Blood-tainted ice cubes and a famine in Madras
In the sweltering heat of colonial Madras, British rulers and the city’s…
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…
Gemini Ganesan-starrer Avvaiyar brings alive temple at Thirumullaivoyal
A still from the film Avvaiyar | Photo Credit: YouTube On the…
Mangling Chennai’s street names and distorting history
The signboard of Rajachar Street in T. Nagar put up by Chennai Corporation at…
In memory of a pioneering industrialist of Madras
Amalgamations founder S. Anantharamakrishnan. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives It was…
