Some Madras Week Events

I will develop this post a bit later at leisure, but to merely mention the events I liked...

1. Songs of MS, DKP and MLV at Hamsadhwani, by Prathibha, Latha, Lavanya, Sujatha, Saindhavi and Subhiksha, on 15 Aug which made me so proud of being a chennai-woman.


2. a film on madras called madras the split city which shows the various different groups in the city.. usually we only think of north chennai royapuram and south chennai mylapore and tiruvanmiyur.. but this film brings out many more splits - splits within each area between the classes and so on - executed by Venkatesh Chakravarthy, MSS Pandian, Srivathsan and Pritam Chakravarthy. at madras terrace house on 17 aug.


3. a talk by S Anvar a muslim historian, film-maker and art photographer, a tamil muslim from Theni. Topic Muslims and Mosques of Chennai hosted by the nawab Wallajah's descendants at their lovely home Amir Mahal...date 19 Aug.