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THE MADRAS MAGAZINE – WINTER 2018

INSIDE

EDITORIAL
Notes from a Madras Aficionado
by S Arun Prasath

HISTORY
From Homo erectus to IT Expressway: A Short Biography of Madras
by Nivedita Louis

The Notable History of the Red Building
by Poo.Ko. Saravanan
Translated by Azeefa

To Whom does Chennai belong?
by Mayilai Seeni. Venkatasami
Translated by Arun Ram Prasanth

ECOLOGY & WILDLIFE
Turtles and Antelopes
by S. Theodore Baskaran

CULTURE
Not just a Sport: Football in North Madras
by Sukumaar Thangaraj

TRIBUTE
M. Karunanidhi and my Chennai Experience
by Santanu Sengupta

TRAVEL
Bus travels in Chennai: A Potpourri
by Ragavijaya Govind

MISCELLANEOUS
Madras: Through the eyes of an outsider
by Gopalakrishnan Krishnasamy

MUSIC
Music of Modern Madras: A Contemporary Scenario 
by Srinivasan R

THE 80s 
Theatres of Mount Road and its Audience
by Kannan Swamy

POETRY
Through Pondy Bazaar
by Yuma Vasuki

Madras: the City of Salt and Some
by Adhiran

PHOTO ESSAY 
The Legless Centipedes
Photographs by Nanda Kumar
Text by Naresh Green

PAINTINGS 
Ganapathy Subramaniam • Aakash Moorthi

Associate Editor
Azeefa

Editor
S Arun Prasath