Chronicling Chennai’s dwindling dalliance with letters and post boxes

Chronicling Chennai’s dwindling dalliance with letters and post boxes

A letter box in RA Puram | Photo Credit: B Velankanni Raj The imperturbable faces of the crooked red letter boxes planted all over Chennai are like epithets the city has forgotten to use. The ones that remain, project the presence of an era that broods in its absences.   For a generation that has […]

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Stamp of approval: Rare collections from the South India Philatelists’ Association

Stamp of approval: Rare collections from the South India Philatelists’ Association

Its younger members may have never posted a letter. Yet, the 65-year-old South India Philatelists’ Association, Chennai, stays vibrant with collectors who celebrate the stories every stamp tells Its younger members may have never posted a letter. Yet, the 65-year-old South India Philatelists’ Association, Chennai, stays vibrant with collectors who celebrate the stories every stamp […]

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