A Madras miscellany : a decade of people, places & potpourri

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.