Let's
Go To Adyar
An impressive new monolith is the "Mitsubishi Motors" showroom gleaming in
the sunshine. |
A
time machine of a different kind
First to attract our attention is the oldest available map of Madras drawn by Thomas
Pitt, the longest serving Governor of Madras. |
Doveton
House - 200 Glorious Years
Doveton House seems to have served as a place for keeping prisoners in custody. |
Theosophical Society
A worldwide organisation, believing in the brotherhood of man. was founded on 17th
November 1875 at New York and christened 'The Theosophical Society'. |
Kishkinta
Highly professional, technical management and creative artists were engaged in the making
of Kishkinta and its developments. |
Katchal
It is a pity that not many Indians recognise the immense beauty that India has to
offer. No other country can boast of such a variety from forests to deserts in its fold. |
Cholamandal - Artist Village
Cholamandal is the hub of thirty painters and sculptors who have formed the village
and run the Artists Handicrafts Association on well-oiled wheels and has in fact,
become a common meeting ground for international artists – whether they be musicians,
dancers, theatre and film artists or writers. |
Tamilnadu
Science & Technology Centre
Periyar Science & Tech. Centre and B.M. Birla Planetarium are major attractions,
located in the sprawling, well laid-out campus of Kotturpuram in an area of 21.25 acres. |
Not so
familiar eating-joints in Mylapore by Ravichandran K
You’ve finally come to our fair city, Singaara (literally the beautiful)
Chennai. If
you are, as I expect, an overseas traveller, you are bound to be overwhelmed initially at
least. |
National
Art Gallery
The National Art Gallery at Pantheon Road (Egmore) houses a plethora of paintings, dating
tentatively from around the 10th century A.D. bronze and panchaloka statuettes, delicate
miniature paintings of the Mughal period. |
Alwar
Kadai
Alwar is not your eminent English professor nor is he a lost-to-the-world scholar.
He’s just giving you a sample of the books he stocks – piled partly under a bus
shelter and spilling onto the pavement in Luz corner. |
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