The essence of Adyar captured in essays
The Hindu
K.R.A. Narasaiah recently launched his book Amazing Adyar, A Suburb To Be Proud Of
For those who have walked to Nataraja Stores and bought its famed sugar-boiled sweets, shopped for clay pots from the potters near Eros, and cycled to Sardar Patel Road to have an ice cream at the Aavin Parlour, Adyar is not just not another locality, it is the best address to have on your postcard.
Author and historian K.R.A. Narasaiah, whose works have been chosen for awards four times by the State government, in his recently launched book Amazing Adyar, A Suburb To Be Proud Of has managed to beautifully capture the essence that is Adyar.
His articles on institutions that brought life to an otherwise sleepy former suburb, and the people who have lived or are still living there, which were recorded by him over a seven-year period and published in neighbourhood newspaper Adyar Times, have been brought out in book form for the benefit of those who love the locality.