I came across (via niceguyhemanth) a very interesting collection of reminiscences by the tamil writer Ashokamitran on his memories of Madras of the 1940s and 1950s. The entire list is available at Chennaionline.com.
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The same, translated in Tamil (though Ashokamitran is a bilingual writer, he is known more for his Tamil works), has been published as a book. I have a copy of this. The English compilation was never published in print.
Posted by: Badri | December 25, 2003 at 01:10 PM