TALKS

(Note: Experts, writers and professionals will give talks on various themes related to Chennai.  
These will be listed here. But the talks are to be held privately by clubs and associations. Some are open to all. Info given below)

Aug. 20: Lakshmi Viswanathan will talk on ' An urban setting for an ancient dance' at Hotel The Park, Mahatma Gandhi Road. At 6.30 pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks in collaboration with the Park Group of Hotels.

Aug. 21:  Dr. A. R Venkatachalapathy will talk on ' Songsters of the Crossroads; Popular literature in Colonial Madras' at 'Chamiers', Chamiers Road. At 6.30 pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with 'Chamiers'.

Aug. 22:  V. Ramnarayan will speak on Cricket in Chennai at Taj Coromandel, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nungambakkam. At  6.30 pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with the Taj Group of Hotels.

AUG.23 : Madras Book Club is organising a talk by writer V. Sriram on the book 'Music In South India. The co-author of the book, Matthew Allen, will be present at the meeting. This talk will start at 6.15 p.m. At the Taj Connemara Hotel. Open to Book Club members and their guests. Contact 42080417/18; email: ewb@touchtelindia.net

Aug 23 : Rotary Club of Annanagar Chennai, will host a talk by Mr. K R A Narasiah, historian and writer on 'History of Madras City' on 23rd Aug., Wednesday, at 18.30hrs in Hotel Royal Shan, Poonamalle High Road. This talk is for Rotary Club members only.

Aug. 24:  K Hariharan will speak on ' Cinema in Chennai' at 'Chamiers', Chamiers Road. At 6.30pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with 'Chamiers'.

Aug. 25: K. Kalpana, a conservation architect will speak at The Accord Metropolitan, G. N. Chetty Road, T Nagar, Chennai -17. At 6.30pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with the Public Relations Society of India. Sponsored by The Accord Metropolitan. Contact - V S Ramana - Head - Corporate Communications, Larsen & Toubro Limited - ECC Division, Mount Poonamalee Road, Manapakkam, Chennai - 600 089
Telephone: 99401 98135 ( cell Number)

Aug. 26:  Theodore Bhaskaran will talk on ' History from below ;the Roja Muthiah Library of Chennai' at 'Chamiers. At 6.30pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with 'Chamiers'.

Aug. 27:  Kanimozhi will speak ' Poetry in Chennai' at  Taj Coromandel, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nungambakkam. At 4.00pm. A Madras Musings Series of Talks held in collaboration with the Taj Group of Hotels

Aug 27: Talk on 'The last five Test matches in Chepauk'. By Badri Seshadri.
at 5.30pm at Shanmughasundaram Hall, Karpagambal Nagar ( opposite Amrutanjan office), Luz. Open to all.

What is the talk all about? This is what Badri has to say -
Since 1997, I have been watching every Test match played in Chennai. If not fully, most of it. India has played five Test matches in this period, of which except for the last wash-out, the others have been
quite exciting.

Chennai is known for its sportive cricket spectators. The highlight of this series was India-Pakistan Test in 1998-99, which India lost narrowly. The Pakistan team was given a standing ovation. The 2000-01 India-Australia
Test was memorable too, as India vanquished Steve Waugh's Australians and won the series after the historic Calcutta Test.

In 2002-03 India easily beat a weak West Indies team. In 2004-05 India-Australia was all set for a thrilling last day finish when rains completely washed out the entire day, disappointing all of us.
I will cover the above four Test matches and the watching experience at Chepauk.

Badri Seshadri is currently the Publisher and Managing Director of New Horizon Media Private Limited (NHM), a company publishing print books, audio books and CDROMs in Tamil and English.

Prior to founding Badri co-founded Cricinfo.com, the most popular cricket destination on the Internet, and as part of the job went around the world watching cricket matches in England, South Africa, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India etc. When he couldn't watch the matches in person, he watched the matches on TV. When even that was not possible, he got the scores delivered to him through his mobile phone.

He now watches less cricket in person, or on TV, but continues to follow every wicket that falls anywhere in the world through his mobile phone.

Badri has a B.Tech from IIT-Madras and a Ph.D from Cornell University,
USA in Mechanical Engineering. He lives in Gopalapuram and works in Alwarpet, and co-owns a bookshop in
Mylapore.