Contents

Introduction: Chennai, Not Madras

A.R. Venkatachalapathy

 

“Madras Manade” How Chennai Remained with Tamil Nadu

A.R. Venkatachalapathy

 

Geography of a Lingua Franca, History of a Linguistic Fracas

Pushpa Arabindoo

 

Urban Mobility and Early Cinema in Chennai

Stephen Hughes

 

Chennai: Politics, Architecture, and the City

A. Srivathsan

 

Search for Self in an Urban Jungle: Notes on Contemporary Art in Chennai

Indran

 

Visual Essay: Travellers’ Tales

A.V. Ilango

 

The Chennai of My First Visit

Sundara Ramaswamy

 

The City without Sparrows

Prapanjan

 

East is East, West is West

Ashokamitran

 

Chennai Days, Vivid Dreams

Blake Wentworth

 

Photo Essay: Tondiapet to Mylapore

Ramu Aravindan