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Vol. XXXIII No. 20, February 1-15, 2024

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Sumeet Saga

Business Houses of the South by Sushila Ravindranath

There was a time when Sumeet Mixer ruled the roost in the highly crowded domestic appliances market and was a household name in Madras. Though strictly not a Madras company, it had a major manufacturing unit in the city and in the 90’s, of every 100 mixers sold, 30 were made by Sumeet, the largest selling […]

TN hosts the sixth edition of Khelo India, emerges shining

-- by V. Venkataramana

The Central Government launched Khelo India, a special programme that aims to inspire the nation’s youth to play and excel at sports. The inaugural 2018 edition was the Khelo India School games, targeted at enticing children to regularly take part in sporting activities. This year, the sixth edition was allotted to Tamil Nadu, a State that […]

Tracing Madras

– Ar. Aafreen Fathima S.K. (Ninetyeight.madras)

The Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore Once by the shore along San Thome, and now in Mylapore,the Kapaleeshwarar stands as a testament to the city’s rich cultural and religious heritage. While its origins and cause of relocation remain a subject of debate, there’s no denying its existence dating back to the 7th century, with mentions in […]

Thank you, Donors

We today, publish donations ­received with thanks for the ­period till December 2023. – The Editor Rs. 100: Kalyanasundaram K, N.V. Iyer

H(arihara) P(arames) Waran of the Madras Presidency College and the clock he made in 1930

-- by Anantanarayanan Raman (anant@raman.id.au)

The four-face clock on the Presidency College main building is a majestic attraction. Only a few in Madras would know that this clock — has a name: the ‘Fyson Clock’. Mr. Muthiah in his Madras Miscellany column (https://www.the-hindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-columns/have-they-got-them-right

Tales from Gemini Studios

-- by V.Vijaysree (v.vijaysree@gmail.com)

Recently, the American nephew asked if we could visit Gemini Studios, the next time we find ourselves in the old hometown. I tell the teenager the studio was defunct even by the time I was in my teens. Besides, I am not sure Gemini Studios was ever like the famous Universal Studios in California, which […]

An accounting academian who left a lasting impression on whoever interacted with him

-- by Karthik Bhatt

R. Sivakumar, noted chartered accountant who passed away recently wore many hats with consummate ease. A man with a tremendous philanthropic bent of mind, many a social and religious cause greatly benefited from his

Kalidas – Part III

-- by S. Muthuvel, muthuvelsa@gmail.com

In those days, there were many remarks that Kalidas contained ‘patriotic songs and keerthanas that had little to do with the film’s story.’ However, the truth is that along with the tale of the titular Kalidas, the film also contained two other segments which were short features in their own right. We have seen earlier […]

The Season 75 years ago

-- by Sriram V

One more December Music Season has come to an end. And as usual the statistics will be churned out about how 60 and more organisations put up 2000 music and dance performances, funded entirely by private initiative, etc, etc, etc. Way back in 1948, it was a lot easier. There were only three organisations celebrating […]

When Gavaskar surpassed Bradman’s long-standing record

-- by Partab Ramchand

For 35 years it had remained Test cricket’s most famous record. Don Bradman made the last of his 29 Test hundreds (in only 52 matches) in July 1948. Since then even with the proliferation of Test matches no one had close to surpassing it, the nearest being 26 notched up by Gary Sobers in 93 […]

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