Category: History

The town of Palaverkadu, also known as ‘Pulicat’, is a coastal idyll, whose claim to fame is the lagoon that stretches out in front of it like a giant watercolour. Located just 54 km north of Chennai, the shallow, brackish waters of the lake have made Pulicat a sanctuary for migratory birds. Stand at the […]

During 2004 and 2005, I spent several months in Pondicherry and southern Vietnam researching the lives of Indians who found their way to colonial Indochina. In both places the built urban archive proved to be a rich and informative source for my study. Sites in Pondicherry which speak of its colonial past had lasted fairly […]