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