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Vol. XXXIV No. 6, July 1-15, 2024

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Another Monstrosity – Nip it in the bud It is inconceivable even to imagine that the powers that be even are contemplating another monstrosity in the heart of Madras near Central Station (MM, June 16, 2024). A 27-storeyed structure in the heart of the city amidst with many architectural landmarks. Plenty of blue glass plates […]

The Horrors of Highrise — 21 storey building to come up at Broadway

-- by Sriram V.

Multimodal transport hubs are the latest in the Government’s lexicon. Close on the heels of releasing an artist’s impression of the proposed 27 storey Central Tower to be built opposite Central Station (see MM, June 1, 2024), the Government, read Greater Chennai Corporation, has released its plans for a 21 storey building at Broadway, on […]

Train travails at Chennai Central signal dire need to solve overcrowding

-- by Varsha V.

Earlier this month, news reports emerged of ticketed passengers stranded at Chennai Central railway station. They carried bonafide tickets for seats on a train bound for Howrah, but discovered that unauthorised travellers had occupied their coaches; it is said that people began to board the train even as the railcars were entering the platform so […]

Lost Landmarks of Chennai

-- by Sriram V

The Club remembered by a Gate That the Madras Club is located in the Boat Club area is well known. It is also equally well known that the Club, founded in 1832 operated for more than a century in what was known thereafter as Express Estates in Mount Road, the road leading to the premises […]

Short ‘N’ Snappy

–MMM

Newton’s Cats The Man from Madras Musings was reminded of this caption when he recently went to a centre of excellence to give a speech. And let him explain briefly what he means by that reference to the great man of science and his felines. Years ago, when MMM was a mere mmm and also […]

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Elders remembered Thanks to the two articles titled ‘When Grandaunt voted’ by MMM under Short N Snappy, and ‘A Grandmother remembered’ by V.Vijaysree, the May 16 issue of Madras Musings would serve as a fitting tribute to the wisdom, common sense, and maturity of grandmas and grandaunts of an earlier generation who, though not formally […]

Dwarfing all Heritage

-- by Sriram V.

It had to happen. Having of late been scoring brownie points with all its heritage initiatives, the State Government had to show that it has not lost touch with its ham-handedness. The most recent example of that is the unveiling of the plans for a 27-storeyed structure facing Central Station, which it is claimed will […]

NGT puts a halt CMDA’s 100 crore shoreline restoration project, asks it to obtain approval

-- by Varsha V.

Following concerns of environmental damage, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has prohibited the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority from proceeding with its shoreline development project without obtaining an approval from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The mammoth Rs. 100 crore initiative was conceived to enable the city to make better use […]

A stairway of Madras Memories

-- by Sriram V

Despite having lived in the city for thirty years now, I had never been to Thirukazhukundram till a fortnight ago. That was when, despite the heat, some of us set out on an impulse early on a Sunday. The idea was to visit the Kothandaramaswami Temple at Oonamancheri off Vandalur but when we reached there, […]

Short ‘N’ Snappy

– WoMM

Vote Antidote Election fever is in the air, and it seems to The Woman from Madras Musings that there is no escape from the subject on any front. Everyone wants to know who voted for whom and why. Most of these conversations naturally become arguments about why one’s choice is the best devil among the […]

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