Chennai, not Madras: Perspectives on the City

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Book

Authors

ISBN 10

8185026742

ISBN 13

9788185026749

Tags

Cities, Travel, India, Middle East, World

Description

Though the city of Chennai is over 350 years old, it has not received the kind of attention that other metropolitan cities in India have. Writings on the city that are available view it from an elite middle-class perspective, epitomized by the opposition to the renaming of Madras a few years ago. This somewhat provocatively titled book high - from Amzon

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