Category: Chennai
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Anniversaries, great and small, in the season of Margazhi
With the December Music Season under way, several Sabhas are marking important milestones
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Artists honoured at inaugural of music festival in Nanganallur
Around 2,500 artistes will participate in the event that will be spread across 20 locations
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The two faces of Chennai’s Moore Market
Years of maladministration of Moore Market had brought it to a point where only a catastrophe could bring about change. And that is how it came to be.
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Traffic diversions at Madhya Kailash junction from Friday
Work to install lamp posts and to lay power lines has already begun near the VHS hospital, said a source in the Highways Department
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After years of flood risk, Varadharajapuram residents hope for safer monsoons with new projects
The panchayat was one of the prominent residential neighbourhoods developed in the 1970s, with more than 70 different layouts; it now has many vacant plots, as the flood risk has prevented owners from building homes
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The long struggle to remove a British military officer’s statue from Chennai’s Mount Road
The issue even reached the British Parliament where citizens of the western country suggested that the statue of James George Smith Neil be sent to London.
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What Gen Z is really talking about when they talk politics
Among all the Gen Zers this reporter spoke to, one thing was irrefutable: they get their news from social media, absorbing the gist before swiping on. Some, however, do gravitate towards long-form pieces through newspapers and digital subscriptions
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Southern Railway launches QR-code grievance system to curb food quality issues
The system involves installation of unique QR codes in all the catering stalls; by scanning the QR code passengers are provided with essential details of the stall’s location and the station code
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A lost garden and a forgotten square in Chennai
Walking down Badrian’s Garden, which is seeped in history, is something of an adventure today, putting life and limbs at risk
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Chennai’s Museum of Possibilities shows what inclusive living can look like
Located on the State Commissionerate for Differently Abled campus on Marina Beach Road, MoP is a demonstration centre for assistive technology for people with disabilities