Mrs Chandra Sankar, Director, Kalamkriya Limited has undertaken several publications, covering the heritage and tradition of Chennai. This year’s publication is “Historic Residences of Chennai”, a book that brings back the grandeur of the mansions that dotted the Madras landscape. The hand-drawn pictures of these survivors tell the tale of their silent resistance to the onslaught of the modern marvels. The book was researched and compiled by Sriram V. An avid Madras fan, Sriram V is working hard to keep the city’s heritage
L to R : S Muthiah, Chronicler of Madras, S B Prabhakar Rao (The Sanmar Group),
B Vijayaraghavan, IAS (Retired) and Sriram V.
Chennaites at the launch - seen in the forefront are Mr & Mrs N Ram
alive. He is the Associate Editor of Madras Musings, a fortnightly dedicated to Chennai and also the Contributing Editor to Sruti, India’s only magazine devoted to the classical arts. In this book he has chronicled fifty random residences and the personalities who lived in them, taking the reader down memory lane, fl ashing a grandeur that was to the present generation. Madras Book Club hosted the release of the book on 17 August 2008. The fi rst copy of the book was presented to S Muthiah, the grand- man who is a Chronicler of Madras.
Chennai’s Heritage of Chennai