Madras Rediscovered

Madras Rediscovered: A Historical Guide to Looking Around is a book on the history of Chennai (previously known as Madras) authored by Chennai historian S. Muthiah. Originally titled Madras Discovered, the first edition was published in 1981. Since then, the book has emerged a bestseller and has run into eight editions. A Tamil translation of the book Chennai Marukandupidippu by C. V. Karthik Narayan was published in 2009.

Editions[]

The first edition titled Madras Discovered was published in 1981 by East-West Books. It was 160 pages long and priced at Rs. 10. A second edition of Madras Discovered, 286 pages long was published in 1987 followed by a third edition in 1993. The fourth edition which came in 1999 was titled Madras Rediscovered and was augmented by a supplement titled "Once Upon a City". The fifth edition which came in 2004 was priced at Rs. 360 and was 427 pages long.

Criticism[]

Journalist Bishwanath Ghosh considers Muthiah's Madras Rediscovered, the "last word on the city's heritage".^[1] One review by describes the book as follows.^[2]

This collection of writings on Chennai is steeped in history, meticulously researched but somewhat tediously written. The production values are not very high either

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References[]

• Elias, Esther (24 August 2014). "Vignettes of a city". The Hindu.
• http://www.frontline.in/cover-story/memories-of-madras/article6328325.ece#test