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Vol. XXXVI No. 1, April 16-30, 2026

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The City gets back its Town Hall

January 9, 2026
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Views on an Iconic Market

December 22, 2025

November 30, 2025 marked 125 years since the inauguration of one of the city’s most iconic landmarks until the 1980s, the Moore Market. The foundation stone had been laid in August 1898 by Lt Col Sir George Moore, President of the Madras Corporation and when completed, it was named in his honour (see MM, Dec […]
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Heritage Watch: Law College Restoration

November 6, 2025

We at Madras Musings are all chuffed that yet another heritage landmark of the city, namely the erstwhile Law College building has been magnificently restored. William Satish has sent us this pic of the building as it now is, in all its glory. More details on ‘Unearthing the Foundations of the Law College’.

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Campaigning in a Digital Age
April 23, 2026
Building Chennai’s heat resilience
April 23, 2026
Heritage Watch: Once Upon a Textile Mill
April 23, 2026
A Brush with Arts and Artists
April 23, 2026
Ten Years of Remembering, Inspiring, Marching On
April 23, 2026
CD Gopinath – An All-Rounder in Life
April 23, 2026
Short ‘N’ Snappy
April 23, 2026

History

Heritage Watch: Once Upon a Textile Mill
April 23, 2026
Ten Years of Remembering, Inspiring, Marching On
April 23, 2026
CD Gopinath – An All-Rounder in Life
April 23, 2026
Heritage Watch: Chengam and Chennai
April 8, 2026

Sports

CD Gopinath – An All-Rounder in Life
April 23, 2026
Veteran sports writer Thyagarajan passes away
April 8, 2026
Sport in IIT Madras
March 24, 2026
Madras Cricket – Home and Away in the 19th Century
March 9, 2026
TN’s new Badminton Boy
February 20, 2026

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Environment

An abode in nature’s lap at Perumbakkam
February 20, 2026
Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) and its importance
July 20, 2025
Koodugal: building nests and reviving hope for sparrows
July 5, 2025

Culture

A Brush with Arts and Artists
April 23, 2026
Ten Years of Remembering, Inspiring, Marching On
April 23, 2026
A walkabout with Lord Kapali
April 8, 2026
A megalithic cemetery in the Red Hills recorded in 1858
April 8, 2026

Civic Issues

A Brush with Arts and Artists
April 23, 2026
Permission
April 8, 2026
Heritage Watch: Historic School in a Heritage Campus
March 24, 2026
A Rasam-Saathamadhu Love Story
March 24, 2026

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