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Archive of Vol. XVII No. 20, February 1-15, 2008 Registered with the Reg. No. TN/PMG (CCR) /814/06-08 Registrar of Newspapers Licence to post without prepayment for India under R.N.I. 53640/91 Licence No. WPP 506/06-08 Rs. 5 per copy (Annual Subscription: Rs. 100/-) WE CARE FOR MADRAS THAT IS CHENNAI INSIDE Short N Snappy Madras Advertising MADRAS The Dasi who stood tall The Adyar studio MUSINGS Peoples festival Vol. XVII No. 20 February 1-15, 2008 DoIs VPHwe have to get a Heritage a new Act? And if so, Now that I have booked the 1 lakh car, I have to lose weight before I can does it look at fit into it! conservation A X Hush, Little Baby or tourism? Its here up. The small car the worlds A cheapest, the peoples car. (By The Editor) Sorry to be a party-pooper, but has anyone taken a good look uring the last couple of at the people lately? Dmonths we have heard a X At the indiscipline, immature few civil servants refer to a oneupmanship, road-rage, Heritage Conservation Act of the merry flouting of rules 1999. At least one of them and abysmal lack of even ba- stated it was introduced by the sic road-sense? Imagine having even more of heritage-conscious Chief Minis- these delightfully incompe- ter of the time, M. Karunanidhi. tent hordes unleashed upon Curiously, no one connected our pathetically inadequate with the heritage movement in roads. Chennai has heard of the Act. GROWING... GROWING... GROWN? The very thought... Nor have they been able to lay Adhirudille?... like the one their hands on it. In fact, re- Our picture today is a clear indicator of how a growing city displays its growth. and only Boss said? quests to the Civilians who In this picture of the wall of one of the old Government bungalows on Greenways Road, the oldest gateposts (X) And so it should. mentioned the Act to send it to indicate the original height of the compound wall. Considering that such gateposts were usually at least 5 ft in height, their This car takes 5 at a squeeze. height today indicates how much indiscriminate road-laying has caused the ground-level to rise. The second gateposts (A) Given our unique, conve- us have brought no response. appear to have been made sometime later. Finally, the second gateway too has been sealed and a much higher compound nient interpretations, this We hope this report, which we wall constructed. Can you get a clearer indicator of the march of time and how it affects road levels? (Photograph: means 8 to 10, including ex- consider a public appeal, will SRIRAM V.) tended family, and the bring this Act out of hiding and neighbours pet Great Dane. to our doorstep. Apparently, its easy to park. Well, having something We are indeed further sur- Campaign to save pocket-sized enough to leave prised that if such an Act is in on the hoods of larger ve- place, and if it has the basic sec- hicles, or casually propped tions such Acts worldwide Bharat Insurance Building against the bumper of the car have, besides a list of protected in front, has its advantages. constructions, etc., how a heri- ardylls Building, now tage lovers are concerned over ing was dismantled, resulting in The point is, the people need tage-conscious Chief Minister K called the Bharat Insurance the fate of the building. LIC has its now being exposed to the va- lessons, not increased easy Building, continues to stand in its own wisdom decided that garies of the weather. The city access to vehicles. could think of wanting to pull Perhaps, a nice, thick textbook down Government House, in without a roof for a third year. the building is unsafe and has to has since witnessed three good could be part of each pur- Government Estate, a historic A unique piece of architecture be pulled down. This despite monsoons and the building be- chase? building that should be on any in the city, its fate remains un- the fact that a committee of ex- ing kept this way is a matter for And you can pick up your ve- Heritage List. One of the Civil- decided even as the demolition worry. The absence of a Heri- hicle only if you answer all ians who mentioned the Act re- of the building, decided on by l by tage Act in the city, it is feared, the questions right? cently said that some amend- its present owners, the Life In- A Staff Reporter will allow the LIC to have its (Actually, this applies to all ve- ments to it were planned. We surance Corporation of India, way. It is in this context that a hicle-users, irrespective of has been challenged in court by perts appointed by the High signature campaign has been size.) hope the amendments will be additions that will strengthen the Indian National Trust for Court has certified that it is not started to save the building. The The little one is being described so and that the building can be as a dream come true. the Act and the cause of con- Art and Cultural Heritage. The text of the letter is available in Thats nice but dreams need servation, and NOT amend- case went up to the Supreme restored to its original glory. In this issue. careful handling, for they ments that will weaken it by giv- Court and has since been sent fact, the LIC has even put up Why does Kardylls Building have a way of suddenly turn- ing Government extraordinary back to the High Court of Ma- notices all around the building need to be saved? Built between ing around and biting you in powers to pull down any heri- dras for decision and disposal. stating that it is structurally un- 1894 and 1897, it was designed the ...er... fundament, usually tage building it feels it would Conservationists and heri- safe, which is far from the truth. by JH Stephen and has been de- when you least expect it. like removed. When LIC began the demoli- scribed by a contemporary See page 7 tion, prior to INTACHs plea to Ranjitha Ashok (Continued on page 8) the court, the roof of the build- (Continued on page 2) CMYK 2 MADRAS MUSINGS February 1-15, 2008 Vexed with Vadapalani ast week, The Man from board in sight indicating as to tion centred only on the road ishing his work within a day, so he also adds that it is an excel- LMadras Musings had to at- where MMM was headed. But conditions outside. One guest that he could get back to the lent movie which has received tend a wedding at a hotel that his not to reason why (and as remarked that any more wed- open spaces he loved. On re- rave reviews. He also asks the is fast gaining the reputation of his good lady has said often, dings in the area would elicit turning, he sent MMM a one boss to send someone to his being one of the best in the city. MMM does not ask for direc- only greetings telegrams from line message by email: Glad to home in the evening to collect Its only drawback as far as tions), he plodded on. But soon him. Almost everyone was in a be out of Mad Rash. the tickets. MMM, who being a South his confidence in himself had hurry to have his food and There were a couple of grati- Chennai Snob rarely travels worn out. There was not one leave, as the thought of the The great mall fied quacks at the other end of beyond Cathedral Road, is con- signboard anywhere explaining journey back home was filling the wire and then the police- cerned, is that it is located in the way forward. Besides it had each of them with dread. ll malls in the city are, as man returned the cell phone Vadapalani. Anyway, it was been a good hour and a half MMM, the thought of having Afar as The Man from that he had borrowed from a more out of curiosity to see the since he had set out and he was obtained enough material for a Madras Musings is concerned, hapless cyclist and bade him hotel than to attend the wed- apprehensive that the wedding lead story sustaining him, was worth avoiding while driving farewell. ding that MMM went. And the would be over and the newly- rather relaxed. And not only a about, for they are the nerve MMM now realises how journey did nothing to change weds would have gone off for lead story, but a series. For who centres of most traffic jams, the good our policemen are in MMMs long-held view that ar- more pleasant activities. A can deny that there is enough praiseworthy role of private multi-tasking, which any good eas such as Vadapalani are policeman who, given the calm and more for Mad with security guards belonging to management consultant will urban nightmares which have detachment with which he was Mylapore, Tired with these establishments in regulat- tell you is the need of the hour. emerged from the city planners watching the chaos, was per- TNagar, Aghast at Adayar, ing traffic notwithstanding. Now they regulate traffic, now and civic bodys negligence. haps modelling for a statue in Being a policeman on duty out- they book tickets in theatres, On reaching the stretch his honour, soon came into the side malls must be a punish- and so on. near Valluvar Kottam, the ve- line of sight.
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