Boat Club – Madras Week Heritage Walk
Chennai’s favourite historian Mr Sriram V had conducted a heritage walk around the famous Boat Club Road – this is a posh area, and, half of Madras walks in the…
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The stone sculptures from Amaravati by R Gopu
It is a delightful experience to listen to R Gopu’s talks, he has a knack to make historic subjects extremely interesting – like with his talks on Genghis Khan or…
Subramanya Bharathiyar House
நான் பிறந்ததிலிருந்து சென்னைவாசி, திருவல்லிக்கேணி ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதி கோயிலுக்கு பல முறை சென்றிருந்தாலும், அதன் அருகிலிருக்கும் மகாகவி பாரதியார் நினைவு இல்லத்திற்குப் போன நினைவில்லை. இன்று இதற்காகவே கிளம்பிச் சென்று பார்த்தேன். மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருந்தது. மகாகவி பாரதியார் (Subramania Bharati, a renowned Tamil writer,…
Iyal Isai Museum
Tamil Nadu Government’s Department of Museum has been celebrating UNESCO’s recognition of Chennai as ‘a Creative City for Music” with a series of events. For last two days, an edutainment…
The Egmore Museum, Chennai
The Government Museum, Chennai is a must place to go if you are in the city – till a few years ago, it was maintained poorly, but thanks to Government…
Darkest Hour (2017)
Darkest Hour (2017) – is a fine cinema, that has captured one of the most important appointments of the last century – the appointment of Sir Winston Churchill as Prime Minister just…
High Court of Madras – a heritage walk
High Court of Madras is one of the famous and well-kept colonial buildings in the city. Madras Bar Association had organised for today, a heritage walk of the High Court,…
Heritage walk on the island
“Not many people in Chennai realise that as they drive towards the Munro Statue from Mount Road, they are entering an island. Those who do, dismiss the space as Island…