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Torture in Madras 140 years ago: when a man’s moustache was pulled out

At the end of September 1854, Aroonachella Moodelly (Arunchala Mudali), a weaver…

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Gemini Ganesan-starrer Avvaiyar brings alive temple at Thirumullaivoyal

A still from the film Avvaiyar | Photo Credit: YouTube On the…

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Mangling Chennai’s street names and distorting history

The signboard of Rajachar Street in T. Nagar put up by Chennai Corporation at…

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In memory of a pioneering industrialist of Madras

Amalgamations founder S. Anantharamakrishnan. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives It was…

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