The Historical Significance of River Cooum | Venkatesh Ramakrishnan | TEDxNapierBridge

The word 'cooum' immediately makes us think of sewage, filth and stench. Historian and writer Venkatesh Ramakrishnan illustrates how the history of Chennai is entangled with those of these cooums, and the necessity to treat them right in the interest of preserving history.
Venkatesh founded the Cooum Cultural Mapping Project to understand the history and culture of a river turned into a sewer. He also conducts heritage walks and gives lectures on the madras of the 1940’s. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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