Madras Then - Chennai Now by Nanditha Krishna, Pramod Kapoor andTishani Doshi

Madras Then is an extensively-researched collection of pictures showcasing the city as it once was. From imagesdocumenting the construction of the artificial Madras harbour, to the fateful day when the German cruiser Emden attackedChennai -making it the only Indian city to have sustained a direct attack during the Great War-. The beginnings of modern Madras- culture have been well-documented with alluring pictures of some of Indias earliest businessmen, industrialists, parliamentarians, actors, and actors-turned-politicians.