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On Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

On Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

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Madras Club Orange lit evenings at Madras Club tremble like the embers of its colonial past. From celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dinner (well after Partition) to ‘European Only’ dinners, the years of the past drift in the club’s environs like sand. Established in 1832, Madras Club is the second oldest British era club after […]

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On Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

Madras Day | Revisiting Chennai’s iconic British era social clubs, their food and histories that date back to more than a century

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Madras Club Orange lit evenings at Madras Club tremble like the embers of its colonial past. From celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dinner (well after Partition) to ‘European Only’ dinners, the years of the past drift in the club’s environs like sand. Established in 1832, Madras Club is the second oldest British era club after […]

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Playwright Shreekumar Varma on staging supper theatre plays and taking inspiration from the Travancore royal family

Playwright Shreekumar Varma on staging supper theatre plays and taking inspiration from the Travancore royal family

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Author Sreekumar Varma on his new play The King of Clubs. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The Madras Gymkhana Club on a breezy Saturday evening looks like a quiet place to wind down after a hectic work week. The lawn is neatly mowed and the club is relatively hushed. This is right until its first […]

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New look MGC golf links all set to host Sportstar Open

New look MGC golf links all set to host Sportstar Open

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The Madras Gymkhana Club (MGC) golf annexe in Guindy is sporting a new, bright and beautiful look. The fairways appear largely trimmed and proper. So do the putting greens. A lot of preparation went behind the scenes to give the novel look to the course. In fact, post the COVID-19 pandemic, the golf committee of […]

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