August 12, 2019
Recently, Padma Prakash, a resident of Karpagam Avenue, R.A.Puram has started selling Kodaikanal Malai Poondu ( Kodaikanal Hill Garlic) at her house. She sells 100 g of this garlic at Rs.70. This variety of garlic, known for its medicinal and […]
August 10, 2019
As Sri Krishna Jayanti is just around the corner on August 24, S.Paramasivan, the well-known doll painter of Mylapore repaints a Krishna doll at his shop in Chitrakulam with much care and attention. With over 13 years of experience in […]
August 10, 2019
MISCELLANEOUS MADRAS DAY TALKS As part of the Madras Day celebrations a series of talks are organised by Madras Local History Group. On August 15, there are two talks. At 5.30 p.m., arts promoter Cleveland Sundaram will speak on ‘Transporting […]
August 10, 2019
This is a sale you may want to check out – it is on till August 11 at the C. P. Art Centre, Alwarpet. It showcases saris, yardage, duppatas and stoles made by weavers of Tamil Nadu. There are also […]
July 27, 2019
MISCELLANEOUS TALK: TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE Dr. Chithra Madhavan will talk on Dynamic Indian Temple Architecture. The talk will cover monuments of eight dynasties; Chalukya, Pallava, Pandya, Chola, Hoysala, Kakatiya, Vijayanagara and Nayaka. On July 28. At Wandering Artist, R . A. Puram […]
July 25, 2019
To commemorate the ongoing Athi Varadar festival at Kanchipuram the Tamil Nadu Postal Circle has released special a Athi Varadar cover. Copies of this theme postal cover, a collector’s item especially for philatelists are now available at Mylapore Head Post […]
July 21, 2019
MUSIC , DANCE AND DRAMA IN HONOUR OF LEGENDARY ACTRESS P. KANNAMBA Vintage heritage presents ‘Anbil vilaintha amudamae’ a special programme on legendary actress P. Kannamba on July 21. Song and action sequences from select films in which she acted […]
July 13, 2019
This past week, a seasonal hawker sold colourful toys at TTK Road, Alwarpet opposite to Trimex Towers. Kumaravel, the hawker said, “The toy would produce sound when kids weighing three Kilo or less would sit over it.” In the evening […]
July 8, 2019
Every Saturday, a small organic exhibition is on at Jupiter Hall on Kamarajar Salai, R. A. Puram. Called ‘Infinite Saturday Weekly Market’, it offers only organic and home-made food products. This market is the brainchild of two young women, […]
June 24, 2019
Recently, Aavin decided to collect the used milk sachets to avoid its plastic milk covers from going to the dump yard. Now, the Aavin parlor at C.P.Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet has a couple of bins outside its shop for the collection […]
June 22, 2019
On June 21, Rudhra, a staff of a food joint off R. K. Mutt Road was busy making a creative decoration item with curry leaves, radish and carrot pieces (shown in picture). As he was making it, passersby stood by […]
