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First recording of a Tamil concert
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Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music
First recording of a Tamil concert
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Portrait of the past
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wrote 1 week ago: Allamai Khareghat Patel Last week brought the heartening news that the National Art Gallery at the E … more →
Searching for Aal Thottam
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Where is Aal Thottam, a journalist had asked a year ago. I had never heard of the place, I said. But … more →
Hidden Histories 2013
wrote 2 weeks ago: A couple of years ago we, the museum group, collectively put together a case of objects designed pur … more →
The ill-fated castle on the Adyar
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bradis Kesil Road, says a signboard towards the end of R.K. Mutt Road. This is what lack of awarenes … more →
The Connemara divorce
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wrote 1 month ago: 27th November 1890 saw London all agog. The final hearing of a sensational high society divorce case … more →
Immortality via Activism
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wrote 1 month ago: Gazulu Latchminarasu Chetty Sidhalu Street in the Choolai area commemorates Gazulu Sidloo Chetty a m … more →
Doorway to Mohammedan Mylapore
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wrote 1 month ago: Charchaman Masjid, Appu Mudali Street Mylapore’s history is inexhaustible and everyday something new … more →
When the Adyar claimed lives
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wrote 2 months ago: The Adyar is to us a peaceful river, but in its time it appears to have claimed quite a few victims. … more →
The water-girt hill
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wrote 2 months ago: Tiruneermalai Hill and Temple Last week I went in the company of friends to the hill temple of Tirun … more →
Women on the Goldfields
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wrote 2 months ago: Having trouble finding your female ancestors on the goldfields? Jan Croggon, Di Campbell and Claire … more →
Knowing more on Dr Muthu
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wrote 3 months ago: Dr David Jacob Aaron Chowry-Muthu One of the great joys in writing this column is the volume of repl … more →
Eureka Flag moved to where it all began.
wrote 3 months ago: Eureka Flag moved to where it all began. In the Age the story of the Eureka Flag, moving into the ne … more →
A home for Law
wrote 3 months ago: Vasantha Vilas The house in the picture is Vasantha Vilas in Mylapore’s South Mada Street. It is ass … more →
The Tambaram Sanatorium
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wrote 3 months ago: Photo taken on the day of the inauguration The Tambaram Sanatorium is to most people a railway stati … more →
St Andrews, reminiscence, new volunteers and Hidden Histories
wrote 3 months ago: Last Friday was a very exciting day. I went to the University of St Andrews to give a talk to the Mu … more →
Recent colony with an old history
wrote 3 months ago: The Kesavaperumal Puram column Kesavaperumal Puram is an upmarket housing development in south Chenn … more →
Trinity College Library Digital Collections
wrote 3 months ago: The launch of Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) library’s digital collections covering an extraordin … more →
Australasia through a lens
wrote 3 months ago: Just in time for Australia Day: Australasia through a lens. Amazing photos and drawings from Austral … more →
