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Those were the days: Dr TSS Rajan — Excommunicated for crossing the seas, he grew into minister’s shoes
Ironically, the freedom movement was much more uninhibited to function in London than in India. In 1909, among the many… Read More
Those were the days: Papanasam Sivan — Tamil Tyagaraja who proved traditional music lobby wrong
There was a music-loving lawyer who lived in a petite tiled house in Nadu Street of Mylapore. So much a… Read More
THOSE WERE THE DAYS: Romulus Whitaker — Reptile man of Madras in whose name an Indian boa was named
The King and I was an American musical film based on the memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who taught the… Read More
Symphony Recording Co. Releases The Last Album of the Late Legend S.P.Balasubrahmanyam ‘Vishwaroopa Darisanam’ in Dolby Atmos
A Musical interpretation of the Omnipresent Universal form of Lord Krishna as seen by Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra… Read More
Those were the days: Kalaivanar with a big heart, NS Krishnan used comedy as reform tool
The pioneering actors introduced to Tamil talkies in its first decade of the 1930s had an incalculable responsibility. They had… Read More
Nakshatra villas at Tiruporur By Roofvest
In a landmark move, Roofvest has announced the launch of Nakshatra Villa in an endeavor to not only create luxurious,… Read More
Those were the days: Dr Shanta, whose fight against the Emperor of Maladies went way beyond healing
The Adyar Cancer Institute, which started functioning in 1954 from a thatched shed with 12 beds and grew into a… Read More
Those were the days: Sabapathy, movie that tickled Madras’s funny bone amid looming war scare
It was undoubtedly the toughest time to make an audience laugh. All around Madras there were glum faces. Every sound… Read More
THOSE WERE THE DAYS: The 1937 electoral experiment and Congress’s tryst with power in Madras
IN 10 years, India would be free. But no one knew that at that point in time. In 1937, in… Read More
Those were the days: Sir CP, one of the most controversial yet fascinating figures of Madras
SOMERSET Maugham — probably the most highest-paid author during the interwar period — would at the peak of his career… Read More