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Vol. XXXIV No. 10, September 1-15, 2024
Madras Week Events
Walks
Walk at Madras Club led by Sriram V, organised by the Club for its members.
Walk at Gopalapuram led by Sriram V and Karthik Bhatt. Organised by Past Forward.
Fort Walk led by Sriram V. Organised by Past Forward.
Fort St George Walk led by Vincent D’ Souza. Picture courtesy: Vincent D’Souza.
Pondy Bazaar Walk curated by Thirupurasundari Sevvel, Prasanna (Nam veedu nam oor nam kadhai) and Srivatsan Shankaran (Madras photo bloggers) as a part of Nam Inclusive trails. Picture courtesy: Made of Chennai team at The Hindu.
Kasimedu walk curated and led by Shabnam for The Hindu. Pic credit: Made of Chennai team at The Hindu.
Art Trail led by Shikha and Aafreen. Picture courtesy: Made of Chennai team at The Hindu.
Tour of the Stone Sculpture Gallery, Government Museum by Chitra Madhavan. Picture credit: Chitra Madhavan.
Madras Week Events organised by Mylapore Times. All pics are credited to Mylapore Times.
Above: Parantharami Mani, judge of ‘Heritage of Chennai’ contest presents rolling trophy to the winner, TI Cycles School team. Above: Students of Rani Meyyammai School, R A Puram – winners of the Madras Quiz in Thamizh. Event by Mylapore Times.
Students of Queen Mary’s College at a Madras Day event.
At the ‘Heritage of Chennai’ contest for city schools at Ranade Library, Luz. Event by Mylapore Times.
Madras Quiz 2024 sponsored by the Murugappa Group
(From left) Vincent D’Souza, Editor in Chief, Mylapore Times, Dr. Sumanth C. Raman, Quizmaster, Ramaswamy N. and Shantaram R., and Suresh Kannan, Business Head and Whole Time Director, Parry Sugars Refinery India Private Limited. Ramaswamy N. and Shantaram R. won the Madras Quiz 2024.
Participants with the quiz master and a cross section of the audience.
Madras Week Events organised by Press Institute of India. All pics are credited to Press Institute of India.
Verse and Veneration: Famous Temples in Madras – A presentation by Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy.
The Anglo-Indians: Curating a Fascinating Culture – Dr. Merin Simi Raj, Richard O’Connor and M. Natarajan in conversation with Harry MacLure. Video interviews with Andrea Jeremiah and M. Nasser were shown.
Social and Cultural History of Madras That is Chennai, Seen Through the Lens of Childhood and Games – A talk by Vinita Sidhartha, founder, Kreeda. Followed by a traditional game-playing session.
Dhenupurishwarar Temple, Madambakkam: Its History, Sculpture and Architecture – A presentation by Dr. Chithra Madhavan.
Madras Week Events organised by Madras Literary society (MLS). All pics are credited to MLS.
Madras as Muse: Poetry reading organised by Madras Literary Society, Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai and the British Council. Poets: Damithalakshmi, Uma Vangal and Vidya Shankar.
Chennai through the eyes of Asokamitran, book reading by Jayachandran & Vadivelu organised by Madras Literary Society, Goethe Institute and Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai.
Madras Quiz.
Art workshop by artist and architect Aafreen (@ninetyeight.madras), where participants depicted the city’s flowers on postcards.
Madras Week events organised by Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS)
Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS) organised two walks for members of the public.
Bird Walk at Perumbakkam Tank – 15.08.2024
It was a bright, sunny morning. 25 members of the public gathered together in front of the Perumbakkam Tank, opposite the Sholinganallur Elcot IT Park, to participate in the Walk led by Sudarmani.
Many of them were birding for the first time and found the whole experience different and enjoyable as Fulvous Whistling Ducks flew overhead whistling, a Bronze-winged Jacana flitted in and out of the Taifa Reeds along with its chick, a Black Kite swooped down causing a flutter among the Coots and Black-winged Kites and a flock of Glossy Ibis formed a V as they flew by. In all, the participants spotted 33 species.
Sudar was ably assisted by ‘Poochi’ Venkat, Loganathan and Vipin Shankar.
Shore Walk at Elliot’s Beach – 24.08.2024
Standing near the Karl Schmidt Memorial on Elliot’s Beach were 16 adults and 4 children holding in their palms the beach sand, while Yuvan, who led the Walk explained to them its features.
The group then walked ahead close to the shore when Yuvan made everyone look at the waves and explained to them the movements of the currents using a chart. Reaching the dockyard, Yuvan asked everyone to look around and gather two samples each of bivalves and gastropods. The group then sat in a circle and played a game to feel and guess a few of the gathered specimens. Claudia, Aravind Selvam, Gowtham and Sheila assisted.
TREE WALKS organised by NIZHAL
Above: Tree walk at Nageswara Rao Park, Mylapore conducted by Nizhal volunteer Keerthi Kumar. Many participants were inspired to join the tree survey group and conduct tree surveys in their respective areas.
Tree walk at Thiruvanmiyur Taramani urban forest (Opp NIFT) led by Nizhal volunteer Dr. Prassana Sriya supported by Keerthi Kumar. One of the participants Gayathri got inspired by the Punnai tree and sang an improvised song about the Punnai tree and reminisced about her childhood playing with Poovarasam buds as spinning tops.
Other Madras Week events
The Hindu Made of Chennai Heritage Ride by Cycling Yogis.
The Hindu Made of Chennai Heritage Ride by Cycling Yogis.
At the book launch of Sufi Trail of Madras by the Cycling Yogis. Picture credit: Ramanujar Moulana.
Some monuments and High Court Judgements – Talk by Justice Prabha Sridevan, hosted by Madhuradhwani at Arkay Centre, Luz. Talk by Ms. Nivedita Louis on “Women Pioneers of Madras” at the Crescent Matriculation Higher Secondary School for Girls, Nungambakkam organised by S. Anwar. Pic credit: S Anwar.
Madras Week events organised by Asan Memorial School. All pics are credited to Asan Memorial.
Above: Debate: single theatres vs multiplexes. Right: Scene from the play Poompuhar.
The 3rd prize winner in the Multimedia contest held by the Madras Day website Team.
