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Vol. XXXIV No. 7, July 16-31, 2024
The Chennai District Green Committee has approved an application from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to fell roughly 2,200 trees under the scope of its Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway project. According to media reports, the project will ease the movement of heavy motor vehicles along the route – the current detour runs to […]
Jammi Buildings has changed hands and is slated for demolition. Associated with Jammi’s Liver Cure which saved the lives of several infants from the 1930s till the 1970s, it was a landmark in the Mylapore-Royapettah area. It was in every way a tribute to the vision of its founder Jammi Venkataramanayya. Constructed in 1951, Jammi […]
The Esplanade(s) of Madras The Esplanade today is a short stretch of road going south from NSC Bose Road and ending at the intersection of Sir T. Muthuswami Aiyar and North Fort Roads. It is architecturally a magnificent mile for it has the Raja Annamalai Manram, the South India Chamber of Commerce Building, Madras (now […]
Madras Week is here again It seems as though the previous edition of Madras Week just got over. The Man from Madras Musings is yet to recover from it anyway though if you ask him as to what exactly happened then, it is all a blur. And before MMM knows it, here we are again […]
Pondicherry, the film Galatta Kalyanam and the IITF 1968 I wanted to see Galatta Kalyanam when a TV Channel was showing it two days ago because Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa were in the lead with a host of actors like Manorama, Cho and others. There was a beautiful song in the film shot at the […]
Headlines of the last few weeks seem to indicate that there is a severe manpower issue as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned. On the one hand there is a shortage of people, skilled and otherwise. And on the other we seem to have wasted resources who could be more gainfully employed. We allude to […]
A change in Chennai’s land-use pattern is driving the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, says a study Urbanisation Impacts on Heat Island Intensification: Cooling Strategies for Coastal Cities by the Center of Climate Change and Disaster Management at Anna University. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) emerge when a city experiences temperatures much higher than its rural […]
Last fortnight’s article on the proposed 21-storey building to be constructed at Broadway Bus Stand apparently ruffled a few feathers for we got a brusque message on social media that the structure will now be only eight floors which in our view is still bad enough. We hope that whatever is planned, and whatever be […]
Madras Vignettes: Of Tailors, Tennis Players and Trees The Tailor The Woman from Madras Musings is often asked, as women are, about her tailor. This is by no means a tribute to WoMM’s sense of fashion; experience suggests that most women are perpetually in search of a better tailor for some reason or the other. […]
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 […]