5 Mon 10.15
AM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 018
Breathtaking anecdotes of spirited women from the
History of Madras!
Venkatesh Ramakrishnan is a
bilingual author who writes in Tamil and English. Of the three historical novels
he has written in Tamil,Kaviri Maindan – ‘The
Son of Kaveri’ – is a sequel to the greatest Tamil historical novel ever written – Kalki’s
Ponniyin Selvan. Gods,Kings and Slaves -
The Siege of Madurai published by Hachette is his first novel in English. He writes a
weekly column in DT next paper n interesting tales from Madras in the
decade of 40’s. Having a Degree in Agriculture he spent some time
dabbling in organic
agriculture and still continues to have a
deep interest in environmental issues.
Today, he will enchant us with unheard of
stories such as - the Queen from Alwarpet, the Ukranian who started a
secret society, the woman who threw a stone at 10 Downing Street, the
first Indian lady novelist to write in English, the girl who prevented
Nehru from entering a meeting he was to preside over, the first
PG Physician in the world, the lady Doctor who worked with Netaji and many
more… Unbelievably they lived in Madras.
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