Why madrasi?
That's the name the good and all-knowing people from the rest of India call somebody from the southern part of the country. You could hail from Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta but you are still a madrasi. Once a term of flagrant mockery, it passes off today as an endearment by a relative trying hard to come across as indulgent. Read on for some eloquent observations on this practice.
That's the name the good and all-knowing people from the rest of India call somebody from the southern part of the country. You could hail from Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta but you are still a madrasi. Once a term of flagrant mockery, it passes off today as an endearment by a relative trying hard to come across as indulgent. Read on for some eloquent observations on this practice.
The Mythical Madrasi: Sudish Kamath's review in The Hindu
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Degree Coffee by the Yard: A Short Biography of Madras
A tale of two cities - Madras and Chennai by Nirmala Lakshman |
Madras
Rediscovered by S.Muthiah, the finest chronicler and authority on the city 
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Tamarind City: Where Modern India began
Biswanath Ghosh's perspective of the city 
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