*** MADRAS that is Chennai, the Queen of the Coromandel, is a comparatively new city, less than 400 years old. During its first 150 years, however, it was the Gateway of India. Today, the first city of modern India is India's fourth largest and the Gateway to the South. *** An essay by S. MUTHIAH, at http://www.india-seminar.com/2004/535/535%20s.%20muthiah.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar