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1. Cinema poster's  The Chennai city is always colorful and festive due to various factors. One of such factors is cinema. The city has rooted connections with the South Indian cinema. A lot of pioneers and popular figures have emerged from this city. The postcards that had cinema posters on it, seems very historic and nostalgic cinema posters and post cards, both respectively have their own history and value towards the communication sector. Both combining together becomes a very important piece of history and culture of Chennai. 2. Veedu Movie Postcard The highly saturated colours of  Veedu movie  postcard attracts very well. It resembles the opposite side of the essence of this film. This postcard resembles all the main three characters as it is how they characterised in this films, Archana as an innocent girl, Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as a strict person and that thatha character as a normal thatha character. It contains the signature of  Independent Filmmaker ...

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The Philatelic Bureau   The Philatelic Bureau was built in 1900 by Warwick Major, who originally used the building to screen the region's first movies. In 1915, after the screenings ceased, he sold the building to the Postal and Telegraph Department.  The bureau is housed in an imposing colonial building, which was once South India's first electric cinema theatre, set amid a vast open space in a prime location. On September 26, 2024, students from the University of Madras, Chepauk campus, visited the Philatelic Bureau on Anna Road, Chennai. The visit was coordinated by Dr. Jaisakthivel, Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Madras. During the visit, each student wrote and posted their own postcards to various destinations.

Periyar Thidal  At Periyar Memorial Periyar Book House Periyar Book House has 17 branches across Tamil Nadu. Our collection includes over 1,000 books covering a wide range of topics such as Rationalism, Feminism, Politics, Science, Religion, History, Biography, and Sociology. We offer books in multiple languages, including Tamil, English, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, French, Japanese, and German. (Source: Periyar Book House Facebook account) Periyar OTT Platform Periyar Vision, an OTT platform launched by the Dravidar Kazhagam, a social organization founded by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, was inaugurated on July 21, 2024, at Periyar Thidal in Chennai. The event saw the presence of Thoothukudi MP and DMK leader K. Kanimozhi, actor Sathyaraj, artist Trotsky Marudhu, Kali Poongundran, and DK president K. Veeramani. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin remarked that the platform would meet the contemporary needs, highlighting that the Dravidian movement has always been at the forefront of utiliz...

 1. V. Krishnaswami Aiyer V. Krishnaswami Aiyer, born on 15 June 1863 and died on 28 December 1911, was an Indian lawyer who served as a justice of the High Court of Madras and as a CSI member of the Madras Executive Council. This statue was erected through public subscription. This pertains to the controversy that arose around the installation of his statue outside the Senate House. He became the first Indian to have a statue on the Marina. After a rapid ascent in the legal profession, he was appointed as a judge and later became a member of the Governor’s Executive Council. Unfortunately, he passed away at the young age of 47 on December 28, 1911. Despite his short life, he established several lasting institutions, including the Sanskrit College, Venkataramana Ayurveda Dispensary, Ranade Public Library, Mylapore Club, and Indian Bank. 2.Sir Subbier Subrahmanya Ayyar Sir Subbier Subrahmanya Ayyar, born on October 1, 1842, and passed away on December 6, 1924, was an Indian lawyer, ...