| Date |
Event |
Venue |
Time |
| Aug.
20 |
George
Towne Walk - Guide: V. Sriram |
Starts
from Armenian Street |
6.30am |
| |
Mylapore
- San Thome Walk - Guide: Vincent D' Souza |
Starts
from Luz Church, Opp. Nageswara Rao Park |
6.30am |
| |
Talk
by dancer Lakshmi Viswanathan on ' An urban setting for an ancient
dance' |
Hotel
The Park |
6.30pm |
| |
|
|
::
Madras Day
1 Photos |
| Aug.
21 |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children |
Guru
Nanak Matriculation Hr. Sec. School, Velachery |
9.00am |
| |
Exhibition
of old Madras stamps, photos, maps, etc., |
Clive
Hall, Fort St. George |
10.30am |
| |
Talk
by Dr. A. R Venkatachalapathy on
'Songsters
of the Crossroads; Popular literature in Colonial Madras'
|
Chamiers
Boutique, Chemiers Road |
6.30pm |
| |
|
|
::
Madras
Day 2 Photos |
| Aug.
22 |
Launch
of - Madras Eye - Live web camera on Chennai |
Marina
Beach |
6.30am |
| |
All
India Radio Programmes |
Over
FM RAINBOW, 107.1 MHz |
From
8am to 11pm |
| |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children |
Asan
Memorial Sr. Sec. School, Greams Road |
9.00am |
| |
Fort
St. George Walk for School Groups |
Starts
at the parking lot in front of Fort St. George |
9.30am |
| |
Exhibition
of old Madras stamps, photos, maps, etc., |
Clive
Hall, Fort St. George |
10.30am |
| |
Talk
by V. Ramnarayan on Cricket in Chennai |
Taj
Coromandel |
6.30pm |
| |
Talk
on Madras by Vincent D' Souza, A Team Presentation
on "Wild Life in Chennai" by Dr. N. M.
Ishwar, Dr. Bindu Raghuvan & Ms. Madhuri Ramesh (Open
to Rotary Cleb members) |
Hotel Connemara |
6.30pm
|
| |
Bilingual
Reading of a range of Tamil literature by Asim Sharma (in English)
, Pritham K Chakravarthy (in Tamil) |
The
British Council |
7.00pm |
| |
|
|
Madras
Day 3 Photos |
| Aug.
23 |
Exhibition
of old Madras stamps, photos, maps, etc., |
Clive
Hall, Fort St. George |
10.30am |
| |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children - North Madras Schools |
Thangam
Maligai, T. H. Road, Kaladipet |
9.00am |
| |
Talk
by V. Sriram on the book 'Music In South India (Open to Madras
Book Club members only) |
Taj
Connemara |
6.30pm |
| |
Talk
by Mr. K R A Narasiah, historian and writer on 'History of Madras
City (Open to Rotary Club members only) |
Hotel
Royal Shan, Poonamalle High Road |
6.30pm |
| Aug.
24 |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children |
PSBB
School, K. K. Nagar |
9.00am |
| |
Talk
by K Hariharan on 'Cinema in Chennai' |
Chamiers
Boutique, Chamiers Road |
6.30pm |
| Aug.
25 |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children |
Shankara
Vidyashram, Tiruvanmiyur |
9.00am |
| |
Talk
by K. Kalpana, a conservation architect |
The
Accord Metropolitan, G. N. Chetty Road, T Nagar |
6.30pm |
| Aug.
26 |
Fort
St. George Walk |
Starts
at the parking lot opp. Fort St. George |
8.00
am |
| |
Nature
Walk |
Theosophical
Society, Besant Avenue Road |
8.30
am |
| |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
9.00am |
| |
Madras
Quiz - Tamil for Tamil medium school students - Prelims |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
1.30pm |
| |
Madras
Quiz - Tamil for Tamil medium school students - Finals |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
3.30pm |
| |
Exhibition of Masonic artifacts and visit of Masonic
Temples and buildings
|
Freemason's
Hall, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore. 4pm |
4.00pm |
| |
Rowing
Songs Demonstration (songs that fishermen sing out at sea) |
Near the Seashell Gift Shop. Nochikuppam Beach Road |
5.00pm |
| |
Talk
by Theodore Bhaskaran on ' History from below ;the Roja Muthiah
Library of Chennai' |
Chamiers
Boutique |
6.30pm |
| |
Madras
in Vintage Cinema - Film clippings presented by Film historian,
writer Randor Guy and Vintage Heritage |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
6.30pm |
| Aug.27 |
Poonamalle
High Road Walk |
Starts
at Mayor Ramanathan stadium, Egmore |
6.00am |
| |
Fort
St. George Walk |
Starts
at the parking lot opp. Fort St. George |
8.00am |
| |
Nature
Walk |
Guindy
National Park |
8.00am |
| |
Mad
Bulls - Bike Rally |
Starts
at Chepauk |
8.30
am |
| |
Madras
Quiz - English Open to all - Prelims |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
2.00pm |
| |
Madras
Quiz - English Open to all - Finals |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
4.00pm |
| |
Dr.
A.M. Swaminathan , President, SINA & Ranade Library
|
Shanmughasundaram
Hall, Karpagambal Nagar
|
5.30
pm |
| |
Talk
on 'The last five Test matches in Chepauk'. By Badri Seshadri |
Shanmughasundaram
Hall, Karpagambal Nagar ( opposite Amrutanjan), Luz |
5.45
pm |
| |
Living
Heritage Project for School Children - Prize distribution |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
6.00pm |
| |
Madras
Kutcheri -“ presented by Carnatica |
P.
S. Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore |
6.30
pm |
| |
Talk
by Kanimozhi on 'Poetry in Chennai' |
Taj
Coromandel |
6.30
pm |