Madras Rediscovered

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>FOR CHENNAI LOVERS AND HISTORY BUFFS THIS IS A MUST- READ TO GET TO KNOW THE CITY AND ITS EVOLUTION CLOSELY.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After years abroad - punctuated by occasional visits to a Madras remembered as a leisurely but gracious town of conservative people and large houses with larger 'gardens' -S. Muthiah came 'home' to a metropolis in 1968-69 but found it essentially unchanged. True the town he had known had grown bigger become more populous and acquired an industrial base. But at heart it had remained the charming overgrown village of the 1930s1940s and 1950s; a leisurely gracious town with quaint old-world values that had spread itself out comfortably in its quest to retain the spaciousness of the past. His first assign mentions his return was to prepare 'copy' to accompany a street guide to Madras. A brief history of an old British company followed. And out of those quests for information was born an interest in the history of Madras and a need to do his bit to conserve its relics. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Madras Rediscovered</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> therefore is as much a historical guide for those who wish to look around Madras or wish to find out more about their city as it is a plea to conserve not only its spacious environment but also its cultural and historic relics be they Indian or European.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Educated in Sri Lanka India and the United States where he dabbled in engineering journalism and International Affairs S. Muthiah finally settled for a career in journalism. After nearly two decades as a senior journalist with the Times of Ceylon group he returned to Madras and was in printing and publishing for nearly 25 years. He was a freelance journalist editor of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Madras Musings</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and a columnist for </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Hindu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Despite his busy professional life he kept alive his love of reading writing teaching and took a keen interest in history. His causes included campaigning for the conservation of the historical and protection of the environment.</span></p>