Author: S. Muthiah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Author: S. Muthiah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Author: Somerset Playne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Author: Sivakumar Sethuraman
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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History is often considered a dry, boring and unimportant subject at school. Masala History by Siva aims to change this perception and make it engaging and interesting for everyone. In addition, there is also a deliberate attempt to sing the tune of unsung heroes and bring to light the amazing lives and works of those who have been forgotten and not given their rightful place in history. With kid-friendly content, the project presents a collection of stories to capture the attention of schoolchildren and adults alike and hopes to help initiate curiosity and conversations around this subject. Each vignette in this book will take you back in time, delving deep into untold stories and firing up your imagination.. So pick your copy, grab a masala chai or your favourite coffee and delve into tales rich and spicy! Savour it, talk about it with friends & family. Spread the histories of where we come from. After all, if you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know where you are going.

Author: Muthiah S
Publisher: East West
ISBN: 9789380032849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1212

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This book marks a decade of a column that appears every Monday in The Hindu's Metro Plus, Madras edition. Madras Miscellany has, over that decade, created an awareness and a greater appreciation of the significant past of Madras and of the events and the people who over the years made Madras "the first city of modern India", a description of the City the writer of the column, S.Muthiah, never tires of reiterating. Over a 1500 or so items that appeared in the 514 columns published during Madras Miscellany's first decade appear in the book in three sections:'People', 'Places' and 'Potpourri', the last named being everything else that doesn't fit into the other two sections. And in them there develops a rather comprehensive story of Madras over its nearly 375 years of history.In sum, this is a book for anyone interested in the development of Madras and its considerable contribution to modern India.

Author: Geert de Neve
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1135392161
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 251

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This book examines the meaning of locality in urban India through studies of social, spatial and historical associations between peoples and places.

Author: Glyn Barlow
Publisher:
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Category : Chennai (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Mary E. Hancock
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253002656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a center for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to make Chennai a recognizable "brand" among investment and travel destinations. Using a range of textual, visual, architectural, and ethnographic sources, Hancock grapples with the question of how people in Chennai remember and represent their past, considering the political and economic contexts and implications of those memory practices. Working from specific sites, including a historic district created around an ancient Hindu temple, a living history museum, neo-traditional and vernacular architecture, and political memorials, Hancock examines the spatialization of memory under the conditions of neoliberalism.

Author: Heike Liebau
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004185453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625

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The volume contributes to the growing field of research on the global social history of the World Wars. Focusing on social and cultural aspects, it discusses the broader implications of the wars for African and Asian societies which resulted in significant social and political transformations.

Author: Bishwanath Ghosh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789357767774
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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About the Book A WITTY, OBSERVANT AND PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE CITY-CHENNAI From moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai, the two aspects of the city are inseparable. As Bishwanath Ghosh tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in India-from the army to the judiciary; from medicine to engineering-traces its roots to Madras. Today the city once again figures prominently on the global map as 'India's Detroit', a manufacturing giant and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since Independence, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their hearts. It is this city that Bishwanath Ghosh explores, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of people-from a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a percussionist, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour. What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservation-sometimes with humour, sometimes with irony-but always with love. About the Author Bishwanath Ghosh, an Indian writer and journalist, best known for his literary travelogues which describe the essence of India. In 2009 he published the bestselling Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off, which The Telegraph (Kolkata) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference." He is also the author of Longing, Belonging (2014), which is a portrait of present-day Kolkata, Gazing at Neighbours (2017) and Aimless in Banaras.