Animation has brought in a very new dimension to the entertainment industry but it all began with hand drawn cartoons. There are a few people who have chosen to draw cartoons for a career and they can make their drawing convey the message completely and it also stays in our minds. One such cartoonist who has served ‘The Hindu’ newspaper for the last 25 years is Keshav Venkatraghavan and it was interesting to chat with him as he narrated his story for Chennai Chimes. Keshav was born in Bangalore and did his schooling in Hyderabad and then came to Chennai as his father

Chennai has seen several entrepreneurs starting in a small way and expanding into huge business houses, building organisations, multiplying turnovers and in the process also providing employment opportunities to several people.  Behind the scenes are sometimes people who analyse and understand the business, helping it to grow leaps and bounds thus acting as catalysts in the entire meteoric rise. I had a chat with one such resource, Dheenadhayalan, a man who has in the last 17 years played a significant role as a consultant helping over 150 clients to grow from small beginnings into

Architecture is a predominantly male dominated industry and we have a woman who made an entry into this field more than 30 years ago, started her own company, has worked her way to the top and has won international acclaim for her work.  Sheila Sri Prakash, founder and chief architect of Shilpa Architects in Chennai is this enterprising woman who shared her life story for Chennai Chimes. Sheila has been in Chennai from early childhood and was always inclined towards art. So when she finished schooling, architecture seemed

Music and dance everywhere in Chennai as it is the festive month of December and in the midst of all his concerts, managing his company and the pouring rains in Chennai it was interesting to chat with Anil Srinivasan, classical pianist and hear about his life and music or in other words about his ‘life’ which is ‘music’. Anil calls himself the complete ‘Chennai boy’ being born and brought up in this city with its inherent culture, in a home filled with love for music, addicted to his ‘rasam sadam’  and has