lived. In the past few weeks, I have been to two of them – Thiru Subramanya Bharathiyar House, Triplicane and…
Kapaleeshwarar Temple – Madras Week Heritage Walk
Sahapedia had organized a heritage walk as part of Madras Week, to the famous Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore. Conducted by a friendly host Mr S Jayakumar, who is a Carnatic musician…
RIP Dr Kalaignar
Dr Kalaignar Karunanidhi, who was five times Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, Kingmaker, and a well regarded Tamil Writer passed away today at the age of 94….