An ode to Madras, in 1939

This is the month of the year in which Madras’s research and presentations reach the fire site. However, some seem to have been prepared with something new or old, depending on how you look at it. This type of carthik Bhatt sends me Chennai KangiA poem in the city, written by RA in 1939. Krishnamurthy, Nagarathar High School, Teacher at Devakottai.

It was one of the three publications in the city, that year appeared, that some of the chapters in the city observed as the trio of the establishment. First Madras Tercentenary SkinRao Bahadur was organized by CS Srinivasachari and contributed by various members of a Terccenttenary committee. Latter History of the city of Madras Written by CS Srinivasachari and the third Chennai Kangi.

Considering that Srinivasachari was with Annamalai University as a professor of history, it is clear that he should know RA. Krishnamurthy invited his skills as a poet to write. The job is largely based on the form of celebrities Madurai KangiA Sangam period work, which is part of the compilation of Pattepaatu. Kangi does not refer to the temple town by chance, but it is a form of verse. At the entrance Chennai KangiChidambaram, the seed of Annamalai University ten years ago, offers some details about Kangi, a lecturer at Sri Meenakshi Oriental Education College.

This is, youth, reserve and so on. It writes as a long form of poetry in which its discontinuity is contrasting with the permanent glory through courage and salvation. . Chennai Kangi When he talks about Madras’s glory, he warns the distribution of power at the time of the transformation of rules, empire and dominance. Even in the beginning, even the lines, apparently respects King George VI-“O thousand miles away, the king of a small country, the King of the George VI of these magnificent lands.”

The work then continues to define Madras. The arrival of Francis Day, the growth of the castle, the foundation of the black town, the destruction of the French separation, and then the construction of the new black town. It then continued with the development of the village village such as Chintadripet, Washermanpet and Colletpet. Nawab was made to give up the territory and thiruvallikeni, Nungambakkam and so on. Interestingly, Francis says he came to Mylapur!

There is a statement of various important parts of the city – beach, university buildings, ice house, senate house and queen Mary’s College. Likewise, Port, George Town, Supreme Campus, Central Station, Général Hospital, Madras Medical College, Zoo and Old Prison are mentioned. At that time, the wireless was clearly wonderful and poetry, Fort St. George explains the use of the police around him in detail. Interestingly, the motorized car proliferation and consequently a complaint about the cause noise. This is wondering what the composer will think about the situation today.

The study ends when the poet tells the British to leave this city to the Indians and allow them to cope with them. And then, Sting on the back cover, copies of the book can be taken from an address in Bangalore, Basavandi. It is surprising that no one in Madras City can take on the task of selling a book in Madras!