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Have you got the 2026 Calendar?
Madras Inherited x Binsan 2026 Madras Calendar This year’s focus is on Chennai’s magnificent Indo-Saracenic architecture. This distinctive style gained prominence after 1857, a period marked by significant shifts in Indian policies and principles. While some view it as the pinnacle of Indo-European architectural innovation, it can also be interpreted as a strategic political instrument used by colonisers to shape Madras’s visual narrative. The outcome is a collection of stunn
Madras Inherited
Dec 2, 20251 min read


Walk Along the Tracks to the Past
“Broad gauge, standard gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge; broad gauge, standard gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge,” I muttered under my...
Asma
Dec 18, 20243 min read


When Winter Whispers in Madras
The Arrival of Margazhi Source: Mylapore Times It's 6 AM on a December morning in Mylapore — the morning walkers are already circling the...
Nikitha Madhavan
Dec 11, 20244 min read


Have you got the 2025 Calendar?
Madras Inherited x Binsan 2025 Calendar 2025 marks the centennial of a visual arts movement that, especially from the 1930s to the 1960s,...
Madras Inherited
Nov 14, 20241 min read


Celebrating Madras in Chennai
Every time I come back to Chennai, it has always been an exciting wait right from getting the boarding pass to reaching my house in...
Krithikaa Kathirvel
Nov 13, 20243 min read


A Love Letter to Madras
Dear Madras, Remember when we used to dance in your streets? When the aroma of filter coffee wafted from corner shops, mingling with the...
Nikitha Madhavan
Oct 19, 20244 min read
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