Questions for Madras folks.
1) When did Jaffer’s go out of business? And why?
2) What would it take, money and expertise wise, to bring it back?
3) How about Buhari?
4) Triva time. A famous statue in the most central of Madras’ location, is modelled after a character in a historical romance. This statue (or, statues) was erected in protest of a government decision to ban a sport. Your question – identify the statue, the character in the epic, and the sport that was banned.
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October 28th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I know the 4th answer. Someone once told me that the statue of a man controlling the horse is modelled after Vandiyathevan from Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan (am currently reading the first book, after a long wait). But I don’t think it was a protest. I think it was a commemorative thing because the ban itself was to curb betting on horses which the government thought was a social evil.